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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Uganda\u2019s senior men\u2019s cricket coach Laurence Mahatlane is not settling for less. Each passing day, he scripts a new path for the Cricket Cranes.<\/p>\n

He is instilling a new culture that involves regular and intense sessions, performance-leaning player selection for contracts and last month, there was the first-ever team bootcamp in Entebbe.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Mahatlane invited Helen Koyokoyo Buteme over to the Cricket Cranes\u2019 training session at Lugogo Oval to improve the physical aspects as the team\u2019s maiden Strength and Conditioning (S & C) coach.<\/p>\n

Restless Mahatlane<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cLaurence thought that I would be able to add something to the Cricket Cranes. He wants them to be fitter, basically better conditioned, stronger, faster,\u201d Buteme said shortly after the workout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw how much work I have to do. So we had a pretty good session.\u201d Hailing from a rugby background which she has played before at 15s and 7s level, Buteme is selling like a hot pancake. Eight months ago, she was signed up as the S & C coach for Express FC in the Uganda Premier League.<\/p>\n

The results in the players\u2019 physique has enormously changed and Express are now title contenders.<\/p>\n

The Cricket Cranes have a Tour of Namibia in three weeks\u2019 time as they prepare for the ICC World Cricket Challenge League B in September away in Jersey and Buteme is set to shape them for this. \u201cSome of the stuff was new to the guys and we just went through stuff slowly,\u201d noted Buteme, who holds a Conditioning Coach B licence from Germany\u2019s Leipzig University. \u201cI think they enjoyed it but they have to be careful to balance this because they have a competition soon. I am not going to load their bodies too much. When they come back from Namibia, I will be working with them for longer periods,\u201d added Buteme.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an interesting challenge, I do not know anything about cricket. At the end of the day, conditioning is conditioning. It\u2019s about getting players in the best shape to deliver on pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another Lawrence in the fray<\/b><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former Cricket Cranes\u2019 batsman wicket-keeper Lawrence Ssematimba has this month officially joined Mahatlane\u2019s backroom staff as the second string side – Uganda A – coach. He will be working in tandem with Jackson Ogwang, physio Habiba Anguyo, analyst Alvin Bagaya and psychologist Edgar Kazibwe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis came as a surprise. I will improve the players and make Uganda proud in this role, too,\u201d said Ssematimba, who donned the national colours for 16 years. \u201cI would also like to tackle the discipline issue amongst the players of this generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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