00:00Is Jaden Seals a pacer or an all-rounder?
00:03Well, he played a big part in Trinidad and Tobago's title-winning victory over Guyana.
00:08He struck 70 not out and took seven wickets in the match.
00:12It's not an easy feat, and Dexter Simon, who was appointed as their elite performance,
00:17mental conditioning and a nutritionist strategist,
00:19was looking on eagerly to see if his fitness would hold up.
00:23It was a concern for me with regards to sustained energy levels and optimal recovery.
00:30But again, I tell you, we have a brilliant coach, we have brilliant managers,
00:35and the manner in which they rotated the players in terms of rest,
00:40the manner in which they forced the others to hold the batting end for him to get rest,
00:44it was incredible.
00:46He says there was little stopping them from grabbing hold of the title.
00:49They came to the top of the game in the last game.
00:53In the last day, they rose to the top of what they were actually practicing
00:58to be able to be so connected to every single ball, every single run, every single task.
01:05They connected in their last three hours.
01:08Simon also explained the thinking behind this on-field utterance.
01:25He indicated it was a battle of mental warfare after Guyanese players taunted the TNT players
01:31out there too, not the crease.
01:33I was pleasantly surprised with the level of intensity from both teams in the final,
01:38the way in which they played psychological warfare, as I would call it,
01:43against each other to get them off of their concentration and their focus.
01:47And if it is permitted and the referees and the authorities have no problem with it,
01:54then that is professional banter because the warfare and the games,
01:57I mean, we have no idea unless we're out there on the field with them,
02:00the level of intensity, the responsibility, the weight on the shoulders that they have
02:04and any edge that they can get.
02:06And I saw the Guyanese team come at them in a relentless manner,
02:10running up to them, tormenting them, torturing them.
02:12And from a professional level, I was like, wow, how would you focus under these kind of environments?
02:17He believes that both the teams may have been on the same level physically,
02:20but the game was won because of the mental strength of the Red Force.
02:25When physicality meets each other at a certain level,
02:28when the physical progress and the fitness is almost equal,
02:31then you have to find other ways.
02:32And like I say, if it's acceptable and it's not disrespectful to the audience
02:37who might not be hearing it, I'm not sure.
02:39And then so be it. It's professional warfare.
02:42He believes that the Guyanese players crumbled under pressure.
02:46When their wickets fell, they started to crumble.
02:48They started to overreach.
02:50They started to have impatience.
02:52And the guys spotted it.
02:54And the guys just started to drive at them even harder and harder
02:56in every moment that they knew that they were falling.
03:00Because they know the signs now.
03:01I taught them the signs.
03:03You understand?
03:03Any time that they begin opening at them, attack them.
03:07He says constant reaffirmation was needed for them to stay focused
03:11on their mission to break the 20-year jinx.
03:14I want to signal to how fast they dispatched that guy and his team on the last day.
03:18And people need to take it because every single ball mattered to them.
03:23Every single ball.
03:24And they fought for it.
03:25And I keep shouting at them, 20 years guys, 20 years guys, 20 years guys.
03:29And they brought it home.
03:31I keep signaling the subliminal that we have been waiting for this for 20 years.
03:36We have to get it done today.
03:38And that's where the mental power comes in.
03:40Now that the title is in their hands, Simon says the hard work paid off.
04:05He wants to see consistency moving forward to ensure the Red Force keeps on winning.
04:11494, TV6 Board.
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