'Grumpy' Trott's methods for success
In an interview with the Telegraph, Jonathan Trott offers an insight into how he hones his powers of concentration
ESPNcricinfo staff
03-Jul-2013
With a calm batting style likened to "the ticking of a grandfather clock", it's no surprise that Jonathan Trott's off-field persona is also defined in the media along similar lines. In an interview with the Telegraph, Trott shrugs off that perception, and shares an insight into his success as a batsman.
"Your mannerisms and body language are a mirror of your mental thoughts," he says. "If someone's standing in a room at a business meeting, you can always tell if someone's nervous. Body language slows your mind down a bit, so you stop thinking about irrelevant thoughts. That's all concentration is: it's an absence of irrelevant thought."