THIS coach advised India cricketers to have sex before 2011 World Cup matches

All these revelations were made in his book ‘The Barefoot Coach’. Paddy Upton, in his book went on to write that this advice of his, angered then-coach and former South Africa opener Gary Kirsten. Later Upton had to apologize for the same.

The former mental conditioning coach of Team India and former Rajasthan Royals coach Paddy Upton has made a shocking revelation about his stint with the Indian team. Upton was the mental conditioning coach of the Indian team from 2008 to 2011 with Gary Kirsten as the head coach of the team. Upton had advised the players to have sex before their matches at the 2011 World Cup. All these revelations were made in his book ‘The Barefoot Coach’. Upton, in his book went on to write that this advice of his, angered then-coach and former South Africa opener Gary Kirsten. Later Upton had to apologize for the same. He has also written that during the preparation of Champions Trophy in 2009, he was preparing the notes for the players. He gave a detailed account of benefits of sex. In the notes prepared for the players, Paddy mentioned, “Does having sex improve your performance? Yes, it grows."