What Does A Team Captain Do And Do They Make A Difference?

[Tsunami 10,219]

could be totally wrong here, hands up if so, but sure i saw some rider have a notebook of set ups at each track, and kept them to himself. cant think who it was off hand, never got that really, bit like riders not knowing the scores of a match

First saw this with our Danes at Newcastle. The likes of Bjarne, KB, etc, all had largeish handsets which was a phone, but with a mini computer on the reverse side. They recorded all the setup details from every meeting, their scores and the conditions, and consulted the info before every meeting. The detail they had on everything was amazing.

 

 

Grachan

You are right in what you say about Ivan. In one of his books he tells you that he knew the temperament of every referee in domestic and overseas meetings, down to the average time they would take to release the tapes. In his notebook he recorded a 'P' as a code against a refs name to indicate a trait of the ref. It was all mind games with Ivan and the refs, and I know who won most battles.

[lucifer sam 3,953]

First saw this with our Danes at Newcastle. The likes of Bjarne, KB, etc, all had largeish handsets which was a phone, but with a mini computer on the reverse side. They recorded all the setup details from every meeting, their scores and the conditions, and consulted the info before every meeting. The detail they had on everything was amazing.

 

 

Grachan

You are right in what you say about Ivan. In one of his books he tells you that he knew the temperament of every referee in domestic and overseas meetings, down to the average time they would take to release the tapes. In his notebook he recorded a 'P' as a code against a refs name to indicate a trait of the ref. It was all mind games with Ivan and the refs, and I know who won most battles.

 

And in his book, Briggo told us what the P stood for.

 

All the best

Rob

[Team Man 32]

could be totally wrong here, hands up if so, but sure i saw some rider have a notebook of set ups at each track, and kept them to himself. cant think who it was off hand, never got that really, bit like riders not knowing the scores of a match

 

What set up for a track for one rider doesn't always work for another so sharing setups is not always productive.

[ColinMills 1,728]

What set up for a track for one rider doesn't always work for another so sharing setups is not always productive.

yes, quite agree

[Vince 9,458]

In the good old days it was the team captains responsibility to ensure that every one of his riders took advantage of the 3' depth of dirt to make at least 5 passes in every race. Any less and the captain had to make 7 passes in order to make the meeting more entertaining for the 50,000 crowd at a southern league meeting.