"Any tool which allows a sports person to realise their potential and their possible failings, will ultimately enable them to tackle any issues head on and it's something more clubs should do". - Simon Willis

The tools didn't just help a player realise their potential, it allowed them to see the opportunities beyond sport for the time when they retire. "I think the more we can emphasise their strengths and identify the kind o careers that may be open to them, they have a better chance of making that transition rather than coming to the end of their career and hoping someone will just give them a job, which might not be the right fit." Billings has since been selected for the England Performance Programme, awarded Player of the Year at the Spitfire Kent Cricket Awards and became joint winner of the Walter Lawrence Trophy awarded for the fastest hundred of the season in county cricket, all just five months on from his Thomas assessment. A year on, Billings received his first call up for England. "The assessment had shown me that when structure is put in place I thrive upon it, I needed consistency and as soon as I got it everything started to click into place."