Editing Joel Garner (section)

== Early life ==
Joel Garner was born in Enterprise, Christ Church, Barbados. Enterprise was a "scattering of houses among fields of sugar cane". Garner was the older of two boys. When he and his brother were very young, his parents migrated to Canada and the United States and they were left in the care of their grandparents. Cricket was popular and Garner played it as a child. He first attended St Christopher's boys primary school which was held in the local Anglican Church. He attended secondary school at Foundation Boys and played cricket for the school where he played as an all rounder. When selected for a school team coached by [[Seymour Nurse]], He was told by Seymour Nurse "What's a big fellow like you doing batting or trying to bat? You're much too big to be a batsman...with your height, son, you should be bowling, fast". Seymour Nurse spent time coaching Garner on how to take full advantage of his height when bowling. He then attended coaching sessions organized by [[Charlie Griffith]] and [[Garfield Sobers|Gary Sobers]]. Griffith taught Garner to bowl a yorker that swung in the air and how to use a bouncer effectively.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garner |first=Joel |title=Big Bird. Flying High. The autobiography of Joel Garner |publisher=Arthur Barker |year=1988 |location=Great Britain |pages=20–35}}</ref>