Re: Interview with Fast Bowling Guru Ian Pont
No Phil, it makes total sense and having an opinion can never be a sin
I specialise in prehabilitation but, unfortunately, spend most of my time with rehabilitation. In both instances, I use biomechanics but what I would do for one is not necessarily what I would do for the other. Not only are each of these instances different but so are each individual
. However, even though I concentrate on either preventing or repairing injury [and I assure you, I am not at all interested in improving pace at this point], pace is improved as a by-product.
It is like a machine with a misaligned moving part; take a watchface. Imagine the minute hand is slightly out of alignment; it is slightly bent and the end is raised higher than it is designed to be. The second hand cannot get past; if the workings are solid enough, it may force its way past but it will have lost seconds and the same thing will happen the next time it comes across the minute hand. Now, I would take the glass off and straighten the minute hand, making sure it passes the hour hand unimpeded and the second hand can now pass unimpeded. It is now not likely to break under the constant stress but how has this effected the way it works and its pace?
Manuals are not to be read blindly and Ian's methods are there to help a player improve. I cannot believe he disregards safety. Players do not pick up his book with no knowledge of cricket. They have usually attended a Club or school team and been coached the fundamentals. They will have spent many hours on their technique but now want that little extra to help them over a plataux or improve beyond their own coaches ability. At this point, their technique should be such that following Ian's suggestions will not cause injury.
Another factor to remember is that what would cause injury in one person will have no effect to another!
phil2oo8 said:
No Phil, it makes total sense and having an opinion can never be a sin
I specialise in prehabilitation but, unfortunately, spend most of my time with rehabilitation. In both instances, I use biomechanics but what I would do for one is not necessarily what I would do for the other. Not only are each of these instances different but so are each individual
. However, even though I concentrate on either preventing or repairing injury [and I assure you, I am not at all interested in improving pace at this point], pace is improved as a by-product. It is like a machine with a misaligned moving part; take a watchface. Imagine the minute hand is slightly out of alignment; it is slightly bent and the end is raised higher than it is designed to be. The second hand cannot get past; if the workings are solid enough, it may force its way past but it will have lost seconds and the same thing will happen the next time it comes across the minute hand. Now, I would take the glass off and straighten the minute hand, making sure it passes the hour hand unimpeded and the second hand can now pass unimpeded. It is now not likely to break under the constant stress but how has this effected the way it works and its pace?
Manuals are not to be read blindly and Ian's methods are there to help a player improve. I cannot believe he disregards safety. Players do not pick up his book with no knowledge of cricket. They have usually attended a Club or school team and been coached the fundamentals. They will have spent many hours on their technique but now want that little extra to help them over a plataux or improve beyond their own coaches ability. At this point, their technique should be such that following Ian's suggestions will not cause injury.
Another factor to remember is that what would cause injury in one person will have no effect to another!
May I ask if it was the hip rotation and full follow through that you worked on with Dale Steyn, because it seems very evident when he is bowling at his quickest (140kph+) but when he drops down to the 130kph range at the end of a tough day, he does not do it as much.
