Fast Bowling Study
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mas cambios
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Nice find, some interesting reading in there.
Nice find, some interesting reading in there.
Re: Fast Bowling Study
I know I should not get started on this [and will probably regret it when I have finished
] but heyhoo!
This type of work is really important; for injury prevention AND maximising potential. You can be sure that all elite players have access to it. Anybody who has read the sC pages will know it is something I am really, really keen to share and this link is excellent, thanks FBI.
However....
I find cricket at grass roots level really closed to this idea. As a biomechanist, I prefer not to coach but to work with coaches. My ideal would be to work along side a bowling/batting/fielding coach; let them do what they do and let me observe, assess and correct. Cricket coaches tend to be outcome coaches; if the player can get range, accuracy, line, length etc, job done. This is great but with slight biomechanical correction, we can prevent missed days through injuries and aid longevity at the same time as increase power, pace, range, accuracy etc.
Unfortunately, coaches do not want me around. They seem to think I am assessing their coaching or trying to interfere with any special relationship they have with their player.
Where is the team work in cricket and when will it be about the player and not the coaches?
I know I should not get started on this [and will probably regret it when I have finished
] but heyhoo!This type of work is really important; for injury prevention AND maximising potential. You can be sure that all elite players have access to it. Anybody who has read the sC pages will know it is something I am really, really keen to share and this link is excellent, thanks FBI.
However....
I find cricket at grass roots level really closed to this idea. As a biomechanist, I prefer not to coach but to work with coaches. My ideal would be to work along side a bowling/batting/fielding coach; let them do what they do and let me observe, assess and correct. Cricket coaches tend to be outcome coaches; if the player can get range, accuracy, line, length etc, job done. This is great but with slight biomechanical correction, we can prevent missed days through injuries and aid longevity at the same time as increase power, pace, range, accuracy etc.
Unfortunately, coaches do not want me around. They seem to think I am assessing their coaching or trying to interfere with any special relationship they have with their player.
Where is the team work in cricket and when will it be about the player and not the coaches?
mas cambios
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Re: Fast Bowling Study
Without trying to take this thread too far off topic, the problem I tend to find is actually with how some coaches are trained and the pressure they then feel once 'qualified' to deliver a positive and noticeable outcome.
A lot of emphasis is placed on technique and the correct way to do things but there is a lack of advice/training when it comes to how to coach and what it actually means to be a coach.
Often a coach can and will feel isolated, especially if not involved in training 'elite' players, i.e your 'average' club coach. They have people looking to them for the answers (which they may not have or only have part of) and often a lack of access to help and further information. This includes how best to use experts (biomechanists, s&c experts and so on) without feeling that it's a slur on their ability.
Until coach education becomes more rounded with a more in-depth look at how to integrate with different disciplines, you'll continue to find some opposition when trying to bring something else to the table.
Liz Ward;273550 said:
Without trying to take this thread too far off topic, the problem I tend to find is actually with how some coaches are trained and the pressure they then feel once 'qualified' to deliver a positive and noticeable outcome.
A lot of emphasis is placed on technique and the correct way to do things but there is a lack of advice/training when it comes to how to coach and what it actually means to be a coach.
Often a coach can and will feel isolated, especially if not involved in training 'elite' players, i.e your 'average' club coach. They have people looking to them for the answers (which they may not have or only have part of) and often a lack of access to help and further information. This includes how best to use experts (biomechanists, s&c experts and so on) without feeling that it's a slur on their ability.
Until coach education becomes more rounded with a more in-depth look at how to integrate with different disciplines, you'll continue to find some opposition when trying to bring something else to the table.
Re: Fast Bowling Study
next time you're in Melbourne, you're more than welcome to come down and watch a session with my under 17s. hell, seniors might appreciate it too!
I know from taping myself that i'm guilty of excessive lateral flexion. I used to close off my back foot as well (or bowl around my arse, as I learnt it). Opening up my lower half really helped, but took a lot, and lot, and lot of effort to change - and still takes a lot of effort to maintain.
Funny, of the kids I coach, the only issue on that list that i'm not working to fix with any of them is lateral flexion. Good to see that for the most part they're listening to the old "Do as I say, not as I do" rule.
next time you're in Melbourne, you're more than welcome to come down and watch a session with my under 17s. hell, seniors might appreciate it too!
I know from taping myself that i'm guilty of excessive lateral flexion. I used to close off my back foot as well (or bowl around my arse, as I learnt it). Opening up my lower half really helped, but took a lot, and lot, and lot of effort to change - and still takes a lot of effort to maintain.
Funny, of the kids I coach, the only issue on that list that i'm not working to fix with any of them is lateral flexion. Good to see that for the most part they're listening to the old "Do as I say, not as I do" rule.