Practice and Overtraining

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Practice and Overtraining

I ask everyone how much practice does someone require to make it big in cricket, and everyone replies 'As much as possible'.
I have had people telling me that present int'l cricketers had six hour intense training sessions on almost a daily basis.
And from the other end people say 'no more than 18-20 hrs or u'll be overtraining yourself'.

How much should I really practice? I am a fast-bowler/ opening batsman. People have asked me to focus on one, but I can be both - however, it would require more practice.

So what would be the ideal practice hours? How many times a week? It would be great if someone could instances of real players (from interviews, books etc.)...


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OK, that's good. Are we talking cricket practise or training?

There is a lot more to cricket than bat and ball. Internationals do train hard and long but this time is spent on fitness, strength, core stability, mental skills preparation and toughness as well as cricket practice.

If you can fit all this in to two hours a day, you should be doing fine. You must have one day a week rest though.

It is hard to say how many hours to make it big in cricket. Some cricketers have a gift, others have to work really, really hard just to be good.

If you are good at both batting and bowling, go for them both. At your age, you should not be pace bowling too much in a week and definitely not every day.
 
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At your age, you should not be pace bowling too much in a week and definitely not every day.
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Well that's exactly what I do! I thought doing lots of fast bowling was really important. It's really tiring, especially when you have to explode with a pretty decent run-up.

I thought it was more important to do skill training because it's more match-like. For example, I do running between the wicket practice by hitting a ball in a sock and running the length of a pitch. I thought it was important to learn to focus on the ball when you're tired from running a double (recovery methods).

But beyond that, nowadays I might do some light strength training (push-ups etc.) and lots of sprints. I have never known how to strengthen the core without weights.
 
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During pace bowling, the spine hyperextends and rotates during lateral flexon at speed with great force. This puts a lot of stress on the spine, which can only take so much. If you overbowl, you risk stress fractures of the pars interarticularis of the lumbar spine. If you have a mixed action, it throws in a counter rotation which makes the situation far worse. I am sure you can think of many ex-professionals whose career was shortened by back injuries or shoulder injuries.

If you want to know how to work the core, read: http://www.simplycricket.net/what-the-heck-is-core-training-all-about-anyway-t440.0.html

For more strength ideas: http://www.harrowdrive.com/free-4-week-bodyweight-training-plan-for-cricket/
 
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