Thats 6!!!….(Of the best reasons that single leg training is superior to double-leg)
Perhaps a controversial discussion point – after all the squat and the deadlift have been the central pillars of most functional lower body training for years. As we have discussed elsewhere the squat and deadlift are 2 great full body functional exercises and are light years ahead of time wasters like leg pressing and leg […]
Batter or Bowler
Are you training for batting or bowling? In your life as a cricketer, is your game based more around the art of scoring runs, or the art of preventing them and taking wickets? The answer to this question will dictate where exactly your focus should be in your strength training, as physically speaking, […]
Why Strength train for Cricket?
There is far more importance to strength training for improved sports performance than simply adding some muscle to your body. Strength training aims to improve the baseline from which all physical attributes are expressed – in other words, actions such as a more powerful cover drive or a more powerful throw when fielding, are the […]
Bowling’s Physical Components
When discussing the physical nature of bowling and the training preparation for it, we are almost exclusively referring to pace bowling, rather than spin bowling. Pace bowling is much more physically demanding, players have far greater instances and severity of injuries, a shorter career spans, dure to this reality. As a result, strength training contributes […]
Movements not muscles when training for cricket
Why when preparing for cricket, if you are ‘body-building’ you are heading down the wrong track ‘Movements not muscles’ means a change in focus on what you are developing and how you are developing it. This is a very important discussion to have for all cricketers looking to improve their physical capacity for contribution to […]