Don't give up just improve your qulaity of movements

I am not going to be able to do this topic justice in a page or two but I will do the best I can. This may be an area that we do some more investigating in at a later date. In fact if you keep checking on www.cricketfitness.com you may well find this topic is getting addressed more and more. I have a dream I have been harbouring for a while now to improve the way our youth develop their cricketing talents to get them ready for senior cricket ranks. But this will all come out later.

Again I just want to put a point of view out there and hopefully raise some awareness of these factors that are often overlooked. I do not profess to knowing it all and never will. Case scenario where a cricketer tries to play a front foot forward defence. All ok until he makes contact and then everyone sees his elbows pointing to the square leg boundary and his shoulder pointing the same way. Consequently the cricketer’s chest is facing the umpire straight back up the wicket.
A lot of coaches, me included will point this out to the player. Then try and offer solutions to the problem. So what happens if after weeks and weeks this certain individual just can't get it right? Do we give up? Oh he'll never be any good he just hasn't got it!!

This is where I feel fixing movement inefficiencies will help individuals become better players as well as easier to coach. If my hip region was lacking the range of movement it should have I would automatically try to compensate with another movement. Something like taking a longer stride with my other leg or pushing one shoulder further forward to allow me to feel like I am all even in my movements. I will not try and explain the compensatory movements of the body but I will go as far as saying they would occur in almost every single body alive.

By leaving them unchecked you will only be increasing the compensation factor and I feel, not allow the body to get into correct positions for good solid technical cricket. Or at least the opportunity to get into these positions. I am not ever going to say you need to be technically correct to succeed in this great game. That would be like putting my head on the chopping block. I hope you get my basic drift here and as cricketers keep all avenues open in your quests for improvements. This is where increasing athletic development will have an immense value to the cricketers of today. Stay tuned I hope you hear more on this topic. If I have anything to do with it you will.