Is your belief system telling you you must work harder

Fitness for cricket is unique and should be challenging yet fun as well as something you look forward to doing. But how many times have you been told,” work harder" or "you won't get any reward unless you do the hard work required". This usually comes after a bad performance or after a poor hit out on the training track. What coaches and parents sometimes don't realise, is unfortunately individuals don't like the THOUGHT of hard work.

It conjures up images of completing tasks that aren't fun. Not to mention the link between playing a game or training for a game we play for fun and our work. And sadly the majority of people don't enjoy their work. We need to change our belief system around cricket training.

Think of it this way. If you view fitness training for cricket as hard work are you going to throw absolutely everything at that task? Is your heart and soul going to be put into your work? Or are you going to be dreading attending because of the perceived HARD work required of you? Whereas if you were to change your belief system to embrace cricket fitness training maybe you would attack it differently. Subconsciously you would look forward to putting effort into your cricket fitness preparation. Attacking it with renewed enthusiasm and excitement.

And your new belief system will open your mind up completely to see your efforts as beneficial to your overall performances improving. If nothing else the enjoyment factor is going to skyrocket. This enjoyment will soon start to turn into excitement and anticipation as your cricket fitness and performances head north(upwards). I can tell you that a belief system that thinks of fitness for cricket as hard work is going to hold you back. Start believing that your good quality cricket fitness efforts are creating an improvement in you as a cricketer. And every effort from then on will be more purposeful taking you closer to becoming a better cricketer. Both in performances and enjoyment.

There is no better cricketer than the one who loves playing and training for the game. Your belief system is always going to be guiding you. So why not let it guide you into a better cricketer