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The older the bowler in terms of playing/training

The older the bowler in terms of playing/training age the harder it is to create change. They can practice the technique at lower intensities and believe they are ready to progress.

However, the excitement is short lived as the transfer doesn’t happen. The poor transfer between closed skill work and competitive performance is a mental block and is called a ‘PROACTIVE INHIBITION’ and normally happens between stage 3 and 4 of learning.

‘It is an interference effect on learning and memory produced by conflicting associations from prior learned tasks. If what the athlete has learned previously is in conflict with the new material, he/she is trying to learn, the PI is involuntarily activated and interferes with the recall of the new material. The old learning disables new learning regardless of what the person already knows is correct or incorrect’ - Jeff Moyer

PI doesn’t stop new skills being learnt it merely protect all prior skills and knowledge. It’s automatically activated whenever new information is different to what its already learned and grooved.

This is why it’s easy to change the technique of someone who has a drastically ineffective action, such as bowling off the wrong foot, as it’s a totally different motor engram. It’s harder when there are smaller changes needed. The coach and bowler needed to grasp the concept of creating change and stay patient with it. When a bowler has a large timing flaw or a drastic “STYLE” , I believe it’s a software flaw, this needs a motor learning intervention. If the bowler has dysfunction in a certain part of the sequence, I regard that as a hardware flaw and requires a different intervention method. More corrective exercises, special strength exercises and targeted skill-stability focus .

Always remember the difference between STYLE and TECHNIQUE. Just because they look different and gave a unique style doesn’t necessarily mean you should change. The process is a long and painful one. So you need to be sure that change will add value or if it’s not just a fluctuator and a idiosyncratic style. Bowlers can look different but style have the most effective technique and hit the attractors

#pacelabprinciples

The 3 main fundamental concepts of motor learning:

The 3 main fundamental concepts of motor learning:

I will cover these briefly in the @tfc_clinic presentation

1) Bernstein’s Repetition Without Repetition

2) Perception-Action Coupling

3) Representative Design.

R. Sullivan

✅Bernstein’s believed that repeating that exact movement is impossible because of the limitless degrees of freedom in complex movements and the human body

Cricket context: How many bowling actions have you seen that are identical. NONE. Even though the INTENTION is always the same. Each athlete will find a way to complete the skill that's specific to their system

✅Perception-Action coupling states that in open skills demanding a response to variable sensory information, separating the perception component from the action required will lead to a inadequate transfer of training

Cricket context:

Velo: Increasing the ball velocity in the RUN + GUN max intent exercise will not transfer to contextual competitive specific practice at a batter

Accuracy: Bowling at cones will never make you more accurate in a game. That's the simple truth

✅Representative Design requires that sensory and movement environment offered under practice conditions should be similar (as close as possible) to the conditions of actual in-game performance.

Cricket context: Bowling in the nets will never make you a more skilled and robust bowler in a game. Sorry, it's just not the same. Argue it as much as you want, it's just not going to make you a better match day bowler. It may develop your bowling skill set on the net, free of fatigue, stress or anxiety, but '2 to win off the last ball' in the @iplt20 final it won't prepare you for.

#motorlearning
#pacelabprinciples
#fastbowling
#cricket

Respect the stages of learning 🧠Unconscious in

Respect the stages of learning

🧠Unconscious incompetence
🧠Conscious incompetence
🧠Conscious competence
🧠Unconscious competence

Ultimately to modify technique a bowler will need to go from having no idea what's happening to being skilled without thinking about it. Issues arrive around stage 3 where bowlers have to think about the certain part of their action. The brain can only consciously think of one cue, anymore will cloud the process and ultimately lead to failure and drop out. This is why the skill stability paradigm is effective and continues to make changes as the subconscious becomes the coach. Each position is locked in place and the only conscious thought is MAX INTENT.

Humans want immediate success and bowlers are inpatient. What happens is they rush through the 1st two stages which are the easiest as they are basic static drilling but then expect positive transfer into a full adrenaline pumping approach and delivery in competition. This leads to frustration , lack of respect on how we learn and technical failure.

My advice is always to LIMIT THE AMOUNT of competition bowling you do when trying to change technique. This is very difficult as a bowler gets older and why I believe there are key stages of a bowlers development that technique needs to be coached. During a heightened state of brain plasticity and limited structured competitive play. Before 11yrs of age. After this there are too many constraints.

Which is why unless a bowler is removed from all bowling , and simply bats after teenage years there is very rarely any glaring changes in technique. The bowlers who have changed have been the ones forces through injury , therefore are not bowling in games or have a totally different motor engram. Such as bowling off the wrong foot.

Due to the SCHMIDBLEICHER PRINCIPLE a bowler will never change technique during season. As the last rep their brain remembers is the last delivery.

“The Schmidblecher Principle states that the last thing you do has the most profound impact on motor learning and/or central nervous system adaptation. So finishing a set with crappy technique has a negative impact on your motor learning"

I take pride in the legacy I leave for others to e

I take pride in the legacy I leave for others to embrace. PE at Wellington School.

Differences are evident in all bowlers These two

Differences are evident in all bowlers

These two bowlers should/will never be using the same training methods. They are totally different, but ultimately both aim to achieve the same goals. Bowl fast. They have the same INTENTION.

Changes are visible whilst other exist within the human body. This manifests itself in the kinematic sequence.

Differences occur both at intra and inter muscular level.

Different bowlers require different intervention methods. This is why I introduced the PaceLab ltd Bowling Classification System 3 years ago. Identifying whether a bowler is hip or knee should always be the first point of the process.

Many may use The Pacelab Terminology but very few know the true meaning

Misunderstanding and misinterpretation can have detrimental effect.

Over deep squatting a knee dominant bowler can have a huge negative impact on the back foot contact time. Over deep squatting a hip dominant bowlers will have an equally negative impact due to the fact it’s a totally different pattern than what they are used to or require. They don’t bend their legs to bowl . They require more ‘below the knee’ work and tendon tuning.

So the process of identifying whether a bowler is hip or knee is the ultimate question. It is the future . Start understanding and implementing correctly

Now as I move forward in my career I will be creating Coaching certification for fast bowlers to rival all other organisations.

Hip or knee not front or side on terminology is the future

#hiporkneedominance
#pacelabeducation
#bowlingclassification

If you find hitting certain positions difficult it

If you find hitting certain positions difficult it may mean you have poor extensibility. Extensibility isn’t just Range of Movement, it is the composition of flexibility under force. So static stretching has limited benefits for an athlete performing in a high force driven skill like bowling.
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A bowler or pitcher may in actual fact be flexible enough when the force is low as in a static stretch but in fact during the skill of fast bowling / pitching has limited range when the force increases. This isn’t a flexibility issue. THIS HIGHLIGHTS A LACK OF EXTENSIBILITY.
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Yielding isometrics, EQI @thibarmy, loaded stretching and loaded mobility work will enhance extensibility

#extensibility
#force
#fastbowling
#rangeofmovement

How does your fast bowling sessions look? This m

How does your fast bowling sessions look?

This morning sessions with a focus on shoulder care and Back foot contact

Coaching quicks is not about just watching them bowl at a batsman. That’s tactical , which has a time and place but it’s never an environment to create change.

#principles
#backfootcontact
#fastbowling

Finishing touches to @tfc_clinic presentation Cr

Finishing touches to @tfc_clinic presentation

Creating change and understanding how we interact with the environment. Ecological dynamics

#tfc
#presentation
#sharingknowledge
#pacelab

Finishing touches to @tfc_clinic presentation Cr

Finishing touches to @tfc_clinic presentation

Creating change and understanding how we interact with the environment. Ecological dynamics

#tfc
#presentation
#sharingknowledge
#pacelab

I designed this drill 4 years ago and it’s a sta

I designed this drill 4 years ago and it’s a standard in all Pacelab Ltd programming . Many copy but you need to understand why I designed it and why the bowling arm knee needs to be up

@pacelablimited @six_cricket_community @pdcse_official @bcci

#fastbowling
#bcci
#pacelab
#pacelabindia
#kneelingcinstraints
#hipshoulderseparation

“The ability to throw has been identified as a c

“The ability to throw has been identified as a crucial skill when it came to the survival of our ancestors as it allowed them to hunt for prey and defend themselves (Young, 2009)”

Throwing (bowling) ability is facilitated by several anatomical characteristics of the human body (Roach et al., 2013), including the mass distribution of the different body segments, which allows us to benefit from the kinetic chain principle, thus reaching a very high velocity at the hand (the lightest and most distal segment) (Putnam, 1993).

Some studies have suggested that the mass distribution of the segments of the throwing arm can be improved in order to reach a higher ball release speed (Kim et al., 2008; Southard, 1998) and increase the distance thrown (Linthorne et al., n.d.). These studies suggest that athletes can benefit from a heavier upper arm mass, whereas increasing the mass of either the forearm or hand segment results in a decrease in performance. Although these studies highlight the importance of the arm segment masses to an athlete’s ability to throw a projectile, only the study by Linthorne et al. (n.d.) suggests that there is an optimal upper arm mass that results in the highest throwing performance and that this optimal mass might be specific to the participant..

Based on a mini trial/training session using @motusglobal @drivelinepulse and @lila_movementechnology I do believe there is an optimum load that is based on your body weight

For a batsman to recognise a difference in ball speed arm speed needs to be increased by 0.70ms+. Any less wont make a difference. This equates to approx 1.5mph & rotational speed of 7RPM.

Increasing upper arm mass using 300-700g fusiforms shown to increase arm speed by between 15-20RPM on @motusglobal . The added weight is dependent on the training age of the thrower. With less skilled throwers needing heavier load as their arm speed is lower, less torque to begin with. Advanced throwers need careful attention as the added load may prove to stressful for the elbow and shoulder joints.

#armspeed
#exogen
#fastbowling
#upperarm
#mass

Positive locomotion The position of the pelvis &

Positive locomotion

The position of the pelvis & the relationship with the torso is an essential understanding for fast bowlers

Controlling the pelvis underlies every other attractor in fast bowling. Losing the length tension relationship in the region will cause other aspects to inhibit and becomes dysfunctional.

There are 3 types of rotation that happens in fast bowling

✅ REAL ROTATION
✅ FALSE /APPARENT ROTATION
✅ WHIP ACTION (same as REAL but quicker)

Each have a role to play in the bowling zones of ;

🔑The approach zone (ends toe off impulse stride)
🔑The impact zone (ends full settling of front foot contact)
🔑The delivery zone

Like all attractors and the ‘good neighbour’ theory . If one bleeds into the other instability occurs and the whole system loses tension and technical flaws occur. Such as collapsed front leg on contact. There needs to be a clear end and starting point to each attractor.

When attractors compete for dominance, disruption and instability occurs

The approach is about creating trunk stability allowing the limbs to function correctly and directly. This is when FALSE ROTATION is key. Where the trunk and pelvis rotate in opposing direction around longitudinal axis with a NET ROTATION of ZERO. (Pelvis right/shoulders left) Maximum stability and maintaining the integrity of the vestibular system and creating pre tension with minimal movement around abs and paraspinals. Muscle slack is removed. Issues arise when over ‘separation occurs’ creating instability (use more from one you’ll have less for the other)

This phase ends on toe off on impulse stride as the pelvis now rotates to the leg raised off the ground into shin led BFC. A new phase has begun THE WHIP ACTION. This phase generates maximum tension and stretch in the fascial slings and creates a highly stable biotensegrity unit ready for the collision on BFC. There is separation but it’s in the same direction with a slight delay. Hips rotate back slightly and shoulders follow later , then hips rotate forward followed by shoulders into delivery creating torque via the oblique sling tension. This requires a careful manipulation of tension between the phases- phase transition

Great to see @pacelablimited trained bowlers getti

Great to see @pacelablimited trained bowlers getting the rewards they deserve

Awesome @rakshannreaddi

Only the start. Big future

#pacelabremote
#india
#bcci
#fastbowler

Shoulder care Don’t forget your shoulder care w

Shoulder care

Don’t forget your shoulder care work. After a tough bowling session make sure you start the regeneration process as soon as you can.

Perform High rep isolation work that’s not to high fatiguing. Main focus is blood flow. Adding occlusion cuffs would be a good addition

#pacelabprinciples
#regeneration
#rotatorcuff

Two to win? What do you bowl. Only one option @

Two to win?

What do you bowl. Only one option

@fulltrack.ai

@pacelablimited

The future is remote

#tactical
#remote
#pacelab

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