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Pace Doctor

Cricket Coach
https://www.pacedoctor.com.au
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pace Doctor is an online service founded by Marc Portus to help cricketers bowl faster, reduce their risk of back injury, swing the ball or manage an illegal bowling action. Our mantra is 'Making better fast bowlers'.

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Q: Six weeks to cricket fast bowling fitness - a guide to managing workload

Being in excellent physical condition and using a sound bowling technique are both key, however, bowling workload management is particularly important at this time of year, when fast bowlers are starting to prepare for the regular club season. For those teenage fast bowlers preparing for underage tournaments where multiple games are played in a week-long carnival type format, its critical bowling workloads are planned properly. The research in cricket, and from other sports, clearly shows sportspeople get injured more often after a sudden increase in physical demands,

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/683/pace-doctor/blog/1139/six-weeks-to-cricket-fast-bowling-fitness-a-guide-to-managing-workload
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Six weeks to cricket fast bowling fitness - a guide to managing workload
By Marc Portus and Stuart KarppinenBeing in ...
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Q: Do you know what type of fast bowler your body wants to be?

Reflecting on all my years of analysing bowling actions and working with fast bowlers, I have been pondering the simple to master basics for young developing fast bowlers. And I reckon this is a great start for fast bowlers, and their coaches, to reduce their risks of injury and maximise their potential.

From a bowling action perspective, a key foundation for reducing risk of injury and maximizing your talent, is this one simple, and somewhat odd feature about the way YOU bowl. Not your team-mate, not your idol, but YOU!

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/683/pace-doctor/blog/1138/do-you-know-what-type-of-fast-bowler-your-body-wants-to-be
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Do you know what type of fast bowler your body wants to be?
By Marc PortusReflecting on all my years of analysing bowling actions and working with fast bowlers, I have been pondering the simple to master basics for young d ...

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