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Interesting debate brewing in Australia...
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Test legend Ian Chappell has backed Mitchell Starc in a brimming feud with Cricket Australia over managing the workload of bowlers.
Starc indicated he was at odds with CA’s high performance unit, whose boss Drew Ginn issued a directive that bowlers practise in the nets at well below full intensity.
Ginn — who won three Olympic gold medals as a member of the Oarsome Foursome — wants to apply theories learnt from rowing training to Australia’s fast bowlers.
In theory, that would mean training at around 20 percent intensity much like rowers do, instead of 80-100 percent in the nets.
Starc said Tuesday he’s “not really one for bowling slowly”, and Chappell agrees — suggesting CA hadn’t learned their lessons from Pat Howard’s polarising stint as the high performance boss.
“If I’m a fast bowler, I’m not going to be consulting an international rower on the best way to prepare for a Test match,” Chappell told Nine.
“Cricket Australia haven’t learned much. It was a problem with Pat Howard with his credibility, and I think it’s always going to be a problem because it’s such a unique game. You’ve got to have a good understanding of the game and what you go through.”
“I played a lot of international cricket but I wouldn’t for a moment try and tell Mitchell Starc how to get ready for a game because I’ve never prepared as a quick bowler. If I’m not going to tell a fast bowler how to prepare it’s even more difficult for an international rower or a rugby player.
“If I was Mitchell Starc’s captain and he asked for my opinion I’d tell him to get on the phone to Dennis Lillee or have dinner with someone like Geoff Lawson; people who have done it and get their ideas.”
Starc told the Herald Sun he didn’t agree with Ginn’s approach.
“I still think there’s an element where you need to remind the body what bowling fast is like,” he said.
“You’ve still got to hit those top speeds, whether it be for an over or two at training or whether it’s six or seven.”
Ginn said low-intensity exercise helps build bone density and strength in muscle ligaments. He added that high-intensity exercise is “really important” too, but only once a base has been built.”
“My thing is to build the load back up again and have this great sports science network that helps us manage that better,” Ginn said, according to the publication.”
https://www.news.com.au/sport/crick...d/news-story/25c605a3e0f145c4c80734c1bc835b2c
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Test legend Ian Chappell has backed Mitchell Starc in a brimming feud with Cricket Australia over managing the workload of bowlers.
Starc indicated he was at odds with CA’s high performance unit, whose boss Drew Ginn issued a directive that bowlers practise in the nets at well below full intensity.
Ginn — who won three Olympic gold medals as a member of the Oarsome Foursome — wants to apply theories learnt from rowing training to Australia’s fast bowlers.
In theory, that would mean training at around 20 percent intensity much like rowers do, instead of 80-100 percent in the nets.
Starc said Tuesday he’s “not really one for bowling slowly”, and Chappell agrees — suggesting CA hadn’t learned their lessons from Pat Howard’s polarising stint as the high performance boss.
“If I’m a fast bowler, I’m not going to be consulting an international rower on the best way to prepare for a Test match,” Chappell told Nine.
“Cricket Australia haven’t learned much. It was a problem with Pat Howard with his credibility, and I think it’s always going to be a problem because it’s such a unique game. You’ve got to have a good understanding of the game and what you go through.”
“I played a lot of international cricket but I wouldn’t for a moment try and tell Mitchell Starc how to get ready for a game because I’ve never prepared as a quick bowler. If I’m not going to tell a fast bowler how to prepare it’s even more difficult for an international rower or a rugby player.
“If I was Mitchell Starc’s captain and he asked for my opinion I’d tell him to get on the phone to Dennis Lillee or have dinner with someone like Geoff Lawson; people who have done it and get their ideas.”
Starc told the Herald Sun he didn’t agree with Ginn’s approach.
“I still think there’s an element where you need to remind the body what bowling fast is like,” he said.
“You’ve still got to hit those top speeds, whether it be for an over or two at training or whether it’s six or seven.”
Ginn said low-intensity exercise helps build bone density and strength in muscle ligaments. He added that high-intensity exercise is “really important” too, but only once a base has been built.”
“My thing is to build the load back up again and have this great sports science network that helps us manage that better,” Ginn said, according to the publication.”
https://www.news.com.au/sport/crick...d/news-story/25c605a3e0f145c4c80734c1bc835b2c
