From the ground up

When asked about how I put a fast bowlers training program together I always reply with the same line

 

From the ground up

 

Its become a bit of a throw away comment but something I’ve been watching recently has really brought it home just how important this one line is when you want to positively effect a player in the long term

 

And it’s nothing to do with fitness

 

While walking my pup there is a house round the corner which started some building work back in the end of the summer

 

Turns out that they were having a big extension built, big extra room on bottom floor, extra bedroom on top and big new conservatory at the back

 

Now I haven’t the first clue about the building trade, and my DIY nouse is more exuberant than effective in any way

 

It’s something I leave to over people, normally ends up better than way

 

So I was pretty fascinated seeing the day to day workings of the guys putting this building work together, each day waiting to see the progression

 

Exciting life right!

 

Then after a couple of months I found myself getting frustrated

 

When I’ve got any sort of DIY job to do I work to one moto- get it done as quickly as possible

 

So when I saw that the building was hardly changing I got pissed off

 

I wanted to see the final product, what it looked like when it was finished

 

In my little head I was calling the builder and contractors lazy sod’s why couldn’t they crack on and get the job done, it looked like all they had to do was lay a few bricks, how hard could that be? Get it done in a day or two

 

Then I kicked myself

 

Id done exactly what I hate other people doing

 

I wanted them to skip the most important stage and get onto the fun stuff

 

How stupid that is

 

So many times I’ve had to reign a fast bowler in who wants to do the latest eye catching work out, when they need to make sure that their base is built solidly first

 

The new year is also a perfect example, people will be throwing themselves into training plans they simple aren’t ready for

 

And what will happen?

 

Without that base the structure will crumble

 

To you and me that’s an injury = no bowling = no wickets

 

So make sure you do build the base, don’t skip ahead 2 or 3 steps or it will cost you in the long run

 

Not sure what to do?

 

The let us help, virtual coach plan is available and layered to make sure you do build the base before then putting on pace

 

Get yours here https://www.cricketstrength.com/pacelab-virtual-velocity-screening

 

Think differently

 

Dewsy