He put on 5mph [before touching a weight]

Had a belting question in yesterday

 

It was on the back of my post about fitness testing and screening

 

May well be something you’ve been thinking as well big fella

 

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Hey Dewsy

 

First up thanks so much for the great content you provide

 

Reading your emails has become part of my regular daily routine

 

I’ve got a quick question though

 

You spoke about fitness testing the other day, and I was wondering what were the key fitness test you would do in order to try and help me bowl faster?

 

I really want to nail this off season and hit next season hard

 

Cheers

 

Tim

 

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Crackin question Tim

 

To help improve pace my answer may well surprise you

 

For me one of the most crucial tests to carry out on a bowler in order to see if we can help them gain pain is the movement analysis test

 

There are a lot of ways to do this but I massively believe it must be done in order to help optimise the bowling action

 

Let me go over something simple that I’ve said a lot before

 

Take the thoracic spine (upper back)

 

Now this bad boy has an absolutely crucial role

 

It needs to be providing rotational and extension mobility

 

Both key elements for bowlers

 

Now if its not doing it then the knock on effect is gonna be on either the shoulder or lower back

 

If its the shoulder and the joint cannot move freely then power potential, and pace is gonna be hit hard

 

So we need to know what the movement around the shoulder is like

 

Last year at our first build the fast bowler seminar we had one lad who put on 5mph just from doing a month of the corrective exercises after we screened them

 

Read that again ^^^^^^^

 

5mph before touching strength training!

 

Man this is powerful stuff

 

The body tells us what we need to know, we just have to look properly

 

Just seeing how many press ups or how quick their sprints are wont give us that crucial information

 

So make sure you get a good movement screening if you do want to put on pace

 

Cus it’s a hell of a lot easier to build strength on a well functioning body

 

If you want a screening then with our 1 to 1 program we offer it as part of it

 

Here is the link you need https://www.cricketstrength.com/pacelab-virtual-velocity-screening

 

Think differently

 

Dewsy