What is it about?
Delivery speed of elite cricket spin bowlers is linked to environmental conditions. However, when performing in environmental conditions that are foreign to them, elite bowlers do not necessarily adapt this element to suit the conditions. This suggests there is not enough diversity in one countries environmental conditions to adequately prepare cricket spin bowlers for international test match cricket.
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Why is it important?
This research will encourage all performance staff associated with athletic performance in variable conditions to think about how they structure practice and performance environments for their athletes. The theories in skill acquisition research suggest that skilled/elite performers adapt and exploit environmental conditions in order to succeed. However, this research has highlighted that even at the elite level, you require the adequate preparation in order to be able to adapt to the environmental conditions.
Perspectives
At the beginning of this research there was statistical evidence that cricketer's were not performing as they should in foreign conditions. We wanted to be able to make scientific links as to why this was happening so we could make changes for the future. It was a great pleasure to be able to do this and the results were somewhat unexpected. Sport, just like every other industry is constantly evolving and if we continue to train the way we have always trained we will get left behind.
rian crowther
Cricket Australia
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This page is a summary of: Ecological dynamics of spin bowling in test match cricket: A longitudinal analysis of delivery speed between Australia and India, International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, February 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1747954118761202.
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