Do coaches in general really understand the biomechanical principles?
Cricket coaches are improving, like coaches in all sports. I can only really speak about Australia, where now, through the national accreditation programmes, we find that we can introduce biomechanics at Level Two – this is the generally the club coach and above. Elsewhere, associations are also introducing biomechanics for coaches who work with juniors, so that they are more aware of the dangers of bowling with particular techniques – so it is definitely growing. There is no question that coaches need to have a good understanding of biomechanics. But coaches around the globe at grass-roots level are still unaware of most of the biomechanical principles? It’s the responsibility of the ICC and the individual cricket boards to develop training programs so that these people can be educated. Let me give an example: the International Tennis Federation (ITF) provide training to selected coaches of countries where the education is not so organised. I think the ICC is already doing something s
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