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24 Feb 09 at 10:32
Cody's training log

Hi my name is Cody im 13 years old and play cricket in Australia. I currently play junior club cricket (14's) and junior districts (13's. I am a pace bowler and usually open the bowling.

Fitness goals: To build strength and explosive power, bowling stamina and endurance

Skill goals: To bowl on a consistent line and length, Have a well disguised slower bowl and to have the speed to bowl a bouncer.

Current plan:

Monday: light-medium weights (Upperbody)

Tuesday: light-medium weights (Lowerbody)

Wednesday: Core strength (planks,med ball work with dumbells)

Thursday: rest day

Friday: light-medium weights (Upperbody)

Saturday: light-medium weights (lowerbody)

Sunday: recovery day (light jog)

Sorry but im new to the fitness world. This is to build a strength base then i will move onto heavy weights then later on in the winter i will bring my intervals and running. please leave a comment on my log thanks.

Comments

10 Mar 09 at 07:49

I just do as many reps as i can for about 3-5 sets just to build a bit of strength then power.

10 Mar 09 at 07:52

Welcome Cody. Looks good, what is your workout?

10 Mar 09 at 08:13

Just some bench presses,bicep curls,squats,lunges e.t.c just to isolate the muscles strength then work more on different exercises like olympic lifts and yeah start to build power after some strength

10 Mar 09 at 09:14

OK how many reps are you doing?

10 Mar 09 at 10:17

I do about 5-10 reps sometimes more.

11 Mar 09 at 08:00

It sounds like you have the right idea. Have you seen my complete guide to cricket fitness? There are a few tweaks in there that can make it even better (like staying under 10 reps and increasing the weight).

11 Mar 09 at 10:37

yeah i hav seen ur guide it's very good. ok i will try that thanks.

16 Mar 09 at 07:56

Im thinking of buying the bowling thing on the pitch vision academy. This is because i want to become more side on so i can swing the ball away from right handers.

16 Mar 09 at 08:08

Hi Cody, It's great you are thinking about buying the course but don't do it to get more side on. First, the course is not about swinging the ball it's about pace and accuracy combined. Second, even if it was about swinging the ball it would not show you how to get more side on. Away swing can be generated in many different ways, changing your action is probably one of the least effective ones. Have you listened to my interview with Ian Pont? It goes into detail about swing bowling without changing your action.

16 Mar 09 at 08:12

ok. It's going into te off season so i will be working on fitness and work on technical. Im just getting an idea of technique

16 Mar 09 at 08:15

Should i do the bowling specific intevals? because i don't know do they work or not.

16 Mar 09 at 09:25

What do you mean Cody?

16 Mar 09 at 09:31

During the off season should i do the bowling specific sprint things. I was asking are they effective.

16 Mar 09 at 11:02

If they are on this site they are effective. Which ones did you mean, can youpost a link please? Just so I can confirm the timing etc.

18 Mar 09 at 11:02

http://www.pitchvision.com/fitness-tips-for-bowlers/. This is the link that you wanted thanks

18 Mar 09 at 12:32

Ah yes, those are excellent for cricket specific endurance. Combine them with some strength training and lots of stretching and you have a great plan.

18 Mar 09 at 12:33

Also look here for some variations on interval training Still highly specific for bowlers.

19 Mar 09 at 11:10

i have grand finals fir both club and districts. I just got in from club training was good. didn't bowl as consistant as i wanted but bowled pretty well considering that i had a very old bowl that was reversing.I would of got wickets with my slower bowl .Batted good played on the front foot and on back. smashed the bad bowl. especially of our quickest and best bowler.

20 Mar 09 at 04:53

I would like to know what exercises to do to build power. I believe that i have the strength base to start power phase.

20 Mar 09 at 08:47

I'm filming a short video today that might help you. Keep your eyes peeled on the site for it.

22 Mar 09 at 01:10

Played my club final yesterday. We fielded i bowled 8 overs. 3 for 23. So it was quite a good game for me. We go bat next week.