Mental Toughness

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To make things happen, you have to have motivation. It depends what I want to get out of cricket I do suppose. And for me, it varies from time to time and situation to situation.
 
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Ahh! There is the root to all your problems ;)

Spend some time to think about what you really want to get out of it; long term. You have plenty of time.

It does not matter what the answer is; it is different for different people but when you know, everything will fall into place.
 
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Being fitter and more agility is necessary in my opinion.....regardless of my long term aspirations.

Fitness regime as of tomorrow I think.......hope.....might start.....is a possibility...

;)
 
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Fitness is key to cricket. I mean, you don't "need," to be as fit as a football player, but you need to be sharp and mentally fit.
 
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DaZ said:
Fitness is key to cricket. I mean, you don't "need," to be as fit as a football player, but you need to be sharp and mentally fit.
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To some degree you're totally right, but to another, you wont succeed further than village cricket without being as fit as you can. Both fit as in healthy, and fit as in not injury prone or constantly injured.
 
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As a professional specialising in prehabilitation, I have to say, Simbazz is right again! I think I might go on holiday and leave it to him :laugh:

Functional fitness, to a high level, is a vital ingredient to a long career. Not only does it ensure you reach the height of you potential with power and strength, it gives you the added extra of knowing you are physiologically capable of reacting quickly and proficiently to whatever the changes in the situation. More importantly, it resists most injury and minimises others. You have to be as fit, if not more than, a footballer because the demands you put on your body is far greater!

After all... "With a controlled rotation of the body, the bowler fires the ball explosively down the wicket. Judging its flight with great precision, the batsman's lightning reactions see a shot played solidly towards the boundary. The fielder slides to collect the ball and in what seems a single, graceful movement, gets to his feet and with great accuracy throws the ball directly at the stumps.

All these actions happen in a split second, making cricket one of the most physically, mentally demanding and explosive games in the World of Sport. (SAQ Cricket)

You should be working to improve speed, agility and multi-directional explosive acceleration as well as eye, hand and feet coordination together with David's body weight, resistance programme.

Fantastic KF, you have a Technical and Psychological goal now you can work out a Physical goal. Great work ;)
 
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Liz Ward said:
As a professional specialising in prehabilitation, I have to say, Simbazz is right again! I think I might go on holiday and leave it to him :laugh:
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I'm blushing :embarrassed: ;)
 
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kallis fan said:
Shall I use the bleep test as my marker?
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Great start KF, go for it. See what it is, set yourself a time phase and how much you would want to improve by.
 
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Liz Ward said:
Didn't believe it for one moment... need photographic evidence :laugh:
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Do you actually know me? Because it seems like you do :eek:

Anyways Harrowdrive sure has some very good articles.
 
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Simbazz said:
Do you actually know me? Because it seems like you do :eek:
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What can I say Darling, I am a psychologist [and very old], I know things about you that you have yet to discover; enjoy doing so! :laugh:
 
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Regarding this fitness plan, it has been postponed to start as of next Monday - the reason being I'm currently very much snowed under regarding coursework and with 3 pieces I am working to the 14th as the deadline!!!!!!

:cursing:
 
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No worries KF, best to start when the deadline has passed. That way, you can concentrate on what you are doing. Incidentally, all well written programmes allow for this sort of thing ;)
 
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Liz, its 90/9, i have 10 overs left, the tailender isn't sure whether hes batting with a cricket bat or a hocky stick, what should i do? Mentally? It fits with the thread, and its something to talk about.
 
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I thought you were going to take the night off!

OK... You stand there assessing the situation. You see the batsman, fidgety, diffident, eyes not quite focused; he doesn't know what he is going to do next. You know you can get him out with the next ball... eeeasy.

You turn to pace your run up, you spin, you spring, you pounce. Unfortunately, you didn't get enough sleep the night before and he hits you for six. Go to bed; you'll be able to achieve 100% more tomorrow :D
 
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