Various Staffs in Cricket
Starting
from physiotherapists and nutritionists to video analysts and media
managers, any cricket team can be found teaming with members having
various roles.
Cricket has eternally been known to be a team game.
Notwithstanding the magnitude of a game, effort must come in from all
quarters of the team to be able to touch victory. But a cricket team is
not just about the batsmen, fielders and bowlers moreover the XI who take
the field. There are scores of unsung heroes within every team who ensure
that their off-field duties enable the layers to remain right on their
A-game on the field – the support staff.
Now, when the topic of cricketing support staff is
broached, the image of coaches strikes us first up. However, they
constitute only the tip of the iceberg. Starting from physiotherapists and
nutritionists to video analysts and media managers, any cricket team can
be found teeming with members having various roles. In March 2017, the
Indian team made headlines for flying a 17-member support staff team to
West Indies, bringing to light how important a role they play within the
team.
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First things first. Since time immemorial,
cricketers have been aided in their endeavours by the invaluable insights
provided by the team coach. While earlier years of the game saw a single
head coach oversee the team’s actions, the horizons have been widened
considerably in recent times. Major teams are often equipped with separate
batting, bowling and fielding coaches. This not only helps relocate
the vast pressure off the shoulders of a single man but also brings in
fresh perspectives and expertise from people who are well-trained in their
particular fields.
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The batting coach, as the name suggests, is concerned with supervising
the team’s batting strengths and weaknesses and advising the captain on
the possible batting combinations for a match. Similarly, the bowling
coach shepherds the bowlers, training and examining the skills of the
pacers and spinners. On the other hand, the fielding coach is entrusted
with the responsibility of conducting fielding drills and refining the
players’ basic skill set of catching and saving the one’s and two’s.In
addition to these positions, several teams often choose to anoint a Head
Coach and an Assistant Head Coach to shoulder the workload in
the areas of man-management within the team.
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Teaching relevant skills, tactics and techniques,
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monitoring and enhancing performance by providing tuition,
encouragement and constructive feed back
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identifying strengths and weaknesses
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advising about health and lifestyle issues
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developing training programmes
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undertaking administrative task
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The Fielding Coach will have overall
responsibility for the fielding performance and management of
the
athletes in all three forms of the game.
• Develop and implement comprehensive technical, tactical, physical and
cognitive Fielding programs for contracted and targeted players across
formats.
• Manage fielding sessions for players in both match and practice. Provide
one to one coaching as required for skills upgradation.
• Utilize technology to analyze players strengths and weaknesses.• Develop
and monitor fielding objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPI ‘s) for
inclusion in Individual .
Performance Plans. Provide measures for determining the player’s
contributions in the towards success of a team in different match situations.
• Work closely with the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach and Head
Physiotherapist in applying
appropriate strength and conditioning principles relevant to safe
throwing and catching.
• Must have the ability to consistently maintain team performance levels
in all competition formats, notwithstanding player roster variations due
to injury and international representation.
• Manage player workloads in conjunction with Sports Science support
staff.
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The science of Ergonomy aims to balance the
productivity of a player with his physical and mental well-being. There are
three key elements in attaining this delicate balance.The player,The physio,The coach.Physiotherapy can be defined as the science of physical rehabilitation, and
the primary goal of a physio is to help the players overcome muscular,
skeletal and neurological problems, and in doing so, help them achieve
complete fitness.
Physiotherapists need to have all the
proper qualifications. They should be well-versed in the assessment and
treatment of soft-tissue injuries. A large number of the sports injuries
that they encounter call for a comprehensive knowledge of biomechanics,
tissue pathology and the healing process. The physio of a cricket team
provides fitness programmes for the players and monitors the
rehabilitation of injured players, keeping their careers in
mind.
The physio can provide enormous
relief to injured players with his quick-start programme and on-ground
treatment. Immediate access to treatment services for sports injuries has
been shown to have significantly accelerated the healing process and
allowed for the early return of the player to regular training and active
participation.
ON-FIELD INJURIES
Most sports injuries occur in soft tissues (sprain, strains, contusions or
joint inflammation). A physio has to be on his toes throughout the game. A
good physio will be able to diagnose and assess the nature of the injury
and its severity on the ground itself and start treating and managing it
immediately.
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A player should be physically fit to last the strain of a match of a
longer duration. To achieve this, he will have to do exercises every day
for about 30 minutes viz; running round the cricket field, skipping, free
arm and bending exercises. It is also advisable to do some exercise before
the start of the game so as to tune up your muscles.
Many players suffer from cramps during a match. This is mainly due to
loss of salt through perspiration. One should therefore drink water (avoid
ice-cold water) with little salt put in it, to compensate for the loss. As
far as possible, avoid late nights, drinking and smoking, especially when
you are undergoing training or when a match is in progress.
Every sportsman should attempt to achieve a level of fitness specific to
the demands of his sport. For this, a proper training programme should be
planned. The exercises performed by the player should be general as well
as specific to the sport.
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