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World T20: Fitness Training Schedules for T20 Aspirants

  By Sobiya N. Moghul  posted Sep 19th 2012 at 7:30AM IN | Avg Rating
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The advent of T20 cricket has truly changed the fitness landscape of today’s cricketers. Along with building a skill set to compete on the world stage, international cricketers also need to be genuine athletes with strength, agility, speed and flexibility all at a premium. Fitness training is no longer only confined to the ‘pre-season’ but requires dedicated and committed attention all year round.

To compliment skill development and game sense training, the following core fitness parameters are crucial to be able to prepare a cricketer to be able to make runs, take wickets and field up to the standards of the modern game.

Martin Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer, Sports Education Development India Limited (SEDIL) and fitness trainer Frank Mapranny, who trained cricketers from Cricket India Academy team as apart of Cricket Australia list out fitness tarining schedules for all you aspiring T20 players who wish to swing the bat for their country, city or may be your gully!

  • Strength and Conditioning (6-10 weeks)
  • Plyometrics (6- 10 weeks)
  • Core Conditioning program (6- 8 weeks)
  • Cardiovascular Conditioning (6- 8 weeks)
  • Flexibility
  • Mental Practises

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