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Look after yourself: A guide to getting physically ready for the season FORMER SURREY, MIDDLESEX, WORCESTERSHIRE AND ENGLAND LIONS WICKETKEEPER BEN SCOTT, FOUNDER OF KINETIC CRICKET, REVEALS WHY PREPARING YOUR BODY FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER... hy is it vital that club players prepare for the new campaign? Cricket movements and shapes are not natural to the body. Our ankles, knees, hips and shoulders were not designed to run up, hurl our bodies into the air, land on one leg and throw 10 times our bodyweight in force into the ground. Or standing side on all day wielding a chunk of wood.
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We create a tolerance to these movements by building up exposure and basically being match-fit. This year, however, many of our kit bags haven’t moved from the shed and our specific strengths that held our body together playing cricket have either drifted away or changed. Many people during the lockdowns would have tried to keep fit for personal reasons but now more than ever
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