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General Cricket => Cricket Training, Fitness and Injuries => Topic started by: adb club cricketer on April 24, 2018, 03:39:45 PM
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Given the number of players getting injured in international and amateur level, having broken fingers while fielding, it makes me wonder why cricket doesn't have protection for fielders. Bats rebound performance has increased enormously over the years, still fielders have to stop with bare hands. Bowlers are at danger too in the follow through from balls coming back straight at them. Why isn't there even a discussion among ICC on this aspect. At club level, I think having gloves for fielders will make it more interesting as many guys back off from taking tough catches out of fear of getting injured. With gloves and resulting lack of fear of getting injured, I feel lower levels will see more interesting catches as more attempts will be made to take those tough catches. At professional level, players wont need to miss as many games due to injuries etc, so it seems a no brainer to me to consider it.
What are your thoughts guys.
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May as well just use a softer ball hadn’t we?
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Its the same in all sport though, injuries happen. Will you be suggesting that rugby turns into tag rugby to stop people being injured when tackling
And for those individuals that back away from a catch due to being scared of getting injured i suggest one of two things, 1. grow some balls and practice catching, funnily enough it gets easier with practice and actually hurts less with good technique, or 2. find another sport where you wont hurt your little handies
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Its the same in all sport though, injuries happen. Will you be suggesting that rugby turns into tag rugby to stop people being injured when tackling
And for those individuals that back away from a catch due to being scared of getting injured i suggest one of two things, 1. grow some balls and practice catching, funnily enough it gets easier with practice and actually hurts less with good technique, or 2. find another sport where you wont hurt your little handies
I went with Option (3) - Eat as much as possible so the ball gently comes to rest in between the folds of blubber layered across my Michelin Man-esque body. No need to hurt my hands ever again.
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Option 4 - become a keeper so you are allowed to wear gloves. Although it does mean you have to catch more, so it works both ways I suppose.
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I've covered both options 3 and 4, winning
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The ICC mainly aren't proposing it because it's against the rules, I imagine?
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Its the same in all sport though, injuries happen. Will you be suggesting that rugby turns into tag rugby to stop people being injured when tackling
And for those individuals that back away from a catch due to being scared of getting injured i suggest one of two things, 1. grow some balls and practice catching, funnily enough it gets easier with practice and actually hurts less with good technique, or 2. find another sport where you wont hurt your little handies
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A kiwi 1st class bowler wears a perspex face mask thingy as he has his head down well into his follow through.....so thats out there somewhere if people really want it .
I agree with everyone who says that crap fielders should just grow a pair ( afterall , 10yr old kids can catch a proper cricket ball with their bony little hands) , however , if I was trying to actually give constructive advice I'd say to them to get fielding gloves for practice . Then practice like hell and incrementally wear the gloves less as confidence builds .
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Also , a lot of Americans /baseball fans ( who aren't familiar with cricket) etc remark on how impressive catching without a glove is ....so adding gloves may add something - but you'd lose a lot more i.m.o.
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GN do a set of fielding gloves, they take the sting out of the ball which is great, but if you get over reliant on them I find you lose feel for catching the ball without and often find the ball bounces out because I don't have to cushion the ball into my hands since the gloves do it for me.
Oh, and your friends make fun of you for looking like a snooker umpire. That's a disadvantage.
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what i would say causes more injuries -
1. fielders not having a good enough technique to catch or field in general - a lot due to not practicing enough
2. the state of some of the outfields at a lower level of club cricket
Some club cricketers simply don't spend enough time practicing fielding and catching, they go to training/nets and just want to bat and bowl and then go home/to the bar. They don't practice technique for catching, getting their hands use to catching a hard ball etc... then when a skier goes up, they don't have a clue
It doesn't help people's confidence when they go down to field a ball and it bounces up and hits them in the chest etc... some outfields just simply aren't good for club cricketers mindsets and then you get them sticking the big boot out rather than bending down because they are worried about the bounce etc....
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Option 4 - become a keeper so you are allowed to wear gloves. Although it does mean you have to catch more, so it works both ways I suppose.
I did this when I first started playing. Catching is much easier but you end up with a lot more bruises overall. When I gave up the gloves because someone else wanted a go it had sharpened up my skills no end and I had become a moderately decent outfielder.
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In my opinion, good technique and taking the speed of the ball with your arms gives you a less chance of injury. It can also be helpful to start with a tennis ball because it teaches you to properly catch it because tennis balls can bounce out of your hands.
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what i would say causes more injuries -
1. fielders not having a good enough technique to catch or field in general - a lot due to not practicing enough
2. the state of some of the outfields at a lower level of club cricket
Some club cricketers simply don't spend enough time practicing fielding and catching, they go to training/nets and just want to bat and bowl and then go home/to the bar. They don't practice technique for catching, getting their hands use to catching a hard ball etc... then when a skier goes up, they don't have a clue
It doesn't help people's confidence when they go down to field a ball and it bounces up and hits them in the chest etc... some outfields just simply aren't good for club cricketers mindsets and then you get them sticking the big boot out rather than bending down because they are worried about the bounce etc....
I’m calling this one. You cannot blame an outfield for poor catching/fielding. Not having that.
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I’m calling this one. You cannot blame an outfield for poor catching/fielding. Not having that.
Disagree regarding the fielding part. I’ve seen plenty of outfields that simply aren’t fit for purpose. For those less skilled, having an outfield with the ball popping up all the over the place is absolutely to blame for poor fielding in certain circumstances. The post did state lower leagues which is a fair comment to make imo. Sadly the majority of club cricketers aren’t lucky enough to play on good outfields - even in the WEPL some of our opposition have shocking grounds quite frankly.
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@Tailendfielder you're a lucky man if you've never played on that kind of outfield
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I’m calling this one. You cannot blame an outfield for poor catching/fielding. Not having that.
You need to play in a midweek parks league down this way!
You don't truly appreciate a decent ground until you've arrived at a game, had the clear some youngsters having a BBQ off the square (that looks like the outfield with some lines painted on it), then you're scared to dive in the field in case you land on some broken glass or a used syringe.
I love Southampton...