{"id":32,"date":"2026-09-11T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/2026\/09\/11\/how-we-protect-fast-bowlers-backs\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:18:27","slug":"how-we-protect-fast-bowlers-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/2026\/09\/11\/how-we-protect-fast-bowlers-backs\/","title":{"rendered":"How we protect fast bowlers&#8217; backs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stress fractures in the lower back are the most common serious injury in young fast bowlers. Most are preventable. Here is how we keep our bowlers on the park.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Workload limits<\/h2>\n<p>Every bowler has a weekly ball count across nets and matches, logged in the player app. Spikes in workload are the biggest risk factor, so we plan the season, not just the week.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Action screening<\/h2>\n<p>Our physio and bowling coach film every bowler at the start of each term. Mixed actions are corrected early, before bad habits set in.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Strength and mobility<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Two short gym sessions a week<\/li>\n<li>Focus on hips, trunk and glutes<\/li>\n<li>Recovery with ice baths after heavy days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bowlers who follow the plan bowl quicker, for longer, and miss far fewer matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workload limits, action screening and strength work: the three pillars of our fast bowling program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,13,14],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-tips","tag-bowling","tag-fitness","tag-injury-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cricket-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}