Cricket is an international game and we required power, strength, fitness while playing it. Fitness is an important part to be seen in all games. Every sportsman is fit because they do regular exercises in the day to day life. We should not ignore fitness if you do ignore then you can face problems in your cricket career.
In the 21st century, people are aware of fitness, they have included it in their daily lifestyle. In cricket, every player must be fit to play international matches. If the player is not fit then they can face injuries and other big problems.
Fitness levels can increase by different exercises. In cricket, there are 11 players, who play for the team. Every 11 players must be fit if they are not fit, not get the chance to play for the team. If you are batsmen you must do every batsmen exercise. batsmen play to score runs for the team, while scoring runs he faces many dangerous deliveries from the bowler such as bowling speed can be more than 160km/hr. So, batsmen fitness is necessary for him. There are many cricket exercises for batsmen that helps to improve batting skills & fitness.
Batsmen handle a heavy bat and it’s difficult to play shots with a heavy bat. Body parts like hands, wrists, knuckles, legs, the chest must be strong if you want to be professional batsmen or cricketer.
Best Cricket Exercises for Batsmen
Squats –
A squat is an exercise which used to make legs strong. Batsmen stand on the ground for more than 8 hours, if legs are weak you cannot play a long game. So, we must do squats in the warm-up session.
Squats must be perfect and accurate, the wrong technique can affect your leg. What is the advantage of Squats? It will increase your ability to run more quickly and active fielder on the ground.
Deadlift –
A deadlift is an exercise that trains your whole body at once. You must have the knowledge to do deadlift exercises, ask your trainer what’s the right way to do Deadlift. It improves your lower back strength, hips, and thighs. These are three main body parts if you are batsmen you must do a deadlift. It also improves your grip on the bat, usually facing fast bowler young batsmen struggle for grip on the bat. A very useful & important exercise for batsmen you must try it.
Pull-ups –
Pull-ups are an exercise used to train your arms, biceps, and other upper body parts. If batsmen have weak arms, biceps he cannot play big shot in cricket. It improves your strength in arms, biceps, and shoulder joints. You must do more than 20 pull-ups for beginners, later you can increase day by day.
Push-ups –
It’s a very normal exercise everyone knows how to do Push-ups. Push-ups help to improve your upper body strength. In Cricket, a batsman’s upper body parts must be strong to play the big shots.
Rotator cuff –
It a very important exercise for all professional cricketers. This exercise is for all batsmen, bowlers, and fielders in cricket. It improves your shoulder strength. Strong shoulder benefits us to play a long time without shoulder injuries. So, there are some of the best cricket exercises for batsmen.
Nishant Kothari says
Hello sir/ ma’am,
Am Nishant kothari from Surat, Gujarat and, I am a Level 1 Cricket Coach. I want much more fitness exercises for full body, specific for lower body.
Please guide me on this .
Thank You