PMID- 31191962
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231011
IS  - 2055-7647 (Print)
IS  - 2055-7647 (Electronic)
IS  - 2055-7647 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019
TI  - Coaching implications of the lateral batting backlift technique in men's cricket: 
      a discussion and food for thought.
PG  - e000494
LID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000494 [doi]
LID - e000494
AB  - Cricket coaching manuals published after 2009 accept as a norm for batsmen to 
      lift the bat in the direction of the slips. A mixed-methods study conducted among 
      161 coaches around the world showed that most cricket coaches (83%) coach the 
      straight batting backlift technique (SBBT) as opposed to the lateral batting 
      backlift technique (LBBT) at various proficiency levels of the game. The LBBT 
      (more beneficial for cricket batsmen) is one in which the bat is lifted laterally 
      in the direction of second slip or gully. Using this technique, the face of the 
      bat faces towards point or the off-side. In contrast, the backlift in which the 
      bat is lifted towards the stumps or first slip and the face of the bat points 
      towards the wicket-keeper or the ground, is known as the SBBT. This paper 
      attempts to provide implications for coaching the LBBT and understanding some 
      important aspects of cricket batsmanship in men's cricket.
FAU - Noorbhai, Habib
AU  - Noorbhai H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9464-6854
AD  - Human Movement Sciences, University of Fort Hare, Cape Town, South Africa.
FAU - Noakes, Timothy
AU  - Noakes T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9793-6985
AD  - Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190317
PL  - England
TA  - BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
JT  - BMJ open sport & exercise medicine
JID - 101681007
PMC - PMC6539170
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - biomechanics
OT  - coaching
OT  - cricket
OT  - sport
COIS- Competing interests: None declared.
EDAT- 2019/06/14 06:00
MHDA- 2019/06/14 06:01
PMCR- 2019/03/17
CRDT- 2019/06/14 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/03/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - bmjsem-2018-000494 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000494 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2019 Mar 17;5(1):e000494. doi: 
      10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000494. eCollection 2019.