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Cricket technique improvement. Cricket coaching case study in technique correction using the Old Way New Way® method of coaching cricket.

cricket technique correction with Jason Gillespie

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How Australian Test Cricket pace bowler Jason Gillespie (real name) overcame technical difficulties (as reported by Neil Cross in The Advertiser, Adelaide, on 13 November 1997 (reproduced here with permission), on 20 November and on 21 November by David Burtenshaw and on 26 August 1998 by Trevor Marshallsea in Dublin)

Australian Test paceman Jason Gillespie could make a surprise return to the first-class arena before Christmas.

Gillespie's recovery from stress fractures in his back has been faster than expected but there is universal agreement that he will not be rushed into a premature return to the field.

South Australian coach Andrew Sincock, who has overseen the rehabilitation process, said Gillespie appeared to have overcome the technical difficulties which were pinpointed as the cause of his stress fractures.

"I'm reticent to predict an actual time for his SA comeback but it could be before Christmas," Sincock said. "What we will do is wait until he is ready and then wait another week."

Gillespie had been bowling consistently off 6-7 paces at South Australian training in the past two weeks and in private sessions has even attempted his long run.

Sincock will supervise the paceman during an internal trial match next Wednesday and Thursday. Gillespie is expected to bowl exclusively off the shortened approach for three spells of three overs.

Like his coaches, he does not want to speculate on when he will be ready to again lead an attack.

"Our intention in this is that he will bowl faster with a better line and more swing control than before and in a way which will reduce the stress on his body," Sincock said.

Gillespie has been working hard on rectifying the problems with his action. Two months ago a group of experts, including Australian coach Geoff Marsh, Australian team physiotherapist Errol Alcott, fast bowling great Dennis Lillee and Sincock set down a program of strengthening and conditioning for Gillespie. It was felt he would take up to six month to return to bowling at first class level.

But Lillee said yesterday the improvement in his action was "quite phenomenal".

"He is looking very, very grooved in getting the action right over six or seven paces," he said. "There is no pain at when he bowls which is the first time in many years and proves what he is doing is correct."

"He will be off his long run in the next week or two. As long as he keeps those good lines I see no reason he should not be playing Shield cricket very soon."

South Australia will play three more Sheffield Shield games before Christmas. Gillespie obviously won't start in the match against Western Australia which begins at the Adelaide Oval tomorrow but there is a chance he will be passed fit for the clash with Victoria in Melbourne at the end of the month or the home clash with New South Wales which starts on December 19.

The Redbacks selectors might also be tempted to include Gillespie in the one-day line-up for the December 12 match with Western Australia in Perth.

Lillee said that it is important for Gillespie to be satisfied that he was ready and not just have a go. "I would hate it if he came back too soon," he said. "I have seen him and I think at this stage, at six or seven paces, he is very much on the right track."

But Lillee cautioned the real test for Gillespie would be his reaction to a long day in the field and being asked to bowl long spells in the heat. "As I have warned him, its a monitoring process all the way. It took me 18 months to get back in the right groove and even then I was not happy with the first action," Lillee said.

Gillespie has worked diligently with Sincock and educational psychologist Harry Lyndon in a bid to bring forward the date of his return to the bowling crease.

Lyndon, who works in the field of skill correction and accelerated learning, has been working on Gillespie's ability to recognise when he strays from the new action that is required.

"We are trying to modify the old action and create a new way of delivering the ball," Sincock said. "In due course, we will eradicate the old way."

Gillespie has been playing club cricket as a batsman in the lower grades so far this season with frustratingly limited success. It is clear he would like a return to bowling as a means of filling in long days in the field as much as anything else. (The Advertiser, 13 November 1997)

New Look Gillespie Off Leash. The Advertiser, 21 November 1997.

The main aim of Jason Gillespie's revised bowling action is to correct a minor fault - the incorrect landing of his front foot on arrival at the crease.

By pushing his left leg too far to the right in his delivery stride and twisting his torso, Gillespie compounded the strain on his lower back.

At the end of his new run-up he focuses on planting the left boot straighter down the wicket, staying upright at the point of delivery and then following through in the same direction.

Faull Finds Form. The Advertiser. 20 November 1997.

A call of the coin yesterday postponed Jason Gillespie's next step in his recovery process from back problems.

The big paceman was expected to bowl during the opening day of a South Australian State Squad trial on Adelaide No.2 but his side, led by Martin Faull, won the toss and chose to bat.

Gillespie instead worked out for about 30 minutes in the nets, ecouragingly off close to his full run and at near full pace. He was closely monitored by Redback's coach Andrew Sincock, who has been responsible for the technical changes to the paceman's action since he broke down on the Ashes tour, and educational psychologist Harry Lyndon, who has been working on Gillespie's recognition and self-correction of his old habits.

Sincock said he had been encouraged by the pace Gillespie was generating while Lyndon made it clear that there was no reason for the Australian quick not to play first-class cricket again before Christmas.

Update 1 Because of an injury he sustained to his heel, Jason's return to first class cricket has unfortunately been delayed.

Update 2, 26 August 1998 On tour in Ireland, Gillespie has recovered from his heel problems. His new bowling action has reduced the pressure on his lower back.

His progress has given Australian cricket good grounds for optimism that he will soon take his rightful place among world-class bowlers against England this Ashes summer.

According to Trevor Marshallsea's report, Gillespie said, "It's pretty hard to change your bowling action but it seems to be working well."

Gillespie has, "straightenened up at the point of delivery to stop his front foot crossing in front of his right and to better control his leading arm. "It's putting less strain on my back and I've noticed a difference."

Gillespie scored 3/49 from 12 overs in the first innings of Australia's 150 run win against Ireland.

Update 3, 6 September 1999 On tour in Sri Lanka, Gillespie achieved a personal best ....

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