Former India cricketer turned commentator Robin Uthappa commented on making technical changes as a player and the communication a coach should have with an athlete as well. He also stated that players should give themselves at least three months to adapt to changes as well.
“One of the things that I think coaches need to be able to communicate to players and athlete at this point is when you’re making a technical shift or a technical alteration in your batting or bowling, give yourself three months because it’s not going to happen in three weeks because for the muscle memory to build and for it to be ingrained. The second nature is going to take that much time,” he said on his YouTube channel.
While talking in depth about technique, Robin Uthappa also shared the importance of familiarising one’s brain and mind with the approach they want to take as well. However, Uthappa also added that there was no perfect way to play any sport.
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“There’s like as close to perfect technique, based on what is your technique, everyone holds the bat differently. Everyone picks up the bat differently. Biomechanically, everyone’s different – height, weight, the way they perceive which is their strong eye, the left eye, the right eye, how they picking the depth of the ball that’s coming towards them. So everything is so different. There’s no one-size-fits-all. As far as technique is concerned, you’ve got to find that one thing that works for you. Every technique has got limitations,” he shared.
Robin Uthappa also stated that every player’s technique had limitations and gave the example of Virat Kohli, who made adjustments to play a certain way too as well.
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“If Virat Kohli wants to play square of the wicket on the off side, he has spoken about this as well, where he opens the way he holds the bat just the access that side of the ground. So there are limitations to every person’s technique. You have to understand and if you know that, then you know your game a lot. You take that part of you into every game based on the nature of the wicket and who is bowling at you,” he said.
“Getting into the zone is an individual journey. From there, it’s that athlete’s journey down to the next level of getting into the zone and again, that takes a level of self-awareness about your own game and knowing your game really, really well. And saying, okay, this is my game. I’m clear about what my game is, what my strengths are, what my strong shots are, what my weaknesses are, which are the balls I need to defend, which are the balls that I can actually back myself in play shots,” Robin Uthappa concluded.
