Today’s guest is former professional cricket and rugby player, and sports performance coach, Steffan Jones. Steffan is a master, integrative trainer for fast-bowlers (“pitching” at up to 100mph in cricket, not rolling a 16lb ball at 10 pins), and has incorporated knowledge from the world’s top coaches to form a cutting edge system that yields massive improvements, and has applications for technical or strength coaches in any sport. He is the owner of the website CricketStrength.com.

Steffan is the former Somerset, Northamptonshire, Kent and Derbyshire fast bowler who forged a career out of getting the best out of himself physically. He is an ex-pro cricketer of 20yrs, and is the last dual pro between rugby & cricket. He is the leading coach in England on teaching and using heavy ball contrast training for fast bowler development. When it comes to exercises for fast bowlers, Steffan is the go to coach.

For those Americans listening to this show who don’t know much about Cricket, it is the 2nd to 3rd most popular sport in the world, depending on which stats you look at. I love learning about new sports, how they are trained, and how we can integrate these ideas into our own training and coaching. Fast-bowling is a complex skill that has facets of sprinting, javelin throw and baseball pitching, all rolled into one. How Steffan coaches these athletes can be described as nothing short of a masterpiece.

In the show today, Steffan discusses ideas on isometric strength training for potentiation and skill development, integrating all forms of training into a singular model, general vs. specific strength, the role of ankle stiffness in fast bowling (and as a universal model), cueing, and more.

For those track coaches listening to this, there are tons of implications for the javein throw event.

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