‘Rahane employing baseball technique’
15 March 2014 5:30 AM IST
Rahane has had a successful stint with Rajasthan Royals so far, playing with a copybook technique under Rahul Dravid’s mentorship but Amre’s ‘Out of the Box’ thinking has led to him trying to rejig his game to meet the demands of T20 cricket.
Explaining the rationale behind using baseball hitting technique, Amre said, ‘Australians developed throwing techniques from baseball to minimise the injuries. You need to throw the ball at a good pace and in quick time, and the right technique of throwing is important. So I thought why not implement the hitting technique of baseball. So I experimented and tried it myself. I was also following some videos of baseball. It is a game of bat and ball but only with a different type of bat (rounded), and the players could generate a lot of force in their strokes.’
‘T20 is a totally different format. I have trained him to generate power in his shots. It is crucial to perform with power in this format. In T20 power hitting matters. Instead of using just the arms and shoulders to strike the ball, I have told him to use his entire core to hit the ball,’ Amre added.
‘For the last few days, we have been working hard to find ways to approach the game in different situations. We have also worked on the mental aspect,’ he said.
Explaining the rationale behind using baseball hitting technique, Amre said, ‘Australians developed throwing techniques from baseball to minimise the injuries. You need to throw the ball at a good pace and in quick time, and the right technique of throwing is important. So I thought why not implement the hitting technique of baseball. So I experimented and tried it myself. I was also following some videos of baseball. It is a game of bat and ball but only with a different type of bat (rounded), and the players could generate a lot of force in their strokes.’
‘T20 is a totally different format. I have trained him to generate power in his shots. It is crucial to perform with power in this format. In T20 power hitting matters. Instead of using just the arms and shoulders to strike the ball, I have told him to use his entire core to hit the ball,’ Amre added.
‘For the last few days, we have been working hard to find ways to approach the game in different situations. We have also worked on the mental aspect,’ he said.
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