Paddy Upton sites mental fatigue for India’s poor performance – Cricket News Update
Indian cricket team's former mental conditioning coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Patrick-Anthony-Howard-Upton-c80840, has come out and defended the criticism hurled at the Men in Blue by citing mental fatigue as the main reason for their poor performance in the ongoing Test series against England.
Upton had been working as an assistant to former Indian Head Coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527, and the two combined well to guide India to the summit ICC's Test Ranking.
Moreover, they led team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The 42-year-old believes that apart from the physical fitness, players now have to deal with mental fatigue as well, due to their tough schedule as International icons.
Apart from the body, he stated that most players do not actually realize that playing too much cricket takes a toll on the brain too, which tends to consume a considerable amount of energy.
Talking to a reporter, he said, “The current schedules ask players to be machines.”
“We can guess the physical impact on players but what is very little understood is the mental fatigue the players experience when crossing the ropes in every single game where there is that much amount of pressure."
Looking back at the current year so far, the Indian players have been playing non-stop cricket. They had an away series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, they contested in the
lucrative IPL, while soon after, they toured the Caribbean.
Now, arguably playing their most important series against the inform English team, they already find themselves 2-0 down, and losing their grip on top http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test Spot.
The ex-mental trainer has taken a swipe at the current fixtures list, which leaves players and the game producing low quality cricket. Also, he was highly critical of the sponsors and the revenue makers, which add more pressure on the players and have a
strong influence on the hectic cricket schedule.
He added regarding the issue, “It seems there are other things that are dictating the schedules.”
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