The New Zealand Cricket included Paul Close and Chris Donaldson into its fitness staff – Cricket News Update
Paul Close has been appointed as the Physiotherapist and while Chris Donaldson will replace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bryan-c48753 Stronach as the new Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Kiwi cricket team.
These appointments were announced today on July 29, 2011 by the cricket board of New Zealand.
New Zealand cricket team needs to work on its physical fitness as the players have a very busy cricket schedule starting from the end of this year. The Blackcaps will contest a much stronger team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, in December, 2011.
Then the team will face the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 and South African teams from Jan – March 2011. Therefore the cricket board has appointed the fresh, energetic and much more experienced personnel for team’s fitness.
The Kiwi coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 national teams.
"Chris's high performance background is well known to New Zealanders and is a world class operator. His work with our http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 based trainer Bryan Stronach is important as we look to take our fitness to higher levels."
Paul Close is a Kiwi Physiotherapist who has been working with Bangladeshi team and then was contracted by the BCCI. He worked at the National Cricket Academy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and had the first hand experience with the Indian National team.
He was working with the Indian team during the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, while his home-team, New Zealand was without a physiotherapist. The New Zealand Cricket Board had contacted BCCI for availing the services of Close but denied.
Today it was declared that Close is back in the staff. The 2nd addition Donaldson had replaced Bryan Stronach who will be relieved of his duties as the Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Stronach has been given the new role of being the coordinator of strength and conditioning programme for the National team.
Chris Donaldson also holds immense experience and will turn out to be the wise addition to the team’s staff. He has been working with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Otago-c829 cricket, New Zealand Olympic team, Emerging Players, Otago rowing and Silver Ferns.
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