a School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences , Loughborough University , Leicestershire , UK.
J Sports Sci. 2019 Sep;37(17):1934-1941. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2019.1606760. Epub 2019 Apr 19.
This study sought to determine whether playing on a shorter cricket pitch would lead batters to make more appropriate decisions about whether to play front foot or back foot shots. Based on an analysis of the shots played by top order batters against seam bowling in county under-10 matches, an age-specific "good length" region between 5.0 yards and 6.5 yards (4.57 to 5.94 m) from the batters' stumps was derived. This was where batters were uncertain whether to play on the front or back foot. It was then possible to define deliveries as "short" or "full" depending upon whether they bounced further from or nearer to the batter than the good length region. Club under-11 and county under-10 match data revealed that when playing on a 16-yard pitch batters played more back foot shots to short balls, and county batters also played more front foot shots to full balls compared with matches on the currently recommended 20- or 19-yard pitches. For batters, a shorter pitch should strengthen the coupling between the perception of delivery length and appropriate shot selection, and the increased task demand should lead to improved anticipation, both key features of skilled batting.
本研究旨在确定在较短的板球场上打球是否会促使击球手更恰当地决定是打前脚球还是后脚球。基于对顶级击球手在县 10 岁以下比赛中对阵缝线球的击球分析，得出了一个特定年龄的“好球区”，即从击球手的三柱门到 5.0 到 6.5 码（4.57 到 5.94 米）的区域，击球手不确定是打前脚球还是后脚球。然后，可以根据球的弹跳距离比好球区更远或更近，将投球定义为“短”或“全”。俱乐部 11 岁以下和县 10 岁以下比赛数据显示，当在 16 码的球场上打球时，击球手会更多地用后脚击球打短球，而与目前推荐的 20 码或 19 码球场相比，县队击球手也会更多地用前脚击球打全球。对于击球手来说，较短的球场上，球的投球长度和适当的击球选择之间的耦合应该会加强，而增加的任务需求应该会导致更好的预判，这是熟练击球的两个关键特征。
