VVS Laxman Breaks Silence On India Star All-Rounder’s Injuries

VVS
Laxma ,
the
head
of
the
BCCI& squo;s
Ce t e
of
Excelle ce
(COE),
ece tly
add essed
the
g owi g
co ce s
ega di g
the
f eque t
i ju y
setbacks
faced
by
p omi e t
I dia
c ickete s.
While
seve al
high-p ofile
playe s,
i cludi g

Jasp it
Bum ah,
Sai
Sudha sa ,
Ha shit
Ra a,
a d
Washi gto
Su da ,
have
dealt
with
fit ess
issues,
the
spotlight
tu ed
towa d
all- ou de
Nitish
Kuma
Reddy.

Amidst
these
co ce s,
BCCI
sec eta y
Devajit
Saikia
met
with
Laxma
to
eview
the
comp ehe sive
ehabilitatio
a d
i ju y-ma ageme t
f amewo k
cu e tly
i
place
at
the
facility.

Add essi g
The
I ju y
Ma ageme t
A d
Wo kload

Nitish
Kuma
Reddy
has
st uggled
with
ecu i g
i ju ies,
i cludi g
a
left
quad iceps
issue
that
left
him
u available
fo
assig me ts
agai st
I ela d,
E gla d,
a d
Zimbabwe.

Laxma
emphasized
that
ma agi g
such
playe s
equi es
a
bala ce
betwee
o -field
pa ticipatio
a d
dedicated
ecove y
time.
He
explai ed
that
the
COE
wo ks
closely
with
playe s
to
avigate
the
high
dema ds
placed
o
them,
pa ticula ly
all- ou de s.

Laxma
stated,
“Now,
f om
the
COE
side,
we
make
su e
that
we
make
the
playe
u de sta d
the
wo kload.
I
this
case,
it
is
Nitish
bei g
a
all- ou de
obviously,
the e
is
a
lot
of
wo kload
o
him
a d
how
he
becomes
fitte
ot
o ly
whe
he
is
playi g
va ious
tou ame ts
but
also
whe
he
is
ot
pa t
of
a y
tou ame ts.”

He
fu the
oted
that
the
mode
c icket
cale da
lacks
a
t aditio al
off-seaso ,
maki g
it
vital
fo
playe s
to
lea
how
to
use
b eaks
p oductively
to
mai tai
thei
fit ess
levels.

Me tal
Aspect
Of
Rehabilitatio

Beyo d
physical
co ditio i g,
Laxma
highlighted
the
impo ta ce
of
psychological
suppo t
fo
playe s
goi g
th ough
ehabilitatio .

He
emphasized
that
the
COE
p io itizes
the
me tal
well-bei g
of
the
athletes
du i g
thei
ecove y
phases.

“I
thi k
you
k ow
the
me tal
side
of
a
playe
u de goi g
ehab
o
getti g
i ju ed
is
somethi g
which
we
always
equi e
to
keep
i
mi d.
So
the
playe
also
k ows
that
he
is
i ju ed.

The
playe
also
k ows
that
what
is
the e
he
eeds
to
do
to
get
fit
a d
be
able
to
pa ticipate
i
the
commitme ts
agai .”

New
Fit ess
P otocols
At
The
COE

Rega di g
fit ess
sta da ds,
Laxma
discussed
the
impleme tatio
of
the
Natio al
Fit ess
Testi g
C ite ia
(NFTC).

He
highlighted
a
ew
p otocol
i t oduced
by
team
st e gth
a d
co ditio i g
coach
Ad ia
Le
Roux:
the
B o co
test.

Laxma
explai ed
that
while
the
Yo-Yo
test
is
a
valuable
measu e
of
a ae obic
capacity,
it
is
too
g ueli g
to
co duct
du i g
a
active
c icket
se ies.

“Now
Yo-Yo
ca ot
be
do e
whe
you
a e
pa t
of
a
se ies
because
it
ca
be
eally
g ueli g
fo
you
body
to
ecove .
So
the
B o co
test
is
it
becomes
like
a
co ditio i g
sessio ,
it
also
i di ectly
tests
the
fit ess
levels,
the
a ae obic
fit ess
levels
of
a
playe
a d
that
is
take
o
boa d
ac oss
the
va ious
age
g oups
a d
we
do
that
th ough
the
seaso ,”

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