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Greg Chappell: Young players must learn fearlessness in face of bouncers to reduce risk – Sydney Morning Herald
Street and backyard cricket have largely disappeared, along with the invaluable skills they taught budding cricketers.
Interestingly, the introduction of helmets might be a contributing factor in the increasing number of head hits. In pre-helmet days, those who could not overcome their fear of fast, short balls, did not progress past lower grades or social cricket. Those who reached elite levels, learnt to deal with their fear and developed a reliable technique to stay safe either by evasion or counter-attack.
We can never sterilise environments to make them entirely risk free, so we have to educate coaches and…
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