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Bandage of Brothers
“One thing I have had to look at
this the movement pattern of a fast
bowler, its very important to reduce
the number of stress fractures.
“Last year we had more stress
fractures than we would want in an
ideal world, and decreasing them
is one of my target areas for the
department.
Having Keeds here who knows the
movement patterns is incredibly
valuable. I can throw what I feel
should be the way forward, and he
can offer an informed opinion based
on his experience.
38-year-old Keedy’s path has been
very different to his colleague, using
the opportunity with Nottinghamshire
to continue a career in cricket while
seeing out his remaining playing days
with the county.
“From a physiotherapy perspective
its good for me to have a mentor
with experience, and someone who
definitely knows his stuff,” he said.
“But given that we’re both fairly
new to cricket physiotherapy it’ll be
good to bounce ideas off each other,
take his technical experience and my
knowledge of the game.
“I was quite nervous to start with, I
tried to ease myself in gently and get
my feet under the table a little.
“When you go across to the other side
of the fence it really becomes obvious
how hard the backroom staff work.
“The new perspective has been good
for me, and I actually think that
players need educating about that
aspect of the game.
“We should make a good team, and
it’s been a case of so far so good.”
Keedy’s responsibilities at Trent
Bridge stretch further than
physiotherapy.
As well as offering specialist spin-
bowling coaching to the playing staff ’s
junior members, he is still a registered
player, and insisted that he’d be ready
if called upon this this summer.
“I certainly haven’t ruled out playing
for Notts,” he said.
“Decreasing
stress
fractures is
one of my
main target
areas.”
Jon Alty
Keedy lifts the LV= County
Championship trophy with
Lancashire