Aaron Kellett's research while affiliated with Sports Medicine Australia and other places

... In the sphere of athletic development, it is argued that a training regimen which mirrors, to the highest degree possible, the demands inherent to actual competition yields the most substantial transfer effects on athletes' competitive performance (Murphy et al., 2016). Consequently, optimal training is posited to be that which converges with the reality of competition (Halouani et al., 2014;Murphy et al., 2016). ...

... In this regard, analyzing the overall (ie, combined tennis-specific and training intervention) weekly TLs, results are much lower to previous studies (1126 vs 1197 AU, for hard and sand groups, respectively), showing average TLs of 4000 to 5000 AU. 38 This could be related to the lower specific training volumes, as players in the present study trained 6 days a week (ie, 80 min/session), while previous studies reported more than 10 sessions per week, with training volumes often exceeding 2 hours. 38,39 A few methodological limitations should be addressed. The relatively short period of observation (6 wk), and the lack of proper familiarization with the training surface precludes drawing conclusions about long-term exposures to sand training. ...

... The above specifies the relevance of specific physical conditioning preparation in accordance with the demands of tennis in the junior category [8]. Additionally, elite tennis players travel extensively for tennis tournaments to gain or maintain ranking points, which invariably interrupts the training process [9]. It is common that throughout the competition season, young tennis players are away from local facilities for several weeks and without direct supervision of their trainers, which could reduce the effects of training and their performance [10] and increase the risk of injury [1,11,12]. ...

... These statistics provide rationale for longer endurance type training sessions (McGowan, 2022). However, coaches also regularly prescribe tennis-specific drills (Murphy et al., 2014), where further evaluation of the movement cycle can enhance drill specificity. ...

... To achieve this goal, and with the perspective of providing straightforward monitoring tools, coaches are encouraged to track the number of serves per practice using inertial measurement units or racquet sensors (46,52) and using session rate of perceived exertion to quantify internal training load (69,81). In addition, practitioners should consider possible athlete-coach perception differences toward the proposed tasks and support communication to avoid mismatches between the expected and performed load (71). Besides monitoring training load, limiting exposure and the number of serves during training seems a valid option to reduce certain maladaptations. ...

... Combining good sleep hygiene practices and mindfulness techniques has demonstrated the ability to enhance sleep quality, perceptual well-being, and mitigate tournament-related anxiety (51). Adequate sleep plays a critical role in athletic performance (50), particularly in sports like tennis that require speed, tactical strategy, and technical skill (52). Following sleep hygiene recommendations has even been linked to increased playing time and more shots taken (53). ...

... There is limited research highlighting the physiological demands of wicket-keeping, with most research focusing on bowlers and batters. The heart rate of district-level wicket-keepers in the United Kingdom was measured during a Battlezone simulation (a small-sided game approach to cricket training) (50,62). The mean heart rate of Battlezone simulation was 144 ± 3 bpm (see Table 2) (62). ...

... It is a training game for the sport of cricket. Batters are instructed to score as many runs as possible, and they are encouraged to hit the ball along the ground as often as possible ( Vickery et al., 2013 ). Fielders are placed to try and catch the ball or limit running between the wickets. ...

... Another problem with the term workload is the variability with which it is used in the literature. For example, studies report bowling frequency [17, 19-21, 24, 26, 30-35], duration [25,36,37] or intensity [12,14,16,23,31,35,36,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] when describing bowling workloads. None of these can measure workload in isolation and the term workload, when used as is, is not sufficiently precise for describing bowling programmes or in improving injury monitoring practices. ...

... Fast bowling research has certainly picked up recently, but a majority of this research focusses on biomechanical analyses or injury prevention (Johnstone et al., 2014;Ramachandran et al., 2021). The few interventions designed for fast bowlers have also had physiological or kinematic aims like technique modification for back and shoulder injury prevention (Ranson et al., 2009), harness usage for reduced disc degeneration (Wallis et al., 2002) or cooling methods for reducing physiological load (Minett et al., 2012). Interventions relating to improvement of fast bowling performance from a performance analysis perspective are scant, despite knowing how integral they are to team performance, as they are the enforcers of minimizing opposition runs and maximizing opposition wickets -both of which are important performance measures of bowling performance in cricket (Feros et al., 2018b;Jamil et al., 2021;Mehta et al., 2022). ...