“This is one of the worst you can do”: AB de Villiers shares the Bronco test experience while BCCI Mulls New Fitness Regime | Cricket news
New Delhi: The former Captain of South Africa AB of Villiers shared his frank experience in the Bronco test, a fitness exercise that would have been presented by the BCCI for Indian cricket players, appealing to one of the most difficult evaluations that athletes can face.Speaking on his YouTube channel, from Villiers recalled his long familiarity with the test, which measures aerobic endurance and recovery capacity. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“In fact, I didn’t even know when the team spoke to me. I said, “What is a Bronco test? But when they explained to me, I knew exactly what it was.The big striker admitted that the exercise often left him out of breath, in particular in difficult conditions. “This is one of the worst you can do. I remember very clearly at the University of Pretoria, also at Supersport Park, in the cold winter mornings in South Africa, in particular, where there is not much oxygen. The altitude here is, I think, 1,500 meters above sea level.His remarks come in the middle of the reports according to which the new coach of the force and the packaging of India, Adrian Le Roux, added the Bronco test to the assessments of the physical condition of the team, alongside the Yo-Yo test and the 2 km time trial.However, the former Spinner India Ravichandran Ashwin has ranged a note of caution, warning against abrupt changes in training methods. “When the trainers change, the test mechanism changes … players suffer a lot of difficulties. In many cases, this could also lead to injury,” said Ashwin on his YouTube channel, urging the continuity of fitness systems.The Bronco test, widely used in rugby and football, forces players to complete five series of shuttles of 20 m, 40m and 60m, totaling 1,200m.
