Australia game for video technology
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
AFP
Peter Lalor writes in the Australian about Australia’s high-tech computer games that double as training tools. Each squad member has a PlayStation to watch digital footage prepared by the coaches.
Nathan Bracken spends hours studying himself bowling and Matthew Hayden spent an entire flight from St Kitts to St Lucia examining digital images of himself batting against South Africa before a critical return match against the Proteas during the World Cup.
"They can do it on their iPods if they need to, but they found the PlayStation portables have a bigger screen," the coach Tim Nielsen said. "The other thing is they can chuck a game in when they've finished watching the cricket, or they can make out they're watching the cricket and play a game if that's what they want."
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo