"After the CBA, when they overhauled the heat guidelines, did away with twoaday practices, modified some heat treatment recommendations, it created a safer environment." Even as coaches praise such developments, they also bemoan all those snaps and blocks and tackles that have disappeared. "It's cut down on the opportunities to see them in those situations," says Browns firstyear head coach Rob Chudzinski, a longtime offensive assistant in the league. "By the same token I think the preseason games are so important as well in that process, but you do .This is as close as it gets to cricketing time travel: if you didn't handle a spell very well first time round, now is your chance to make amends. In effect, ProBatter transports the international game's bowling brethren to the nets at the ECB Academy in Loughborough. There is also a device that measures the amount of revolutions imparted by a spinner; unsurprisingly, Swann scores highly..

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