ICC Academy, Dubai Sports City
When you want to shape the stars of tomorrow, there is no room for compromise.
Every detail at ICC Academy has been specially designed to enable players to reach their full potential. Be it an international superstar or a young player just starting out in the game, the ICC Academy seeks to support every cricketer through its cutting-edge facilities, rich resources and well-trained personnel.
The ICC Academy prides itself on indoor facilities that are unquestionably the best in the world. They include:
Multi-purpose, air-conditioned training space which can be easily adapted to suit coaching requirements, including centre wicket training and indoor games.
Six indoor practice pitches and nets: 2 spin-friendly nets, 2 pace-friendly nets, and 2 batting wickets with full-length run ups.
- 3G turf fielding area.
- Dedicated Pro Batter batting simulator lane.
- Integrated Hawk-Eye tracking and video analysis cameras.
- Bowling machines, fielding machines, and spin bola
- Two changing rooms with a fully equipped recovery area and ice baths.
- Three physiotherapy treatment rooms.
- ICC Academy Power Base Gym: the world’s first cricket-specific indoor and outdoor functional training, conditioning and physical testing facility.
- Classrooms and learning space
- Fully equipped cricket retail store
- Public food and beverage area serving snacks and beverage.
It is important to have reliable outdoor facilities that simulate real life cricketing situations. The ICC Academy has a host of them, including:
- Two floodlit full-size ovals accredited for ODI and T20 cricket, both containing Asian and Australian turf wickets (Gaba and WACA wickets and electronic scoreboards with integrated video analysis).
- Floodlit practice area, including 38 natural grass turf practice pitches (17 Australian, 17 Pakistani, 4 English) plus 7 synthetic and 1 hybrid spin pitch.
- Floodlit Cricket Cage area; multi-purpose training, coaching and game play area containing 6 retractable cricket lanes.
- Air-conditioned pavilion with 4 fully equipped changing rooms incorporating player and spectator seating, plus match officials’ changing rooms and officiating and analysis rooms.
- Banked areas for spectators.
PERFORMANCE SERVICES
The ICC Academy is not just a venue, it provides a range of high-performance services across coaching, sport science, medical support, high-performance management and consultancy. These services are designed to support existing programmes, teams and individuals and the experts are always available to discuss performance-related requirements.
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