What should I do if a junior bowler has lower back pain?
Guideline- Australia
- Cricket Australia
- Pace bowling workload
- Under 11-Under 19
- Player safety
- 2026/27
- Coaches
Cricket Australia strongly recommends that a junior bowler with lower back pain when bowling stops bowling and sees a sports doctor or physiotherapist with experience in lumbar bone stress injury before bowling again.
Lumbar bone stress injury (LBSI) can develop gradually, without early pain, and can interrupt a young bowler's development and require long breaks from bowling.
Added 22 Oct 2026