This is the best short video available outlining the basics of legspin bowling. Explanation is clear and easy to understand and the demonstrations are terrific! All the basics are covered - if you want to bowl legspin - or you want to help someone who bowls legspin - watch this video and do what warnie says!
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Friday, 16 September 2011
Shane Warne Masterclass
This is the best short video available outlining the basics of legspin bowling. Explanation is clear and easy to understand and the demonstrations are terrific! All the basics are covered - if you want to bowl legspin - or you want to help someone who bowls legspin - watch this video and do what warnie says!
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Awesome Action - and Results. Michael Holding 1975
A great clip demonstrating how an efficient and athletic runup can make it easy to transfer your effort into your action and get all your energy going down the wicket and through the batsman! Apart from the magnificent running style (Mikey was a national 400m runner!) watch his delivery stride and the drive through he gets with his right knees and hip as he delivers the ball - right at his target!
Just beautiful - unless you are facing it!
Did I mention the time I scored 56 openning up against Mikey?...? Some other time maybe!...?
High Knees Drill for Improved Running Form
Another running drill with a good explanation and demonstration. Listen and watch. Then practice practice PRACTICE!
These drills all link in to the longer bowling drill with run throughs that I blogged late last month.
Paw Backs - A Running Form Drill
I really feel that improving running form is one of the most effective ways of increasing the efficiency of and faster bowler! All cricketers can reduce the amount of energy they waste running inefficiently but bowlers particularly can gain a huge advantage over other fast bowlers in terms of how well they bowl and for how long they can sustain an effort!
This drill is very good for practicing and improving how the runner uses the hips and legs when running at pace. Listen to the explanation.
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Great Morning Stretching Routine
Another stretching routine. Every routine is useful and achieves approximately the same goal - muscular strength and flexibility. Variety in training routines also keeps training fresh and easier to complete day in and day out. Just giving you options guys!
Swiss Ball Stability/Strengthening Exercises
This is a great routine for core strength and flexibility as well as balance and variety when training.
Enjoy! You can substitute this routine for one of your regular core strength sessions to keep things interesting.
Introduction to Running Drills - How to Run Faster!
This guy sounds like he has been listening to me talk for years! He uses quite a few of the same phrases I like to use when I am trying to teach young cricketers how to run. It is such an important TECHNICAL skill, yet so many bowlers overlook it!
This is a great basic introduction to sprint training. Try it out and apply it when you are running in to bowl!
Friday, 9 September 2011
Bowlers! - You have to have a plan!
Thought I might write down a few thoughts regarding some basic guidelines for bowlers who are starting to think about developing bowling plans.
Firstly, bowlers should always remember: YOU START THE PROCESS! this means, while a batsman may arrive at the crease with a plan, and he may even have some idea about what he is going to try to do to you as you are running in, he must ultimately RESPOND to the delivery you produce. This knowledge should encourage you to select each ball carefully but with confidence.
Every bowlers plan should be built around your stock ball - I think the best definition of the stock ball is "The ball you are most confident in bowling with control in a pressure situation". Whatever your stock ball is, you should be trying to bowl it about 80% of the time - in other words in a 4 over (24 ball) spell, you should bowl your stock ball around 20 times! This should allow your skipper to set a supportive field and your variations to create surprise.
That does not mean your stock ball will land in the same spot at the same speed 20 times in 4 overs! We are all human and therefore if you try and bowl your stock ball 20 times in the same spot, you will produce some natural variation. This means if you try and produce identical stock balls they will all come down at a slightly different pace, from a slightly different release point. Remember - the batsman has to respond to every variation - big or small... intended or unintentional. It is often the suble, unintended variation that produces the false shot!
The bowler must always be monitoring the type of shots the batsman is playing. When deciding what variation he will use, the bowler should select a delivery that will most likely inconvenience the batsman given how he has been batting up to that point. Once selected, the bowler should think about the technique required to deliver that particular ball. Then he should IMAGINE the best possible result for the deliver....relax and then run in and bowl.
Stay relaxed and remember that even if you get it wrong you may get a good result and you get to try again!
If you know a batsman and have planned a strategy to implement against him, be patient enough to give the plan a chance to work! Often a players perceived strength is his actual weakness - you may have to be willing to give him a few runs bowling a particular line and length to eventually get the edge that turns the game!
Make sure your skipper knows what you are trying to do so he can support you with an appropriate field. It is often the case that - whatever the plan - if EVERYONE is working towards its success, it will succeed! Further to this, always try and work in with the guy bowling at the other end. If pressure is being exerted at both ends and the plan is co-ordinated, success is also more likely.
AND WHATEVER THE PLAN, IT WILL ONLY WORK IF THE BOWLER HAS THE CONTROL TO PUT THE BALL IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME! SO WORK AT YOUR CONTROL AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY!
Control comes from making the same shape every time. You can only do this if you are strong and confident. This comes from PRACTICE!!!
Firstly, bowlers should always remember: YOU START THE PROCESS! this means, while a batsman may arrive at the crease with a plan, and he may even have some idea about what he is going to try to do to you as you are running in, he must ultimately RESPOND to the delivery you produce. This knowledge should encourage you to select each ball carefully but with confidence.
Every bowlers plan should be built around your stock ball - I think the best definition of the stock ball is "The ball you are most confident in bowling with control in a pressure situation". Whatever your stock ball is, you should be trying to bowl it about 80% of the time - in other words in a 4 over (24 ball) spell, you should bowl your stock ball around 20 times! This should allow your skipper to set a supportive field and your variations to create surprise.
That does not mean your stock ball will land in the same spot at the same speed 20 times in 4 overs! We are all human and therefore if you try and bowl your stock ball 20 times in the same spot, you will produce some natural variation. This means if you try and produce identical stock balls they will all come down at a slightly different pace, from a slightly different release point. Remember - the batsman has to respond to every variation - big or small... intended or unintentional. It is often the suble, unintended variation that produces the false shot!
The bowler must always be monitoring the type of shots the batsman is playing. When deciding what variation he will use, the bowler should select a delivery that will most likely inconvenience the batsman given how he has been batting up to that point. Once selected, the bowler should think about the technique required to deliver that particular ball. Then he should IMAGINE the best possible result for the deliver....relax and then run in and bowl.
Stay relaxed and remember that even if you get it wrong you may get a good result and you get to try again!
If you know a batsman and have planned a strategy to implement against him, be patient enough to give the plan a chance to work! Often a players perceived strength is his actual weakness - you may have to be willing to give him a few runs bowling a particular line and length to eventually get the edge that turns the game!
Make sure your skipper knows what you are trying to do so he can support you with an appropriate field. It is often the case that - whatever the plan - if EVERYONE is working towards its success, it will succeed! Further to this, always try and work in with the guy bowling at the other end. If pressure is being exerted at both ends and the plan is co-ordinated, success is also more likely.
AND WHATEVER THE PLAN, IT WILL ONLY WORK IF THE BOWLER HAS THE CONTROL TO PUT THE BALL IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME! SO WORK AT YOUR CONTROL AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY!
Control comes from making the same shape every time. You can only do this if you are strong and confident. This comes from PRACTICE!!!
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