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Equipment => Wicket Keeping => Topic started by: bucko2007 on May 26, 2009, 09:26:43 PM

Title: Giving up keeping!!
Post by: bucko2007 on May 26, 2009, 09:26:43 PM
I'm considering giving up keeping.... I'm a batsman mainly, and I only took up keeping when I was younger because I got so bored fielding... Now I quite enjoy fielding, and I find keeping incredibly fatiguing mentally and I don't feel its up to the same standard as my batting. At my club I'm only being picked as a keeper because our batting is so strong, yet I don't really get any enjoyment, and I'd rather be playing at a lower level to get a chance to prove my batting. Has anyone else had the same feelings towards keeping, or any thoughts?
Title: Re: Giving up keeping!!
Post by: art on May 26, 2009, 09:30:14 PM
I was picked as a keeper when I was 12. That lasted one season. I didn't enjoy it at all and spent some time learning how to bat properly and then how to bowl fast. Much more enjoyable.

Keeping is the toughest job on the field.
Title: Re: Giving up keeping!!
Post by: Apple on May 26, 2009, 09:44:02 PM
im a extreme part timer and i love keeping, but always play for enjoyment
Title: Re: Giving up keeping!!
Post by: ianbuchanan on May 26, 2009, 10:17:20 PM
im similar to apple, kept this evening and made the biggest school boy error i've ever made.... always stetch the old quads before! my legs are killing me now! got a stumping though so..... :D