Custom Bats Cricket Forum
General Cricket => Cricket Training, Fitness and Injuries => Topic started by: Steveo1000 on March 01, 2013, 10:28:00 PM
-
I'm guessing that most of us club cricketers are back in pre season indoor nets. If you are like me, no matter what stage you are in your are at in your cricket career you are looking to improve at something.
So what are you looking to get better at? My focus this year is to play straighter thought the leg side, so instead of hitting through square leg, I'm trying to hit more through straight mid wicket.
With my bowling (as a part time off spinner) I'm trying to get higher with my action to create more over spin as apposed to side/under spin.
-
Im trying to get forward to the ball a bit more, especially to quicker balls on the stumps. And trying to keep from twisting my hands through my shots, so not to drag shots into the legside when Im trying to play straight
-
Getting close to the ball has been tricky lately
-
Im trying to get forward to the ball a bit more, especially to quicker balls on the stumps. And trying to keep from twisting my hands through my shots, so not to drag shots into the legside when Im trying to play straight
I too was twisting and flicking to leg, got me out 2 or 3 times last year. I have discovered the world of oval handles after about 20 years of playing. It is really helping me play a little straighter. Not sure how I have missed the oval handle for so long!!
-
I have put a crictech sheet on my bat to see where i hit the ball, lets just say im getting my moneys worth from the full blade
-
What is a crictech sheet? Does it show where you hit the ball?
-
Short stuff, quick, at my head.
That should have me well prepared for April on sopping wet wickets!
-
Were half way through our 8 week programme, we did singles this week where we bat in pairs and every ball we hit we have to scamper a run. Gets the heart rate going and is more realistic than hitting ball after ball.
Personally working on discipline and not trying to smash the cover off every ball...there apparently is such a thing as leaving the ball?!?
-
I would really like to get inswing going, can't seem to get it to work and i have been trying for a bit...something new to try tomorrow if it doesn't work then back to the drawing board...
-
Resisting the temptation to use a different bat every net! Seriously, it does get ridiculous! So far, I have been good and used my Laver most of the time. 8)
In terms of technique, attacking the ball more. I have a relatively solid defensive technique, the problem is that I treat the bowlers with too much respect I have been told. When I go all out attacking, I lose my form, so I guess working on trying to attack more regularly, and slightly earlier in the net, maybe after about 4 balls, I start playing slightly firmer drives. :)
-
My new BB is oval handle so hoping that will help. And trying not to grip the bat so hard with my bottom hand
-
Were half way through our 8 week programme, we did singles this week where we bat in pairs and every ball we hit we have to scamper a run. Gets the heart rate going and is more realistic than hitting ball after ball.
Personally working on discipline and not trying to smash the cover off every ball...there apparently is such a thing as leaving the ball?!?
Must be hard for you tomtek to run singles! Thought you only dealt in 4 & 6's
-
I would really like to get inswing going, can't seem to get it to work and i have been trying for a bit...something new to try tomorrow if it doesn't work then back to the drawing board...
Hmmm... I take it you normally get natural outswing then Tush? I used to get inswing all the time, and then I found that I could swing the ball out by changing the seam and the way my arm came round, and could bowl both as a stock delivery, but just didn't get consistent swing. (Sometimes I swung balls from middle stump to off the pitch!) Now I have changed my action, and found much more control in my swing coupled with more pace. At least that's what I have found in the nets!
-
What is a crictech sheet? Does it show where you hit the ball?
Yes, they are kind of like a scuff sheet and mark where you hit the ball
-
moving my feet and not backing away!!!!
-
Were half way through our 8 week programme, we did singles this week where we bat in pairs and every ball we hit we have to scamper a run. Gets the heart rate going and is more realistic than hitting ball after ball.
Personally working on discipline and not trying to smash the cover off every ball...there apparently is such a thing as leaving the ball?!?
I really like the idea of having a more constructive indoor net session. We generally just turn up and bat and bowl for 90 mins. I think there is so much more you can do in terms of improving skills.
-
Working on keeping my head looking at batsmen during my delivery stride and also keeping my wrist straight at point of release. I have a habit to have it at a 45 degree angle when I deliver the ball. Also keeping my front foot straight at point of release so It helps with accuracy and also swings it to slip cordon
Batting wise, keeping still as a block of ice in my stance and my head straight. Also not backing onto leg stump when its bowled down leg
-
Not missing the ball...
-
I really like the idea of having a more constructive indoor net session. We generally just turn up and bat and bowl for 90 mins. I think there is so much more you can do in terms of improving skills.
I have to admit, given a lot of clubs spend so much on paying players etc etc, it still baffles me why very few actually provide quality coaching to their players. Most just do 'nets' and offer some generic advice but as bowlers generally don't then bowl ball after ball in that area to improve it it's pretty much wasted. Very few seem to actually run 'proper' and effective net sessions that will actually improve players.
Maybe it's just the few different clubs nets I've been too but the clubs have ranged from WEPL Prem down to about div 1 so it's supposed to be the better sides.
-
My Daughter is on the EPP at Somerset and for the last few weeks they have had net sessions. These sessions have not concentrated on technique but have focused on scoring areas, hitting the gaps, plans against different types of bowling, running between wickets etc. whilst the bowlers have bowled in pairs working to specific plans.
It has certainly got them thinking much more about the game and i think lots of clubs could learn from doing something similar.
-
My Daughter is on the EPP at Somerset and for the last few weeks they have had net sessions. These sessions have not concentrated on technique but have focused on scoring areas, hitting the gaps, plans against different types of bowling, running between wickets etc. whilst the bowlers have bowled in pairs working to specific plans.
It has certainly got them thinking much more about the game and i think lots of clubs could learn from doing something similar.
exactly, these sound a lot more constructive.
I am currently helping a 13yr old who is playing for 'county' or 'district' or whatever and I've been trying to get him to play a simple forward defence and drive. It's taken a few weeks to get him out of the bad habits etc. I then learn that not only have his coaches noticed he's got better but they spent their last few weeks learning... The reverse sweep and the lap... My only question when I lifted my head out my hand was 'umm, why don't they concentrate on the basic bloody shots first!!'
-
exactly, these sound a lot more constructive.
I am currently helping a 13yr old who is playing for 'county' or 'district' or whatever and I've been trying to get him to play a simple forward defence and drive. It's taken a few weeks to get him out of the bad habits etc. I then learn that not only have his coaches noticed he's got better but they spent their last few weeks learning... The reverse sweep and the lap... My only question when I lifted my head out my hand was 'umm, why don't they concentrate on the basic bloody shots first!!'
Every kid who comes into my net tries at least one dilscoop or similar.
A few BOLA adjustments and clean bowling them 3 times a row with big inswinging yorkers soon stops them from doing that....
-
Every kid who comes into my net tries at least one dilscoop or similar.
A few BOLA adjustments and clean bowling them 3 times a row with big inswinging yorkers soon stops them from doing that....
haha.
It just struck me that they are focussing on the wrong things. Surely at the young age you want to get the basics right no? I'm no coach so what do I know but I was a pretty useful footballer and at a young age all we did was the basics.. day in day out.
-
Hmmm... I take it you normally get natural outswing then Tush? I used to get inswing all the time, and then I found that I could swing the ball out by changing the seam and the way my arm came round, and could bowl both as a stock delivery, but just didn't get consistent swing. (Sometimes I swung balls from middle stump to off the pitch!) Now I have changed my action, and found much more control in my swing coupled with more pace. At least that's what I have found in the nets!
I used to have natural inswing but over last few years as action changed a little to find more pace and watching Steyn videos i started working on outswing. Now i can get it to move out very well but no matter what i try inswing is not working, i know one problem is my arm is not coming down right but that and release is what i will be trying tomorrow...
-
I have to admit, given a lot of clubs spend so much on paying players etc etc, it still baffles me why very few actually provide quality coaching to their players. Most just do 'nets' and offer some generic advice but as bowlers generally don't then bowl ball after ball in that area to improve it it's pretty much wasted. Very few seem to actually run 'proper' and effective net sessions that will actually improve players.
Maybe it's just the few different clubs nets I've been too but the clubs have ranged from WEPL Prem down to about div 1 so it's supposed to be the better sides.
Not all clubs just keep paying out lots of money to players! At our club we have three senior coaches working with the first xi squad and prefer to invest money on training equipment rather than players. The Quintic video analysis software has been really useful
-
Not all clubs just keep paying out lots of money to players! At our club we have three senior coaches working with the first xi squad and prefer to invest money on training equipment rather than players. The Quintic video analysis software has been really useful
I know it's not all clubs fella, I was being wildly general. It's just the general impression I get from all the different clubs nets I've been too over the last few seasons.
-
I'm working on getting promoted up the batting order :)
-
I actually worked on playing the pull shot in our net session last night. For some reason I have a habit of moving to the leg side and trying to run bouncers off my bat over towards third man or the slips. I am hoping to move back and towards the offside and either play the ball for a single to deep fine leg or pull it depending on the bounce. I do the same to shot low bouncing balls on my pads. Any suggestions?
-
Really working hard on not falling over to the off side so that I don't miss out on easy runs through the leg side. As a cack hander, I get quite a lot of leg side stuff but I don't always get a bat on what should be free hits. I've found that narrowing and opening my stance a bit is helping.
-
Right now I'm working on getting my head over the ball, and my shot placement. One of the areas I've been told to look at is to have my bat finishing up pointing in the direction I want the ball to go in.
For someone who has never received any proper coaching the sessions I've invested in have been well worth it, and I'd thoroughly advise anyone in a similar situation to me to do some! My only issue now is getting to nets with the new job! >:(
-
Pitching the ball in the right half of the pitch...
-
Facing right arm round/left arm over bowling. As a left hander I'm pretty comfortable with the angle of standard right arm over but never quite so at home when the angle is changed
-
Atm Im working on my follow through with my bowling have a bad habit of stopping as soon as i have bowled. Loosing alot of speed and getting back pains from it regularly now.
-
I have put a crictech sheet on my bat to see where i hit the ball, lets just say im getting my moneys worth from the full blade
Where can I get crictech sheets from?
-
Have just worked on counter attacking, having discussed batting without enough courage last week on tour (still had beer goggles on) with my coach, we discussed how to get out of a defensive rut, and to take advantage of the bad balls. As Buzz has said it is so much in our head! So the coach wanted to highlight that I have it in my locker.
I had a bucket of balls swinging in and away, which I managed to keep out and then I was set the challenge of looking for singles, then the next bucket to look for twos, then the last three buckets to really attack, it felt ace to just have a go! I was quite shocked at first but I was in control, and didn't play and miss for 66 balls in a row, I dug out the Yorkers, left the bouncers and smashed everything else with power and control, both back over the bowler and along the ground.
I hate it at the nets when people just slog then they wonder why they get caught out in matches! Setting yourself targets or working on specifics helps, it really does.
-
Keeping the bat coming through straight when driving
-
After one club net session (15 minute bat, faced about 12 deliveries that were any good) I decided to go for a couple of 1-on-1 coaching sessions at Bristol indoor school. Now working at simplifying everything and play straighter as we aren't going to be getting any fast, bouncy wickets for a few months.