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General Cricket => Cricket Training, Fitness and Injuries => Topic started by: Colesy on March 30, 2014, 12:54:28 PM
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Had a net this morning on the bowling machine and wasn't that great in all honesty, but I filmed it and I'm not going to edit out the bad bits. So here you go, some good, a lot bad.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhtxYeYcSi33Za3im7fHgb9F-0mfxBq87 (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhtxYeYcSi33Za3im7fHgb9F-0mfxBq87)
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Just out of interest do you get bowled a lot outdoors?
Your back toe seems to be on/outside leg stump and stays completely static. Then your front foot goes at the ball. Just seems like a bowled/snick off could be fairly common. Could imagine you score fairly quickly though! :-[
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Just out of interest do you get bowled a lot outdoors?
Your back toe seems to be on/outside leg stump and stays completely static. Then your front foot goes at the ball. Just seems like a bowled/snick off could be fairly common. Could imagine you score fairly quickly though! :-[
With driving, why would keeping your back foot still make you vulnerable to being bowled?
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Because there are three stumps pretty visible at all times. If I bowled away swing and pitched one on or about middle I'd fancy a bowled! Tbf I only watched one minute of it though.
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Because there are three stumps pretty visible at all times. If I bowled away swing and pitched one on or about middle I'd fancy a bowled! Tbf I only watched one minute of it though.
Oh ok, you mean a static foot outside leg stump. Thought you just meant a still Blackfoot in general.
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I never understand why getting out LB is supposed to be better than being out bowled. Or vice-versa.
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I never understand why getting out LB is supposed to be better than being out bowled. Or vice-versa.
Lb is to me worse than getting bowled as you've not only missed it but you've got your foot in the wrong place too. Least bowled you've only made one mistake, missing the ball :(
Caught is bad though.. Keep it on the deck.
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Just out of interest do you get bowled a lot outdoors?
Your back toe seems to be on/outside leg stump and stays completely static. Then your front foot goes at the ball. Just seems like a bowled/snick off could be fairly common. Could imagine you score fairly quickly though! :-[
Don't get bowled often if I play a proper shot. I'm on/outside leg here because it's hard to mark a guard in these nets, normally I bat on 2.
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Lb is to me worse than getting bowled as you've not only missed it but you've got your foot in the wrong place too. Least bowled you've only made one mistake, missing the ball :(
Caught is bad though.. Keep it on the deck.
So simply don't get caught, don't get LBW and don't get bowled - if only it were that easy!
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So simply don't get caught, don't get LBW and don't get bowled - if only it were that easy!
Unfortunately so :(
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Some people change their guard toward leg to avoid being an 'LBW candidate'? Are they not now simply more of a 'bowled candidate'?
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Hello Colesy,
Your technique looks good. You look nice and compact at the crease with a nice high back lift and solid head position while playing your shots. You also look controlled and balanced in your shot making. I would guess you are a top order batsman maybe opener? Your technique seemed to improve in the third video when the speed of the bowling was increased. My impression anyway.
If I would criticize anything I would say you could work on getting behind the line of the ball some more as that would help you time some of your drives better. You also seem to premeditate some of your shots which is probably due to a bit of boredom with the repetitive nature of bowling machines. Apart from the second video where you seemed to be goofing around a bit there was a lot more good than bad on show here.
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Thanks for the comments TopShot. I have a tendency to premeditate, or want to hit the ball in a certain area when I'm comfortable with the pace which doesn't help me really. I do open and have done for a few years but I see myself as more middle order hitter as a long innings isn't my strong point as you may have guessed haha.
I'm strong on the cover drive but at the moment I seem to try and hit balls on middle/middle and leg straight which leads to an in to out looking shot and sometimes spooned to cover. This is the main issue I'm trying to work on before the season. I back myself on the pull and cut but having not used these nets for a while I forgot it skids through and I should've had it pitched a bit shorter for those shots rather than played off of a length.
Some of the shots, the fuller pitched video was toward the end of the net where I wanted to practice hitting balls Yorker length for t/20 situations so the moving around the crease was a bit to do with that.
Hopefully I'll be able to net and upload another video soon and would be good to compare the two.
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No problem at all Colesy.
Your technique is well suited to top order batting. From your high elbow driving to the economy of motion in the way your hands maneuver the bat to the ball. The talent is obvious.
Premeditation is an issue for all batsmen. Concentration and patience are probably your best ways around it. Playing each ball on its merit is a good mantra to have while at the crease. (Easy to say hard to do)
I would like to see a video of your back foot play just to see of it is as solid as your front foot work.
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Looks great colesy. Love a bit of globe nets!
What was the machine set at?
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Looks great colesy. Love a bit of globe nets!
What was the machine set at?
Started off 62 then went down to 58
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I always set it a bit lower than anywhere else as it's only about 19-20 yards. Effectively you can add another 10-13% onto the speed so if it's set at 65 in reality that's about 72 if my maths are correct.
Do you find the mat causes the balls to nibble around a fair bit? Keeps me honest!
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I always set it a bit lower than anywhere else as it's only about 19-20 yards. Effectively you can add another 10-13% onto the speed so if it's set at 65 in reality that's about 72 if my maths are correct.
Do you find the mat causes the balls to nibble around a fair bit? Keeps me honest!
I find dome people hate nets to not be flat and true as they can't just smash it. I'd prefer it to nibble around and not be bouncy personally.. As you say keeps you honest and watching the ball
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As you say keeps you honest and watching the ball
Exactly, just wish I could roll it up and take it with me when I'm bowling ;)
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Exactly, just wish I could roll it up and take it with me when I'm bowling ;)
It's nice to see a wicket that is sporting. Even as an opener I prefer it when it does a bit early on. Makes it fun
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The biggest issue I have with the nets at globe isn't the inconsistency, that keeps in interesting, but the bowling machine is placed where the umpire stands so really the ball is always going away from you on the angle
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The biggest issue I have with the nets at globe isn't the inconsistency, that keeps in interesting, but the bowling machine is placed where the umpire stands so really the ball is always going away from you on the angle
Could you move the stumps towards leg slightly to combat that?
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The biggest issue I have with the nets at globe isn't the inconsistency, that keeps in interesting, but the bowling machine is placed where the umpire stands so really the ball is always going away from you on the angle
I just move the whole lot over to simulate a normal bowling position.
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Common sense isn't my strong suit
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The biggest issue I have with the nets at globe isn't the inconsistency, that keeps in interesting, but the bowling machine is placed where the umpire stands so really the ball is always going away from you on the angle
You see a lot of people doing that with machines. Rather than simulating where a bowler actually releases from they just plonk it in the middle, no idea why tbh, it's common sense to put it where bowlers bowl