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Equipment => Wicket Keeping => Topic started by: Damo on April 02, 2014, 01:11:40 PM

Title: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Damo on April 02, 2014, 01:11:40 PM
Apart from the obvious drills what keeping practice do you guys do with the bowling machine ?
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Pelican042 on April 02, 2014, 05:24:36 PM
Put a batsman in to leave it and work on catching down the leg side standing up. Focusing on a level head and fast feet :)
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Vitas Cricket on April 02, 2014, 11:19:29 PM
If you don't have someone (or somene willing!) to stand there and play the role of the batsman leaving or missing it (I find most of them want to hit the ball, odd that...) then use your kitbag if it is a stand up one
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Jenko on April 03, 2014, 04:03:26 AM
Yeah what everyone else has basically said. If you can get a player or coach to 'shadow bat' without hitting the ball it's the best most realistic way to practice.
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Damo on April 03, 2014, 07:07:20 AM
Cheers guys, one I want to try this year is with the bowling machine and catching cradle, just feeding the ball onto the cradle via the bowling machine and just have myself in the stance I would be standing back to a quick bowler and take some catches, just getting myself into some rhythm standing back.
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Simmy on April 03, 2014, 07:10:41 AM
get one of them katchet mats and just fire the bowling machine onto that
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: 400notout on April 03, 2014, 08:10:14 AM
If you are firing the machine into a cradle/katchet, I doubt you'll have many volunteers keen to stand and shadow bat #deathwish
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Damo on April 03, 2014, 10:10:45 AM
get one of them katchet mats and just fire the bowling machine onto that

I have seen a video of bairstow doing that drill while out in aus, it looks like a really good drill, in my opinion one of the best to get a realistic match situation
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Damo on April 03, 2014, 10:12:18 AM
If you are firing the machine into a cradle/katchet, I doubt you'll have many volunteers keen to stand and shadow bat #deathwish

Haha yeah would deffiantly have to be a kit bag instead
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: ProCricketer1982 on April 03, 2014, 10:16:10 AM
get one of them katchet mats and just fire the bowling machine onto that

would people use a normal bola set up or a fielding one?
Title: Re: Best Keeping drills with the bowling machine ?
Post by: Damo on April 03, 2014, 10:19:49 AM
http://youtu.be/0qSzEjPPBjg (http://youtu.be/0qSzEjPPBjg)

Bairstow keeping practise with bowling machine and katchet mat