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[dilscoop]

just want to share tips with other left arm spinners if there any here ?

[tejasapatel]

I do part time left arm spin. It's hard to find any specific resources such as tips or videos YouTube that target left arm spinners. There is a video series by an Indian guy prob sitting somewhere in a village. Don't know his credentials as a coach but they were pretty descent videos.

Only thing is I hate the way he talks, it's very annoying to me.

[Kal]

Always bowl around the wicket to right handers. I find if I get a couple to turn early on, the one that doesn't turn becomes deadly.  the batsmen get really confused which line to play. Key is to rip a few early on... Easier said than done though 

[dilscoop]

I'm trying to work on a caroom ball but never have the confidence to try it in a match

[Kez]

Bowling around the wicket and only turning one an over can be just as dangerous as turning them all.
An even too lefties around the wicket if you the ball is turning is my prefered option.

[uknsaunders]

I do part time left arm spin. It's hard to find any specific resources such as tips or videos YouTube that target left arm spinners. There is a video series by an Indian guy prob sitting somewhere in a village. Don't know his credentials as a coach but they were pretty descent videos.

Only thing is I hate the way he talks, it's very annoying to me.

Seen those on YouTube and not being funny but anybody could turn it on that. It looks easy but try those video tips on flat deck and it wouldn't get off the straight.

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[tejasapatel]

Seen those on YouTube and not being funny but anybody could turn it on that. It looks easy but try those video tips on flat deck and it wouldn't get off the straight.

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My point being specifically that there is nothing available and those videos are it.

Agreed that he is getting a lot of turn given the place he was bowling.

However those videos helped me work on the arm ball and it can be dangerous lbw delivery if you can disguise one properly.

[uknsaunders]

I read a few pieces that have mentioned involving the wrist in the spinning motion and getting a decent pivot across your body. Talking to a coach who bowls spin he mentioned getting high in the action to help get side spin instead of top spin, if you bowl with a lower arm you end up cutting you fingers under the ball. Also throwing the leading arm (right) up and out to help flight the ball.

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[dilscoop]

Is the arm ball just a faster ball for a spinner?

[smokem]

Is the arm ball just a faster ball for a spinner?

Arm ball is one that doesn't turn. Traditionally it is taught as a seam-up ball that swings a little, so the swing imitates the drift of the stock spinning ball.

I don't see many international bowlers bowling it this way very often though. And it's often funny hearing commentators say a spinner getting a wicket with his "arm ball" but when you see it in super slow-mo, it's sometimes just a normal ball that didn't grip on the pitch...

[tuffers007]

Get that front arm as high as possible pivot on that front foot bringing your back leg round( similar to a hurdler) that will help with the drift and dip. I tend to aim for middle and off stump. That way I find they have to play a shot. Getting the right pace i find helps. You need to be quick enough to bring them forward with enough flight to make them think but too slow and it gives them plenty of time to adjust there shots. It's alot harder than it sounds so just practice practice and practice some more

[mattcoll12491]

If only I could bowl SLA! I'm stuck with stumpy 'Chinaman' fingers!

I've tried and I've tried to bowl orthodox left arm spin, watched countless videos, but it just never comes out right!

[Leddster138]

I was lucky enough to attend a net with Graham Swann once and he told me that when he bowls to left handers he aims to bowl as quick as he can get away with (e.g still get turn) and aim for leg stump. His thoughts were you're bringing every dismissal into play rather than trying to hard to get that edge to slip.

As a slow left armer I'd always kept a fairly off stump line mostly due to keeping the sweep out of play when bowling a good length but this advice it did make think a bit about line/pace. It's probably the difference between an attacking and containing spinner.

[uknsaunders]

I try and bowl wicket to wicket almost at a Yorker length. My reasoning is lefties love to play across their pads and are massive lbw or bowled candidates. Even if its a touch outside off it brings slip in to play. actually trying to turn it back into them is far less productive and risky.

Maybe its because I use to bowl medium pace and swing it away from them that I still do it as my plan of attack.

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[FirstSlip]

As alluded to above, this needn't be exclusive to left armers - what applies to an orthodox leftie bowling to a right hander applies equally to an off spinner bowling to a left hander and vice-versa.