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[skip1973]

Without going back through it again, you don't feel you drag balls from outside off to the leg side?

[WalkingWicket37]

Without going back through it again, you don't feel you drag balls from outside off to the leg side?

Well yes, sometimes I give it a bottom handed biff - but I don't recall attempting to play a cover drive that ended up going to mid on (I'd have edited that one out...)

[ProCricketer1982]

Well yes, sometimes I give it a bottom handed biff - but I don't recall attempting to play a cover drive that ended up going to mid on (I'd have edited that one out...)

0.52 I think skippy is pointing out

[WalkingWicket37]

0.52 I think skippy is pointing out

Worth practising that shot though, drop to mid wicket for a quick single, get down the other end where there's less ways to be dismissed 

[ProCricketer1982]

Worth practising that shot though, drop to mid wicket for a quick single, get down the other end where there's less ways to be dismissed 

One way to think about it I suppose .

[skip1973]

Worth practising that shot though, drop to mid wicket for a quick single, get down the other end where there's less ways to be dismissed 

Sorry I thought you were genuinely after advice.

[WalkingWicket37]

Sorry I thought you were genuinely after advice.

I am, hence posting the video asking for advice...

Until this year when I sought the help of Buzz, I've never had any batting coaching. Yes it shows, and I'm not going to remove a lifetime of bad habits instantly. The leg side shovel/hoik always came naturally and I play it almost instinctively at times. It might not be pretty but it's something I do, and if it works to rotate the strike it seems foolish to eliminate it completely just because it isn't "textbook"

[skip1973]

I am, hence posting the video asking for advice...

Until this year when I sought the help of Buzz, I've never had any batting coaching. Yes it shows, and I'm not going to remove a lifetime of bad habits instantly. The leg side shovel/hoik always came naturally and I play it almost instinctively at times. It might not be pretty but it's something I do, and if it works to rotate the strike it seems foolish to eliminate it completely just because it isn't "textbook"

Carry on then if it's working.

[Dario74]

3 big issues for me if you want to get better
1. That bottom hand takes over most shots, cover drive going to mid on, slicing across ball etc. Try some top and driving with only top hand.
2. Regardless of where ball pitches your foot plonks in the same spot, try and wait a bit longer to pick up line of ball.
3. Feet again and I think the most important issue, you land on the ball of your front foot leaving you poorly balanced and unable to move. Get a batting tee or even a ball on a string, practice landing heel first moving to the ball and playing it more under your eyes. Sounds basic I know but the issues you are having start at that basic level.

First point above is the key imo. Using the top hand more will also keep the ball down, a couple of cover drives that you did play were in the air. Not easy to change when your bottom hand dominant but worth asking bowlers in the nets to concentrate on a line outside off stump and focus on playing the ball through the offside.