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[bigbenh99]

On Wednesday I once again got clean bowled. I've been batting well and scoring pretty good runs but several times this season I've been clean bowled. To me the ball that's got me each time has pitched on/outside off stump and nipped back in a bit just enough to go through the gate. I've not been trying to play an overly attacking shot at the ball but I feel like the problem is that I'm stepping straight down the pitch instead of across to off stump. My footwork is generally pretty good, but not for this shot! Has anyone got any practice drills to help practice getting the front foot across? Or any other ideas?

[Manormanic]

first question - why is there a gate for it to go through?  keep your hands closer to your body, that should help eliminate that issue...

[mr_wickets]

Give skipping a go. Seriously this works. If you know what you're doing wrong, you're half way there.

[BigBlueMachine]

Check your head position as your head should lead and feet follow. And as Manormanic says keep your hands close to your body. To ensure this don't throw your hands at the ball but vertically rotate your shoulders through the line.

[RossViper]

so you can solve the getting bowled issue, and add an LBW one?

If the balls nipping back you need to hit it with the bat, getting further forward will help, if its not nipping back, then you need to play down the right line and close the gate.

Having a gate is not an inevitable thing, its a "technical error"

[Bruce]

Id say put 3 balls down in a triangle and step into the shot.
After a few rounds of this, do drop feeds getting pad and bat close together.
Don't worry about middling it, just get that plant foot down the track.

[bigbenh99]

so you can solve the getting bowled issue, and add an LBW one?

I was more thinking about the ball coming down and thinking that maybe due to the lack of footwork I've mistaken a ball that is straight but angled into me for a ball that has cut in, so if I got my feet into line then if I did miss it I'd be outside line of off stump

[RossViper]

I was more thinking about the ball coming down and thinking that maybe due to the lack of footwork I've mistaken a ball that is straight but angled into me for a ball that has cut in, so if I got my feet into line then if I did miss it I'd be outside line of off stump

if your getting bowled, you leg is not in the wrong place, you just missing the ball, try harder to hit it.

Thrusting you leg on to off stump will cause more issue than it will solve.