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[tbarnfield99]

Please have a quick look at this short video of me batting and help me out!

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/carnforthcricketclub/videos/tom-barnfield-13320.html

Can tell that my weight is poor. Falling over at the crease. Finding it harder to play on the legside. Playing shots on the legside in the air because of my head falling to one side. Any tips and training regimes.

Cheers

[Simmy]

some good shots in there dont know anything about technique but when the ball is full and outside offstump u are trying to smash it through mid on why is that..

just smash it mid off or through the covers

[RoCo Da Pixie]

Buzz will be here in due course to advise I'm sure,

I'm at work so can't look at the video

[tbarnfield99]

Yeah I notice I did that twice, but to the same bowler. Think it's just because it was him bowling and I wanted to smash it really. No other reason. Wouldn't try that in a game.

[tim2000s]

My initial observation watching the video is that although you make a tiny trigger movement with your front foot at around the time the ball is released, you actually hardly move your front foot at all with anything on the leg stump to legside and tend to stay in exactly the same place. If it's short you can step across with the back foot, and whne the ball is on the right line, you flick it pretty well, but when it is pitched on a reasonable length, you find yourself with your pad in the way.

When the ball is pitched well outside the off stump, your eyes light up, you step right across and then try too hard to hoof it, missing in most cases.

Your bat comes down in an arc from about 3rd slip to balls pitched on all lines, including from off so you are limiting the amount of time in which you are in line with the ball quite dramatically with that. It also means you play around your pad, as mentioned earlier, on the leg side.

I'd pass over to the coaches to help, but on a lot of what we can see in the video, you stay back and try and play late. The balls don't seem to be moving that much so you might want to consider coming forward more to the well pitched balls. You might find that you drive them better than glancing them as, when coming forward you are more likely to be in line.

[Buzz]

Can tell that my weight is poor. Falling over at the crease. Finding it harder to play on the legside. Playing shots on the legside in the air because of my head falling to one side. Any tips and training regimes.

I think your assessment here is being overly harsh about your alledged shortcomings.

[Johng]

Overall you look quite a good player.
However, you are not remaining still at the crease and your back lift is very wrong.

Bring your hands close to your body this will improve the arc of your swing and your back lift should be over off stump and no more.

Lead with your head to the ball as your feet will follow and stop waving your bat around when waiting for the ball as this does not allow your eyes to remain level.

Let the ball come to you and do not move until the ball leaves the bowlers hand

[Canners]

i agree with the above comments (the positive ones)

i think your set up looks decent, just remember you dont have to smash the cover off of every single ball

[Ryan]

You just seem to be trying to work everything to leg which you are very strong on. i agree with the previous comments about not moving you front foot which stops you from being able to play the drive well. but overall pretty good.

just remember to keep your head still and play the line of the ball 

[coverpoint_pro]

You look to be a very good striker of the ball!
Some nice shots!

If your falling away, just try to stand up straighter at the crease, as its your head that goes first! So standing straighter will balance your weight!

Apart from that, Impressive

[Boydie]

Look good.

2 points - First is that you have quite a closed bat face, if you look at the pose you hold after some of your drives, you'll notice that there's quite a lot of bottom hand there

Secondly, you do fall a little bit to the offside as the bowler is about to bowl but nothing drastic, you could try bringing your head over your front shoulder a bit more in your stance, I notice you do this to the spinners and it looks to work well for you.

As for the point tim made about your footwork, I'd probably disagree, moving your feet is what makes you play round your front pad on those balls pitching on leg, let the ball come to you.

From that video it looks as if you're worrying about an issue that isn't really present, the closed bat face looks to be more of an issue than falling over.

[coverpoint_pro]

If im being honest, i don't think you have a closed bat problem at all, your bringing your bat over off stick most of the time, and its coming down straight!
Its a good backswing in my opinion!

[Boydie]

If im being honest, i don't think you have a closed bat problem at all, your bringing your bat over off stick most of the time, and its coming down straight!
Its a good backswing in my opinion!

Ok.  I won't start a debate about someone else's technique on the basis of a 60 second video, but you can usually tell how open or closed your bat face is by the way you hit full tosses, barnfield hit one right at the end and his bat face was closed. 

[coverpoint_pro]

Neither do i, but the full toss, at the end was struck sweetly, and yes maybe a bit legside, but also quite straight, probably going over mid-on or just to the side. If i got a full toss on leg/middle, that is where i would aim to hit it. It is a straight bat shot.
He looks to be a wristy player, which is not a bad thing, i just can't see your point about a closed face.
But thats just my opinion..

[Watsontotty]

Didn't see anything hugely wrong with the video, you look to hit the ball too hard which causes you to miss time or not connect at times. Some people like me would close your stance a bit which should help you stay side on as long as possible as you do open up too quick at times however very small things to be fair.