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Preferred stance and pickup position

feet approx 2 foot apart with bat tucked behind the back leg
wide stance (3 feet?), bat tucked between
feet approx 2 foot apart with bat tucked between the feet
feet less than 2 foot apart bat tucked behind back foot
wide stance, bat tucked behind back foot
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2011, 08:52:03 AM »

nice to see this sort of thread on this forum rather than some of the stuff that gets posted.people will have different views on what works best.Here's my take on this:
having batted the same way for years-bat behind right foot and stance shoulder width apart and side on-i've always struggled with balance.I went to our coach in august and asked him for 5 mins saying i had a problem with not being still and the head falling over to the offside.he told me the following :
1.feet wider apart,wider than shoulders but not much.
2.open stance slightly.
3.bat between your legs not behind the foot-bat inside the right foot,does not have to be in the centre between yr legs but inside the foot.
4.hit 1000 balls in the nets with this stance and it will become natural.
This has worked for me,it felt strange to start with and still jan-march nets to work on it,but it helped because it gave me a solid base to start with.
Head as still as possible to and eyes level...
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2011, 09:15:46 AM »

Yeah I'm the same, slight open stance with bat in between. Feel more natural to me.
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #17 on: November 27, 2011, 09:18:08 AM »

I've gone back to my old stance after people's advice last season very open and still kind of like a rh gayle to put it in perspective
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2011, 09:35:04 AM »

Yeah I'm the same, slight open stance with bat in between. Feel more natural to me.

u dont have open stance ur propa side on u kid

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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2011, 10:03:12 AM »

agree with simmy, you have a classic stance not open
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2011, 12:19:45 PM »

further on stance... jack hobbs, don bradman, sachin, viv all of the great batsmen have had a side on stance with feet shoulder width apart.
if it is good enough for them...
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2011, 08:12:24 PM »

Ahem! I think you left someone out there Buzz!
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2011, 08:15:01 PM »

Len Hutton?
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2011, 08:23:27 PM »

yea, sorry.
Ahem! I think you left someone out there Buzz!

further on stance... jack hobbs, don bradman, sachin, viv, brucie r, ramps, peter may, sir Geoff, waugh s and m, even chanderpaul after his trigger is side on, all of the great batsmen have had a side on stance with feet shoulder width apart.
if it is good enough for them...

better?
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Re: Preferred Stance and Pickup Position
« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2011, 08:28:05 PM »

Yeah - I think I could bat no5 in that lineup!
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