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What will you be working on during the Winter?
« on: September 03, 2012, 10:03:13 AM »

For me, I'll be hoping to continue my indoor form from my 1st Indoor season. I don't know what my average was but I batted 7 times and only got out twice. Once on about 12 and the other after retiring at 25.

From a technique point of view. want to continue working on my back lift, getting it to come down strait. I've improved a lot from how wide I was bringing the bat down but still room for improvement.

Also I'd like to try and address the cut shot again. 
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2012, 10:05:47 AM »

Getting the hop skip and jump out of my bowling.
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2012, 10:07:25 AM »

My fitness is a big one for me, 30 at the end of the month and having spend a packet on a posh bike i have riden it twice since getting in in April!

going to start riding it in an attempt to improve my general fitness levels and drop a big of weight, Indoor league starts too so i will be keeping in touch with my game which wasnt as good as last seasons effort in the league.
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2012, 10:23:01 AM »

I'll be trying to work out how not to get hit by quick yorkers on middle and leg and getting pinged LBW! At least half my dismissals this season have been due to that...
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2012, 10:24:36 AM »

I actually have quite a list of things to work on:

General fitness
Getting my weight down from 14 stone to 13
Really improve my batting, just so that I am not the guy with 'all the gear and no idea'
Refine both my inswinger and outswinger, and learn how to bowl cutters
Get a little more pacey, around 70mph
Improve a lot on my fielding
Take up some sprint training again
Resist buying any more bats!!!
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2012, 10:32:04 AM »

Off season so fitness must be top - doing a triathlon in October plus my brother is tempting me to do an event call the Tough Mudder in May next year, so may have to get my agility up as well!
Cricket wise I was contemplating playing some indoor cricket as I've never done that before. Just need to find a team to play for now! But should hopefully stop me from trying to leather every single ball!  :(
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2012, 10:43:26 AM »

I'll be trying to work out how not to get hit by quick yorkers on middle and leg and getting pinged LBW! At least half my dismissals this season have been due to that...
Are you getting out because are missing the ball because of trying to whip it off your legs or being deceived by the pace of the ball?
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2012, 10:51:28 AM »


I will be working on my six pack, and basically doing ridiculous amounts of cardio as opposed to lifting silly weights all the time
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2012, 11:04:45 AM »

I will be working on my six pack, and basically doing ridiculous amounts of cardio as opposed to lifting silly weights all the time

you big tart ;)
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2012, 11:15:36 AM »

you big tart ;)

hahaha that was Tai btw ;)
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2012, 11:31:09 AM »

Seeing if my right foot still works on a football pitch
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2012, 11:44:04 AM »

Trying to remember a time when I could bat......
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2012, 11:51:11 AM »

Working on fitness, shed at least half a stone.
Put on a little bit of pace with bowling, blag myself a few overs at uni and force my club captain to use me next summer!
Also finish getting rid of the gap between bat and pad to make my defence a bit more solid.
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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2012, 11:55:10 AM »

I'll be trying to work out how not to get hit by quick yorkers on middle and leg and getting pinged LBW! At least half my dismissals this season have been due to that...

I used to get out LBW quite a lot, but I recently changed from a middle to a leg stump guard, and haven't been dismissed this way since.  It definitely helps, so I would suggest you maybe consider adopting this guard as well...

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Re: What will you be working on during the Winter?
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2012, 12:00:00 PM »

I'm with Paul on this one. Leg stump guard.
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