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[coady123]

when I am batting I sit back expecting a short ball/bouncer doing this when the ball is pitched up it is stopping me playing my shots and end up playing across the line ,

can anyone help me correct this ?

[Dhiraj]

do your front foot and backfoot drills...have throw downs in nets...

[coady123]

do your front foot and backfoot drills...have throw downs in nets...

what drills could I do ?

[LEACHY48]

I dont think sitting back will cause you to play across the line. However, if you are sitting back, use a forward press, ala jonathan trott.

[WalkingWicket37]

I trigger (sorry Buzz) so I'm on the front foot already when the ball is released. If its short just rock your weight back onto the back foot and send it to the fence, they stop bowling short quickly enough!

[coady123]

im sitting back ready to play the pull shot and because  its square of the wickets when it pitched up im trying to hit it leg side/across the line

[cricketboy2010]

im sitting back ready to play the pull shot and because  its square of the wickets when it pitched up im trying to hit it leg side/across the line

Could you re-phrase that?

[coady123]

im waiting for a short ball to play the pull shot and because when playing the pull shot your aiming to hit it leg side , when its pitched up im trying to hit the ball legside and throwing everything at it  and playing across the line which is stopping me playing my drives

[GarrettJ]

I trigger (sorry Buzz) so I'm on the front foot already when the ball is released. If its short just rock your weight back onto the back foot and send it to the fence, they stop bowling short quickly enough!

What speed is the bowling you are facing?

[coady123]

What speed is the bowling you are facing?

we are top of our league so next year will be in the premier league with overseas pros playing for quick , but this year nothing over 65 mph

[GarrettJ]

not you coady the bloke that is forward pressing to pace bowling!!

I suggest to anything over 80mph you do back and across

[WalkingWicket37]

What speed is the bowling you are facing?

I play in county 2 so about 80 is the quickest in the league. If I face someone genuinely quick (one of our first team bowlers who's been clocked at 85mph) I just go accross rather than forward, I don't feel comfortable triggering back

[Blazer]

I play in county 2 so about 80 is the quickest in the league. If I face someone genuinely quick (one of our first team bowlers who's been clocked at 85mph) I just go accross rather than forward, I don't feel comfortable triggering back

Is that division 2 county league or county 2nd team Cam ?

[WalkingWicket37]

Is that division 2 county league or county 2nd team Cam ?

Division 2 County League mate, it's the 5th highest League so fairly competitive but not really going to set the world alight haha

[Blazer]

Good players of short pitch bowling seem to have a small initial movement forward. I personally feel back and across leaves room for a lot of mistakes when out of touch or lacking in confidence.