I now own three BOla machines and tried to get the club at winter indoor nets, to use all 5 lanes, have 3 set up with bolas working on three different areas and then the last two as a spin and a seam bowling area (where the bowlers have a box to bowl into). Take away the stupid idiotic tendency at nets for every idiot to think they can bowl quick and the fact it's a hard surface meaning anyone with even an ounce of pace bowls the majority short because suddenly they can rush a batsmen. Now, I like pulling etc but it's simply not what you want to be training at winter nets.
Anyway, the club weren't interested so I didn't offer again and didn't bother attending club sessions. THey had their standard turn up, bat for 8-10 mins and bowlers knocking peoples heads off and batsmen carting and playing shots you simply don't see at weekends and if you do, generally it's them getting out hitting on the up etc just to look flash on a surface that comes on and allows biffing. THen they wonder why they don't do that well.. shock horror
It's a hard one though, I Think you literally get a 5050 split.. 50% want to turn up and do constructive net sessions and 50% basiclaly like the idea of them but actually either like slogging/chatting or knocking people's heads off and chatting. Best bet is to find like minded people from different clubs and just get together and run constructive sessions if you really want to improve.. or of course, find someone you know who has their own indoor lane and machines nad do regular training sessions and just watch how fast you improve
IT is annoying as someone that is prepared to spend time and money on training and see's the benefit, when people go on about how they are going ot train, going to do x or y and then when it comes to it.. they do the odd thing or nothing. DOing none, just turning up is fine but don't go on at the end of each season about nets etc..
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