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[Simmy]

has anybody had laser treatment for there sight?

i fancy getting it done

[uknsaunders]

I've wondered about it as my eyesite problems make batting tricky. True I can bat fine without glasses but I am short sighted and when I wear specs it does help ie. picking up the length quicker and seam position on the ball. However, I also have one eye that scans left/right and another that scans up/down - this causes me real problems picking up flighted deliveries and one eye is more "oval" than the other, that's a problem apparently.

[gdb19]

I have to wear glasses for distance stuff so I asked about it last year. I was told that because my prescription isn't that strong it would work but that it would most likely leave me needing to wear glasses later in life for reading.

I just ended up getting daily disposable contacts to wear when I play. Didn't think I'd like contacts but they're fine and I can now read the scoreboard which is handy. Don't think they made much difference to my batting though as I scored more runs in 2010 without them - but then again wild cross line swings with my eyes closed probably doesn't help.

[Ryan]

Don't the bowlers go to net sessions?

how rude? glad im not a seam bowler lol

[Kulli]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQY3_WhXlaU

First real hit of the season at Lords, after this first round of balls they told me i should just follow through and drive that sort of ball, very hard to get used to having grown up in Scotland where driving on the up is pretty much a no no.

[Simmy]

very solid mate! i like your technique

u keep very still

[Buzz]

very solid mate! i like your technique

u keep very still

It is amazing what they teach you at Lords

[Kulli]

very solid mate! i like your technique

u keep very still

Thanks

I can't (or couldn't) bat for (No Swearing Please). Too many years of playing on low slow wet wickets means I plant my front foot a lot, and really struggle when the ball is short. Also my bowling carried me to a level way above my batting so for years I never batted much and didn't have any real incentive to improve. Now I play on Astro's with tiny boundries, so since it's a batsmans game I fugured I may aswell try and become one.

P.S, feel free to have a swatch of the other guys videos, and have a guess which one captains Norway!

P.P.S or to give me any pointers (though I appreciate that's hard for such a short clip), I will stick up osome from nets in the future as they lack of any qualified coaches over here is probably holding me back a little from joining Fattus and becoming a real batsman!

[400notout]

Fairly defensive video below taken around Xmas 2011 over on my stint in Oz. Like I said nothing expansive in there, just working on balance and picking the right ball to hit.

I've been through it before a million times and I pick out a few key points which I've sorted by now. Namely getting squared up on a straighter length ball/tucking them into midwicket when they should probably go straight. And playing a bit inside out through Cover/Point.

Any comments/views/tips and pointers would be greatly appreciated! And before anyone asks, I don't know or care in the slightest what speed it was at, I just like to bat!

Net Session - Redland Tigers

[uknsaunders]

I assume the white stump is there for you to play no further across than "4th stump"?

[ProCricketer1982]

I assume the white stump is there for you to play no further across than "4th stump"?

humm, never done that before.. might have to start using that trick

[cricketbadger]

Can i ask why your pads are so so so low down on your foot? with just your toe sticking out? why do people do this?

[The_Bird]

Can i ask why your pads are so so so low down on your foot? with just your toe sticking out? why do people do this?

I think it's a common problem with these pads, I remember seeing a 12 year wearing a pair and falling flat on his face whilst running. Pretty funny

[cricketbadger]

doesnt look like its a problem for him, hes done it on purpose by leaving the bottom strap so loose
as soon as i see this, i just think 'Poser', sorry if im wrong

[wilkie113]

Can i ask why your pads are so so so low down on your foot? with just your toe sticking out? why do people do this?

I do that too lol