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[jdanak1]

Not a frequent poster but recently read Bradman's book on the art of cricket. I was just curious to know whether many people have read the book and in particular the section on the art of batting, as well as what they thought of the book's technical advice.

Personally, I've implemented his top hand grip (which involves getting my wrist really behind the ball) late last season and I've found this to help my defence and straight batted shots quite a lot so just wanted to see how others found his advice.

N.b. If anyone wants the pdf it can be found with a quick Google search I believe.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Bradman thought Tendulkar's technique similar to his.

[SD]

The odd thing about Bradman's grip on the bat was that it seemed counter productive to his leg side heavy run scoring. Of the great batsmen or the game, he strikes me as the most inelegant. He seemed to make up for it though with exceptional hand speed

[jdanak1]

It's an odd one for me because I feel like his top hand 'V in line with the blade is really good for playing straight in the V  (I know, what a surprise) but then I didn't like his really strobg bottom hand and thus I see why it seems inelegant. That top hand grip is good though!