I want to know about reverse swing. Plz write to me detail information about. manon4ishtiak@yahoo.com

I want to know about reverse swing. Plz write to me detail information about. manon4ishtiak@yahoo.com

Manon. I would strongly recommend you buy Ian's book. It goes into some detail about reversing the cricket ball. What is it you want to know exactly?

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I have practised alot at swinging the ball and bowling a full length, but now I find it hard to shorten my length. Is it just a question of target practise or is there a drill or a part of my action I should concentrate on?

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well i am a bowler and i wana be a good bowler.and i am a good bowler .and i deleiver yorker bowl...but i wana also be a batsman...i can play a yorker deep spin bowls but i cant play a bounce bowl..can anyone give me some tips of bounce bowl....caN ANY ONE HELP ME..then email me at smartwish8@hotmail.com give me some bowling and bating tipsss plzzzz i will be your thank full..

Hey, I'm Adam, 17 years of age.

I played Cricket for NSW U17s as an Opening Bowler.

I've been to several coaching courses on fast bowling, and these are the tips that helped me out the most.

(i) Pace comes from three things: Momentum, Core and the Front Arm. Make sure you put the front arm up high as you are in your bowling stride, then bring it down powerfully, tucking it into your side. Be sure to follow through appropriately, applying the rules of not following through down the pitch, but do NOT pull up short. Allow momentum to carry you through the crease. When bowling the ball, be sure to cock your wrist, and flick it in co-ordination with the bowling action, to gain that little bit of extra pace, as well as keeping the seam bolt upright.

(ii) Variety: Don't change your type of bowl every ball. I.e. Dont bowl a bouncer, followed by a slower ball, followed by a yorker then an outswinger, inswinger, etc. What you should aim to do is to have 4 balls an over as your "stock ball" - landing it in the "corridor of uncertainty," then on the 5th ball (batsman often expects something different on the 6th) try a variety ball, aforementioned. An example would be 4 outswingers, followed by a slightly quicker inswinging yorker.

(iii) The importance of pressure: Keep the pressure on the batsman, realise you are in control, and don't allow them to score easy runs, by bowling short, wide deliveries. Aim to keep a batsman on strike, target them, work out weaknesses in technique and work on exploiting them.

Those are probably the most important things I can think of with regards to pace bowling.

Also remember:
(a) Measure a comfortable run up by closing your eyes, in a large open space, mark where you start, walk and then run, ease into your delivery stride, and pretend to bowl the ball. Then go back and mark it, preferably with small steps - a tape measure is ideal.

(b)When following through, immediately after bowling, as Ian mentions, drive the bowling arm across your body, and your non-bowling arm should be behind your back, pointing towards the sky. Follow throughs are a vital part of bowling.

I recently hurt my shoulder (SLAP Tear with Rotator Cuff complications) so was considering doing a bit of Junior Bowling Coaching.

Anyone who wants to ask anything, or even let me know what they thought of this, feel free to email me: Adam_Meads@hotmail.com

Thanks!

Thank you i realy Got a lot of information From This Tutorial.

It's a pleasure Rana

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Please send more info on limit of overs for young bowlers.Why cant fitter ones bowl more if they are biomechanically sound and live an outdoor life like in the West Indies?

I don't fully understand your question Bachan. Do you have something specific in mind?

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I am aleft handed pacer 16 years of age i have a slight problem on bowling the conventional Left Handers In swinger. The problem is that when i try to curve the seem towards the fine leg a slight bend appears in my elbow and the bowling action looks JERKY what should i focus on to correct this is it the fault in my bowling action ar is it some other thing
If any body has any sort of information on that please tel me

Try putting your thumb flat on the seam Ahsan

i won to fast boll

DO you play for anyone at the moment salim?

hello. i am krishna and i have o problem with my action . ibend my hand slightly while delivering the ball. are there any methods to correct my action

please tell me the methods to improve my fitness for bowling fast

Do a search using the box on the bottom right Krishna. You should get all your answers.

thanks a lot for responding

hi my name is joel im am the opeing bowler for montrose under 14/4's (vic) i was wondering how to get a good run up can anyone help if u can seand me a mess joel_the_tigers@hotmail.com

joel, try posting your question on www.simplycricket.net with mor details. I'm sure some budding bowlers can assist!

hi I am fast bowler, i want to improve my speed. o what should i do?

Read all the tips on this site Abid. Let me know if you need more help.

Hi,
I am Vishal and I played for the U19 thailand team. I used to be bowling with a side-on action and I was getting a natural in-swinger for the right hander. But in between, I started spraying the ball too much down leg stump and I was asked to change my action to more front-on, but I lost pace and the ability to swing. Any suggestions?

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I am having trouble as a fast bowler with chucking. What do u recommend?

Hi,I was out of the game for 11 + years and was not a bad opening bowler, but since coming back I keep firing the ball down the leg side. As I run in to bowl I am almost convincing myself that it will go down leg side before I release it. Any tips please?

Hi Rich,

It's tough to diagnose without seeing you. A leg side issue could be to do with your foot position, your head position or your front arm. Is there any chance of a video?

Hi David,thanks for such a quick response.Sadly a video of my efforts does not exist.A player from my team said it looks as though I am just letting it go rather than bowling it.Also,I had a net and one of the batsmen said it looked as though I was collapsing at the point of delivery. So much so he knew before I had let go that it would go down leg side.
Best regards
Rich

Rich, does your club have a coach you can speak to? Most coaches of kids cricket have to deal with this issue all the time so it should be fairly simple to resolve.

If you have to work on it alone I would say focus on keeping your head moving forward towards the batsman and driving your front arm out and down. This will propel you forward in a straight line and the ball will do the same. Go to the nets with a bag of balls and just work on it until it 'feels' right again. After all, you did it before!

Thanks David. No coach available,but I shall try what you suggest. I did have some winter nets this year and it was going OK,but then bowling in the middle in a game is a different kettle of fish. Many thanks for your advice.
Best regards
Rich

It certainly is Rich. Use the nets to get the 'feel' back then at the top of your run in the game, think about that feel. Hopefully that will help. Let me know how it all goes!

im a very fast bowler bt the onli problem i cnt seem 2 keep ma line and length i gt it sum balls and sums balls completely mess up i wana knw wht the technique is in keeping ma line and length thnks. ps dnt tell me 2 gt da book lol

Well uzie, the answer to that question is in the book so it’s worth getting. Do you already have it?

no i aint gt da book bt cnt u just tell me online the solution 2 ma problem i will be very much appreciated if u do
thnks m8

I wish I could just give you the answer my friend, but it just is not that easy I’m afraid.

Your issue could be caused by any number of technical issues or it could be psychological. Even Ian would be unable to sort your issue out over the internet. You just need to see someone bowling in nets and in a game to see what is happening.

The best advice I can give online is to refer you to the book because the book explains everything in great detail. Even then, you still might not be right as only a very skilful coach might be able to identify your issue.

Sorry this is not what you want hear uzie, but it’s not a simple task.

hey hi...
i never heard u name ever, was just going through the website.....so felt like ask something.
can u tell which part of body should be strongest for fast bowling
1.shoulder
2.back
3.legs
plz dont say all 3 coz i know that.........just tell me which among 3 should b strongest
and
i got many more question to ask.

thank u.

How can I answer your question if you don't want to hear the answer amar?

ok sir....
tell me what u exactly feel.......but i might have more question.

thank u

You can't split the body up into individual parts and train them seperatley. That makes as much sense as training indivudal finger to improve your catching.

Instead train the whole body in three dimensions, focus on movements not body parts: Learn to move. Become coordinated, athletic, strong and mobile. Make sure you train your mind as well as your body.

That's what I feel.

sir
i m glad to get a reply from ur side.........i thought people dont reply on such sites......i'll take ur sugestions and start with cricket all over again.......i quit it some 2yrs back but was not able to take out cricket from my heart.

i am a fast bowler and inswing come naturally to me......many a times i even got reverse swing.

i have seen lots of video's of sir Waqar younis and learnt many things from it.

can u help me with some diet tips......it will be a great help.

thank u

i am left arm pace bowler
i wnt to increase my pace by a great extinct
pls give tips for fitness and diet

Hi Ian, I have a just finished reading your book and a have a few questions, I have tried some of your recomendations on follow through and getting trough the crease and now find that I am bowling on a leg stump line instead of off stump is there any tips you would give or is it just a case of practice? another question are there any others similar books to yours or any other reading I can do ? And lastly are you based at Loughborough university as I am on my gap year at the moment playing cricket in melbourne and then going on to Loughborough for uni , but have roughly 6 months bewtween coming back from Australia and starting , are there any tips you give for starting serious training from 1 net a week , and starting at Loughborough uni in terms of getting in to sides, Will Sach

Will, I'm not sure Ian will see your questions. However, subscribe to the site as we have some exciting news coming that could help you improve dramatically.

hey hello sir how are you ? i hope everything is fine . sir i m 18yrs fast bowler sir just wan to ask you i m 5'7 and high arm action so i wan to ask you that i use short run up for bowling so it effect on my speed .

Run up has a small effect on speed. About 10%. How short are we talking?

I would argue run-up length has more than 10% effect on pace - obviously you cant bowl consistently fast off 2 strides... so more than 10%, but certainly less than 30% effect - but I do know as a fact that having too long a run up can definately SLOW YOU DOWN.

Many players make the mistake of having a too long run up: it causes problems with balance and stability at the point of delivery - the shorter the run up the better you are able to control your balance and the more repeatable your entire run up and action will be. ie its easier to get into a 'groove' and stay in it over 10 meters than it is to maintain it over 20 meters.

A good test for fast bowlers coming of long run ups is to exactly halve your run up and see how it feels. My experience is that your run up and action is more 'explosive' and more balanced and you can focus more on where you're going to land the ball rather than getting in balance for your delivery stride.

i am 14 yrs old,left arm pace bowler and i bowl quite good in the nets but in matches i bowl wide ... any suggestions?

hi

Sounds like a mental issue Donovan. Do you feel extra pressure out in the middle?

Im 15 and playing for Keilor Park in Melbourne. I find that this year, I'm running in much faster and getting good bounce, but I find I'm bowling too short about 40% of the time. Any suggestions? And I have a run up of 15 paces, is that too long for my age? Thanks

maybe you are focussing too much on your run up instead of focussing where you want to pitch the ball, and the actual bowling it self

i want to join a centre where fast bowlers are trained.i want to be world's best.send details on vg_456@yahoo.co.in

i wnt 2 increase my pace and wnt to about how to swing the ball i am a lft arm medium pacer.

hi, i am amit sharma. i am 17 years old .
please give suggestions for increasing the pace in my bowling,
my action is like ishant sharma (india)

i wnt 2 increase my pace and wnt to about how to swing the ball i am a right arm medium pacer.

hello sir , i am amit and my action is like ishant sharma so please give me a suggestions for increace in pace and please give me a some importenr videos of ishant sharmaa

Hvae you read the 10 Laws article Amit? (the link is at the top of this one)

yes sir

Do you think there is anything in there you can use?

hi everyone.CAN anyone pls tel me how to swing the ball.I am a junior bowler so pls explain in details...Thank u ...my email is naim.scorpion@yahoo.com

hi

i'm 14 years of age and bowl 95 kph i would like to increase my bowling speed by 10 kph does anybody have any good ways i could achieve this

thankyou

This may sound really wierd mohamed, but try dragging your back foot along the ground as your arm comes over. It can add loads of speed but i dont know why. I saw it in a recent artical by Pont

Can you buy Ian Pont's book from Australia.

I think it's available through Amazon, plus Ian sells it directly through his website so perhaps he can ship it internationally.

i am himanshu of class 9 and i am a fast bowler. i sometime use to miss my line and length and soon find to be be correct in few weeks during practice session but these creates a great trouble in the matches when i miss out the length. Though i perform well in practice session but couldn't use to perform well in matches.
Is there any tip or technique to archive strong or constant line and length???????>>>>

I am sabyasachi of class 9 , dps,damanjodi.I am middle order batsman.I find it difficult to bowl in the block hole consistently during the slog overs.can you kindly tell me the ways to pitch the ball in the block hole????

To bowl fuller you can release the ball earlier. You can make your back foot skid while your about to release the ball, this keeps your action up causing you to bowl fuller. You can change your action slightly by having your bowling arm lower (almost slinging the ball). Keeping your non-bowling shoulder up will help bowl fuller as this will keep your action up.

To bowl a consistent length your action needs to be comfortable and consistent.

hi im 13 yrs old i bowl quick in the nets but when i get into the game i slow down and lose all my pace how can i bowl quick in the game??

Whatever you're doing in the nets try to emulate out in a match; technically, mentally and physcially.

Hi Cody! My best answer is to use steps. After bowling as quick as you can in nets, Then do it in practice matches. dont worry about accuracy, just bowl as fast as you can. Next, Do it in a really match when you have nothing to lose. It doesnt matter then if you screw up. Then try it under pressure. If it doesnt come off take a step back and go back to the level you think youre at. Hope it works

thanks ben for your helpi got a practice match coming up soon so i will try it

kl hope it works btw What country are you from??>(im in England)

Australia. lol

Hi David,
I currently bowl in a 65-75 mph pace bracket. Ive been told a good way to add some pace is to keep the back foot touching the ground in the delivery stride, I was just wondering if you had heard of this also, and if you had any advice as to a good way to try implement it without taking my knees and ankles apart! thanks very much

I cant seem to be able to pitch the ball ksdjf

I seem to be getting cramps in the muscle around my lower leg after everytime i bowl. I stretch lots, use deep heat but it still remains. Any tips to get rid of it?

have a look here: how to stop cramps

Are you sure it is cramp? Sounds like perhaps it is a straining injury caused by jarring or a technical issue. Apart from stretching, try bowling in an extra pair of thick cricket socks or perhaps get a cushioning inner sole for your bowling boots. If you can get someone to video your deliver stride, check to see if you are landing in an unusual position or running off at a difficult angle.

hello sir.
i am 15 years old and i am short(155cms)and i bowl medium pace.i am an average batsman and also a handy allrounder.i have represented UAE under-15 cricket team .i swing the ball both the ways but i dont have pace in my bowling .i bowl at a good line and length.please help me out.i'll try out whatever you say.
thank you.

Hi everyone lol

I'm a 15 year old left arm medium-fast. I got a few questions.

I never really wanted to start bowling fast until about 14, and was wondering: does that make me slower than someone who has been bowling reasonably fast for longer, or is it just a phsychological thing? I know it sounds weird, but its really been kinda annoying me.

Secondly: Whenever I try to bowl inswinging yorkers to a right hander, it will swing too far outside leg. Does getting it right just come with practice?

Thirdly: I don't have easy access to a speed gun or anything, so how can I measure how fast I bowl?

Thanks for any comments.

to measure speed you could use a stopwatch. have someone(or take your own vedio recording) measure the time it takes from the time the ball leaves your hand to the time it passes the stumps. then use the formula speed=distance/time to find your bowling speed. I know it will not give you the most accurate measure, but good for a rough estimate (+-5km/h)

im 13 years old and bowl at a average of 90 kmh. Is that a good pace for a 13 year old?? thanks

hello sir.
i am 15 years old and i am short(155cms)and i bowl medium pace.i am an average batsman and also a handy allrounder.i have represented UAE under-15 cricket team .i swing the ball both the ways but i dont have pace in my bowling .i bowl at a good line and length.please help me out.i'll try out whatever you say.
thank you.

If you want to bowl fast I strongly recommend you join Ian on his "How to bowl faster" training course. It's all online. click here to find out more.

Hello,
i can bowl with accurate line & length & some what with pace. I want to icrease my speed, accuracy please give tips to increase speed & accuracy.

Heyy ihave heard that if you slide your back foot along the ground it can make you bowl quicker and more accurate. Should i start to do this in my action? thx

See the link above. Cody, that would help with driving your hip forwards so yes.

Hai! I am an aspiring cricketer and iwould like you to clear my doubts. Whenever I bowl I do it straight to the bat or it may over pitch and may go to the offside of a RH batsman leading to a wide.
I have also reduced my runup now as noballs are being delivered.Thus the ball's pace is reduced.Please help me with my noballs.Afew of balls but swinging out and that is the positive i am holding on. Please help me in rectifying my problems;I hope you as a senior cricketer will reply to this growing cricketer.

I used to bowl no balls alot, and I figured something out myself for trying to fix it. I don't know if it will 100% work for you, but it has for me.

Bowl your normal run up from the popping crease, and when you have your mark, put it back a further foot. If this doesn't work, try the open field thing.

Hope I helped in someway.

Hi sir ! I am Vivek a 19 year old boy and a genuine
fast bowler .
These days when I bowl atleast one of my bowl swings in .But not all the balls.This happens when my balls are having a considerable pace of 125-130km/hr and when my twist my fingers.I want to make all my balls swing either in or out.
Please help me with this.Is the above mentioned pace suitable for a lad of my age .Should I increase it.
What is the difference between cutting and swinging the ball.

Swinging the ball is the sideways movement in the air, normally due to one side of the ball polished, the other wearing away or rough.

Cut is when the ball moves off the pitch, normally off the seam.

I am Vivek and bowl my balls at 120-130 km/hr. is this pace ideal for me.Should I increase my pace.I am now 18 years old.

The faster you can bowl the more difficult the batters find it.

Cricket is life
i cant live without it
so dont take cricket away from Pakistan

Hi there,

For everyone who is struggling to keep an off side line: if your run up, bowling action and line is consistent (even though be it down leg) you might consider bowling a bit wider from the stumps, only 4 inches would be enough.

Hi! i am datrim ma age is 15 fast bowler i can swing the ball upto miles but when i bowl really very fast i struggle to swing the ball how to bowl fast and swing it upto miles as i do when i bowl slow

Hi sir ! I am a budding fast bowler, and I am only 13 years of age. I have a good height for my age - 5foot 8 inches. My pace, according to my coach, is about 105 kph. I am having doubts though because everyone tells me that my bowling is too slow. How can I increase my pace without having to compromise on my swing and accuracy ? And how do I get a settled run-up ?

I wouldn't worry too much about pace if you're only 13/ I'm not a bowler myself - actually a wicket keeper that plays regulary for dunstable town 2nd's. I often stand up to anything under 75mph, but its more line then pace that you should worry about. The tendancy of pace is not neccesarily everything. The way you should see it is, if there's more pace, the batsman can easily just galnce the ball for four, rather than putting power behind the shot. Before you worry about pace, id worry about line and length, even more so if you're only around 13-14, most colts have a hard time batting against straight bowling anyway. Hope this helps your mindset. Any question you want answers from a batting - wicket keeping point of view, don't hesitate to ask - hellraiser92@hotmail.com

hi ian what does the word slob stand for as in the ball called slob as i am coaching a talented player squad and i would like to coach my bowlers on how to bowl this ball but would like to now what slob stands for .

cheers dave.

Slob stands for Slow Obsolete delivery. It is very slow and dips in towards the stumps at the last minute so if you can get it right, it can be very effective as a change of pace or surprise delivery. It is normally bowled by a fast bowler.
Hope that helps and any more questions about bowling don't hesitate to e-mail me at osamahamid@live.co.uk

i want to increase my speed upto 140kph-150kph
at present i bowls around 125kph
so tell me some drills or whatever be needed for a fast bowler
if there is any video for that then u will send it to me plz
cricket is everything for me so give the reply soon plz

ramnivas all the answers are contained in Ian Pont's fast bowling coaching course. If you are serious about fast bowling being everything you must have this course.

Hi!I am a medium pace bowler from India. I think that I bowl a genuine pace of 120.I am also able to swing the red tennis ball outwards. My friends are telling that it is because of my grip on the ball9the way I hold it).Will I be able to do the same with the stitch ball.I am striving hard on my bowling these days. How many hours should I practice my bowling each day.

Only one way to find out Vivek, try it! How old are you? This will dictate how much you should bowl.

I am 19 years old - Vivek

i can bowl fine but on my run up i seem to let go of the ball higher than my normal bowl what should i do and also can i have some tips about making the ball get backspin please

Hi...I am a 21 year old right medium pacer....My bowling action is a wrong footed one or something similar to it i.e. i deliver the ball jaust at the point of landing the left foot or sometimes even before landing the left foot.Some say that that s the rason y i am not getting the pace...please help me correct my bowling action...

how to handLe the very new ball while the batsman is very nerveos 1st ballof the match

Hello everybody,
i am playing cricket in Good Luck Cricket Club as a off spin bowler and my favorite ball is "DOOSRA"i want some tips to you about great bowling.

Hi
i am a side arm fast bowler also play a very good standard, during my coaching sessions i am always told keep my head straight and get close to stumps, however never told how to do it, beacuse i have been bowling with my action for a while now( i am 19) its very hard for me to modify it ( i.e. try to keep my head straight)

i have two quick questions that i need answers off.

first one is ' how can i keep my head straight when bowling? any techniques that i can use, i was told to wear a neck brace!!!?

And ' i run in straight but during my leap(jump) i jump sideways making it harder for me to get close to stumps , it reduces my ability to bowl out swing as well as making it hard for me to keep my line. any tips on when i can do to get close to stumps??

a nice descriptive answer will b very helpful.

Thanks

HI...I Told you that how to swing the ball??
i am FASt bowler.and my bouncer is very dangerous.sO plzz tell me
THaNKS!!!

can anyone pls tell me how to increase my speed n bowl a reverse swinger?