i am a quick bowler, and my action used to be pretty good then something changed and i went really rubbish, i bowled balls that rubbish batsmen could eat for breakfast, but since i have been working on my action and found it was my follow through that was most important, and now i get loads of pace, bounce and accuracy simply because i have a proper follow through.

Does anybody know anywhere were i can find out how fast i bowl?

Originally posted by DiscoDuck Did anyone see Tait's performance in the ING cup final (the Australian domestic one day competition)? He got 6 wickets but also bowled about 20 wides. A strange display of fast bowling.

14 wides, 6 wickets, Man of the match, but they lost by 1 wicket.

hi, im new, but here some things i feel will definately help faster bowling,

as mentioned stregth and rhythm, but core body strength and lower body strength is more important, e.g. no use in having huge triceps to help you bowl fast(by core i mean back, stomach, chest shoulders) lower body i mainly mean the gluts, quads and hamstrings,

but also an extremely improtant aspect is flexibility, you need to strecth all the time, make sure all the joints are working smoothly, inproving flexibility may help you improve your technique and rhythm

hope this helps

i have spin wizard but i am looking forward to discussing on this topic too. i am 14 and my speed range to my age goes like this:

10-25mph-medium pace bowler

26-45mph-medium pace bowler

45+-fast bowler

I tend to bowl between 40 and 50 mph, i need to master swing though, i know the grip almost, i could do with a bit more explanation, but what action do you need? mine is like shaun pollocks to give you an example.

I did it the other way round warnester, moved yours into here and edited the title a bit.

I am a fast bowler, who is currently mastering leg spin. As we have a spin topic i thought we should discuss the aspects of fast bowling. Seam, swing, slower balls, you name it, we can discuss it. I would be happy to offer any advice that i have but i also have much to learn. Unfortunately, everyone seems to be a spin bowler on this forum, i would welcome some fast bowlers too. So to begin, can anyone help me with getting serious swing?

If you are not utilizing your height to fuller extent, it is not good. You must be bending your frong leg while bowling? Try to keep it straignt and deliver the ball with high arm action, it would be more effective, i can bet.

But i don't think that this problems particularly affects bowling speed.

Try to leave the ball with high arm action, it would provide you extra bounce also. And concentrate on your grip also, dont hold the ball too firmly and try not to place your thumb across the ball, while delivering. And mate your run up is too short to generate pace multliply it at least by three. You must be a spinner with 10 ft. run up.