Initial trigger movement

Always an interesting discussion. I've read heaps about it, most recently in Greg Chappell's book and also in Don Bradman's The Art of Cricket.

Anyway, it is important to me because as an opening batsman playing a reasonably high standard of club cricket, I regularly have to face quick bowlers.

I've tried the different styles (even though it is something that should come naturally) i.e.

1) plant foot across sub-continental style, and look to attack;
2) back and across for perfect balance as in chappellway
3) Stay dead still and have no trigger movement at all.

Both 1) and 2) can come to me naturally with practice. I've had problems with 1) with quick left armers swinging the ball in and getting lbw though.

Bob Woolmer actually recommends the front foot plant as opposed to back and across.

What does everyone else think?

ive started a new one that originated from watching kallies, ab devilliers and boeta dippenaar, i find dippenaars one very comfortable and have basicallyh adopted it, but funny thing is it feel like his to me, but actually looks slightly different!

if i were you i would give micheal vuaghans one a go, nice and comfy, but doesnt suit me as ive always had slightly lower hands than most people

I've tried Michael Vaughans and yes it is nice and comfy but I find that I am not in complete control of off and cover drives for some reason. I like to get really in line and feel in control.

I think sometimes against slow medium bowlers it is easy to get wound up with trigger movements when in reality if your in you can play even a medium pacer rather like a spinner - i.e. wait and play naturally even without trigger movements.

i don't use a trigger movement but i don't know if i should or not. when not playing properly, i have tried moving my back foot across and then front foot forward, like one of my mates does. he plays really well with it.

i find that when i do that, as i tried it out in the nets once, i cant play off the legs that well.

do they take time getting used to, ive only tried it once.

i do, do it when i practise in front of a mirror and it feels fine, i feel its better than standing still and no trigger at all, but when i tried it in the nets, it was hard.

do you think i should try it more frequently and then make my desicion?

I have adopted the ricky ponting movement,well atleast im trying to

i prefer to stay still when facing a bowler. However as you say sometimes you can come across nippy bowlers and in these circrumstances i have brian lara type knees bent then into a half jump. I wasnt trying to emulate lara this is just the movement that came to me once in the nets and ever since i've been using it.

I tried the Inzi sub continent style shuffle across to the off stump and i also tried the back across movement that a lot of professional cricketers use. However i didn't like either of them as i found it harder to judge the line of the ball compared to batting dead still. Also the back across can have you in trouble on english pitches with variable bounce as if one keeps low you might be trapped lbw.

initial trigger movements were introduced for people who shuffle at the crease or who have trouble playing back foot deliveries. Some people just do it because they feel more comfortable getting on their toes before the bowler comes in. personally i just stand still like matty hayden. But nowadays i see most people who use the trigger movement fall across the line of the ball and get LBW alot. the trigger movement makes some players heads fall outside the line of the ball. thats my critism of it all. but hay, at the end of the day its what you feel comfortable doing.