becoming a faster bowler

thanks inswinger, thats really helpful

hi, i am a fast bowler who is currently training with Yorkshire CCC first team, i have been clocked at 78mph but i really want to become quicker. the run-up is fine, delivery and follow through is fine, my coaches can only really offer me practice, but is there any advice you could offer me to hit that 80mph mark.

make sure u are running at ur full pace when you hit the crease, have a long enough run up to build momentum. snap or flex your wrist though at the point of delivery. fast arm action.

both.

the other day in the nets i tryed leaning back in the bound.

if u lean back and then lean forward after u land continuing until after your folow through it can generate more power.
it worked for me.

also yes when u are relaxed you bowl quicker an better all round


Edited by inswinger - 17 August 2007 at 5:49pm

Edited by armbowler - 21 July 2007 at 5:30am

im a pace bowler and im 17 i play 4 both my senior teams, i usually play 4 the 1st as a 2nd change bt open 4 the 2nds.. all u need to du is work on ur line and length and then once u hav that work on ur pace.. im 6 foot 1 and im nt big build but bowl around 70mph. if u watch simon jones he doesnt have a long run up or have a massive build like harmisan and shaun tait, he gets his pace from his shoulder which is ware i get myn from.work on bringin ur arm round quicker and quicker through ur spells and it will come over tym, u may have sum bad spells and sum good ones bt belive me they become always good in the end..

So is explosive power which you can develop in loads of ways.

http://www.harrowdrive.com/10-essential-cricket-strength-and-power-exercises/
http://www.harrowdrive.com/10-principles-of-cricket-power/
http://www.harrowdrive.com/cricket-specific-plyometrics/





Edited by harrowdrive - 17 May 2007 at 2:31pm

     whats the minimum benchpress required to bowl genuine pace................ i read an article about Steffan Jones, Derbyshire's new Welsh player ,he is a genuine fast bowler,he has benchpress of 140 kgs and squat of 200 kgs....claims to be the strongest player in cricket( though i doubt with roy and haydos around).

Well with a video camera and stop watch last year (or maybe the year before) I reckoned I was bowling about 67mph. With a Platypus speedball this spring (and a lot of fiddling about to get the ball to pitch on the length I'd set it for a couple of times) it came to about 112kph which is 70mph. Only a couple of the lads on the team bowl appreciably faster than me, but then again they're a couple of the fastest I've seen at our club level.

Originally posted by lightning quick I am 13 and 5 foot 11 and weigh 50 kg. i bowl around 115-120 km is this fast for my age?

  ok so first you say you bowl a hundred then you say you bowled 110kmh against lalor, which you did. Now you say 115-120kmh look you're pretty damn fast but before coming up with all these numbers actually get yourslef tested

Lightening Quick, that is serious smoke for your age. In the Melbourne District League some opening bowlers send them down 120-125. I sick comfortably around the 120-125 but in my level that is quick enough.

I would say that's quick for your age. Couple of years time you'll be a bit pacey.

As a PE teacher, I put many hours into a few of our guys and the summation of forces iis the key. A build up of momentum that can transpire many ways. Tait does it explosively whereas I love breaking down Lee for smooth rhythmic motion.

my runup is slow and my arm action is slow, thats probably why people tell me "you bowl like 2mph but your offcutter moves a foot." maybe I should give up and become a spinner =p