help with fast bowling

Jerome Taylor clocked 93 when he was 19. I know it's not 160 but that's still very fast! Taylor is slower these days because of injury to his back in the past and having to remodel his action but he is still consistently around 87 mph these days.

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So funny people was telling you can't clock such fast speeds at a young age.  Young Kemar Roach of the Windies clocked 87 against Aussie at age 19 and he can bowl faster than that too.  I remember seeing Jerome Taylor clock 90+ at that age too.  There was a young boy in the standford 2020 tournament in it's first year at age 16 and he was touching at 80 mph.  Pascal at 19 was touching 87.

I wish people would bother to look through previous threads about pace bowling, saves us repeating ourselves. Try watching this video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/299643/cricket_master_class_bowling/

If you have any more questions after that, just ask away!

Yeah, just saw the video. I have actually seen it many times. I just want to know how to use my back and shoulders to increase my pace. pople have told me to use my back by leaning down, but I always loose my accuracy with it.

if you need to use your back you need a good hip drive, every bowler with some sort of pace will have one of these, some more than others but it is a very good way of getting pace as it uses your midsection (abs, lowerback) and the hips are the powerhouse of your body

with pace bowling I have been told that getting through the crease (bowling action) also helps with pace, I have yet to try different ways to increase pace as I am getting over a buldged disc in my back but do people find that pace is created mainly from bowlers action, pace going through the crease, run up ect?

 It's no good running up like a madman if you lose all the forward momentum as you deliver the ball. How's your follow through?

Haha, funny enough I was reading back this thread and saw past posts saying it's blatant lies that a 16 year old bowls 80 MPH, watch ah load of rubbish.  Amir at 17, was touching 88MPH, although me don't think he 17.  Anyhow, Pascal was 19 and hitting 87 MPH, Roach was already hitting fast speeds at U19 and so was Jerome Taylor, which I can remember being clocked at 91 and 93 MPH at age 19 against Sri Lanka (whether the speed gun malfunctioned, I don't know).  It is often said speed is something you're born with, not because it's hard for you mean it's hard for others. 

Edited by spin wizard - 24 August 2010 at 7:54pm

Originally posted by drandhawa Besides building strength, is there anything that I can do with my action or the way I hold the ball... anything to increase pace?

Strength is important for fast bowling, but the ability to apply this strength as quickly as possible (explosive strength) is key. To build explosive strength, try sprint drills as part of your training program - this will also improve your overall athletic ability.

As previous comments on this thread have outlined, yes - your bowling technique and action are key to bowling fast.


Edited by -JP- - 12 September 2010 at 1:31pm

spin wizard isn't lying about the pace of u19 by the way, im 16 and i'm trying to make county and have a somewhat close tie with hampshire cricket. my friend who is 14 is bowling 70-75mph and i even remember ny cousin bowling 80+ at my age it isn't impossible.