Need help with throwing

   Hiya guys,

i have a big problem with throwing everytime i throw

the ball at a wicket the ball doesn't go where i intend to it sometimes goes in the opp. direction. I take a side on stance as gatting advised me to do but as i throw

at the target my body seems to move a bit slightly.

What is the proper method to throw?

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Shane Warnabee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Square Leg Joined: 28 June 2006 Location: United Arab Emirates Posts: 401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shane Warnabee Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Need help with throwing Posted: 07 April 2007 at 7:22am
	Hiya guys, i have a big problem with throwing everytime i throw the ball at a wicket the ball doesn't go where i intend to it sometimes goes in the opp. direction. I take a side on stance as gatting advised me to do but as i throw at the target my body seems to move a bit slightly. What is the proper method to throw?
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NZ_Fast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wicket-Keeper Joined: 21 August 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1928	Post Options Post Reply Quote NZ_Fast Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 April 2007 at 12:38pm
	Its pretty hard to fully explain the 'correct' technique, but you can go far wrong if you have your non-throwing arm pointed where you want the ball to go, and your front foot also pointed towards where you want to throw. Remember, throwing at the stumps is a learned skill, you have to practise it heaps, even once you are very good at it.

Shane Warnabee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Square Leg Joined: 28 June 2006 Location: United Arab Emirates Posts: 401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shane Warnabee Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 April 2007 at 8:30pm
	k thanks mate i'll try what you've told me.
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Rambo_123UK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List 3rd Man Joined: 11 March 2006 Location: Great Britain Posts: 115	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rambo_123UK Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 April 2007 at 10:53pm
	If you're quite close to the wicket when you're trying to throw it down, try bringing the arm through vertically. If you throw the ball naturally, round arm, you have to release the ball at exactly the right slpit second to be accurate as the line your arm is travelling in goes across the line of the stumps. If you bring the arm through in a straight line, over vertically, a bit like bowling, then even if you are a split second late or early releasing the ball the line will still be right. The ball will hopefully hit the stumps then but if not it will bounce in front (and perhaps strike on the bounce) or go just over them to the man (hopefully) backing up. Either way, the line will be on the stumps rather than wild. This technique though isn't as powerful as a normal throw, but I find it more accurate and faster than an underarm throw for a direct hit from square leg or the covers.
	I swing both ways - but only when I'm bowling!

Shane Warnabee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Square Leg Joined: 28 June 2006 Location: United Arab Emirates Posts: 401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shane Warnabee Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 April 2007 at 7:23am
	thanks rambo, should i try your technique i.e throwing vertically from far as well?
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Rambo_123UK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List 3rd Man Joined: 11 March 2006 Location: Great Britain Posts: 115	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rambo_123UK Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:09pm
	To be honest, I've never really considerd it. I use my strong flat throw with a natural action from the deep, I use that vertical arm technique at shorter range when I'm trying to get a direct hit (and often succeeding). I doubt it will work well over longer ranges because you can't get nearly as much power into it.
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Chin Music Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Extra Cover Joined: 26 September 2006 Location: England Posts: 595	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chin Music Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 April 2007 at 3:53pm
	Also, try and throw with your whole body rather than just your arm, ie twist at the hips a bit like a golf swing
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Shane Warnabee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Square Leg Joined: 28 June 2006 Location: United Arab Emirates Posts: 401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shane Warnabee Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 April 2007 at 5:12pm
	ok though i anyway normally use my body a lot when throwing. thanks for the tips guys
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Adamz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List 12th Man Joined: 11 April 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Adamz Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2007 at 1:47am
	I need some help, when i throw the ball it doesn't go very far, due to the fact that im 13 and very light, n only 5 ft, i need to know how to bowl the ball much faster, and throw much longer. can anyone help?

legspinner102 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Short Leg Joined: 08 January 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote legspinner102 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 April 2007 at 6:10pm
	Hiya AdamzI had the same problem as you when I was 12 but my coach told me a great tip for distance.Pretend you hand a hand-bag on your bowling arm and when you throw, you want the hand-bag to slip off your hand towards the direction your bowling. If your also having problems with your aim, try watching this masterclass on throwing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/sol/newsid_5180000/newsid_5180800?redirect=5180854.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&nbram=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1 Hope that helps!