^ I'd agree that bracing the front leg would help you generate more pace. By bracing your front leg you can push your body weight into the delivery. You should try watching Brett Lee bowl then try copying it lol.

 A longer run-up but not too long. Make sure you hit top speed as you approach the crease but if you're run-up is too long you will get worn out and not bowl as quickly. Its finding the right length that is the key. There was another thread on this a while ago, I'll try and get the link.

http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1138&PN=1 - http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1138&a mp;PN=1

 There's two pages of this, there's bound to be something useful in there.

Just grunting helps you bowl faster ? Really, ok, well if it works for you well done.

Not sure the "to put a batsman" off bit is in accordance with the spirit of the game however.

Samir - I wouldn't be too concerned about pace at this stage. Not sure of your age, however I assume you are in your teens. Concentrate at the moment on your technique. Line and length. As you get older you will get stronger and faster, you will also learn to do more with the ball. If you can get your line and length perfect you will be good enough. Just remind yourself every day who the most successful Fast bowler in Test cricket is.... and remember he isn't all that fast (relatively speaking of course)

Cheers.

i grunt and i think it hepls me bowl quicker, it feels as though a am putting power and pressure into my action, look at shot putters when they go for there launch they grunt, i don't know wot it is but in martial arts they teach to make this noise. it just works. apparen'tly i grunt alot wen i bowl without knowing it, brett lee does it, also when a bowl a bad ball my friends know wne it coming because i don't grunt Very funny.

depends what action you use. when bowling with a side on action u get more pace, when bowling front on you get more reverse swing and less injuries and better direction. i use to bowl front on and get pace cause i was strong in the arm.

To get stronger samir, do 10 or 20 push ups everyday, 10 for starters, eat meat and drink milk and i hope my tips above help you.

I think that you shouldn't try to bowl faster. I am a medium pace bowler and I take wickets - when I try to increase the pace I start messing it up big time. Focus on line and length.

Why spend hours trying to bowl faster when you can just sneak a good one through his defences?

im 14 and i am one of the 4 in the seam attack in the team and we all bowl about 45-60mph varying on wind etc.

80mph and you should be on the brink of becoming the new international seamer, considering im 2 years younger than you i am a good bowler to be hitting 60mph consistently. If you bowl 80mph you should be a great seamer when your older, good luck being the new england fast bowler

well AK, I am quick, thats that. I have a quick arm action that helps but I spin so that doesn't matter me. I stopped pacing 2 years ago but I wasn't quick back then and I use to land badly on my knee, thats why I quited it but now and then I bowl couple balls and I bowl them quick a s I said 80 mph, thats from the hand at not after pitching. and by the way 80 mph isn't quick

I can average as well. By the way ak, how did you measure your speed, was it out of the hands are at the batsman point are after pitching.

you are back to pace then? that would be the right decision because if you are bowling 80mph you might as well concentrate on that and not anything else. except batting

80mph is rapid for a 16 yr old, it's rapid even for adult minor counties!

Think of it this way - An international fast bowler will generally bowl between 85 and 90 mph, with a few exceptions.

well freddieflintoff I am training for national u-19 at the moment but the only reason I was picked is because I do leg spin and right now, I am the best spinner the side has and I won't go back to pace to throw away my place because there are very good pacers there, 2 left armers and a very quick tall right armer. I figure he can make 90mph cause he is very quick on the slowest surface.

Anyway, to get quicker, try using a smooth run up like lee and bring over your arm quick (this is why I do 80mph) and release quick because the speed of a ball is measured at release.

No offence mate, but we are privelaged enough to have some of the U19 internationals play for our first team at the moment (Andrew Miller, Stephen Mullaney, Karl Brown and Nick Woods)

Mill and mull both bowl for them, and they only bowl about 70 (They are Fast-Medium Bowlers)  and they inform me that the fastest man in the squad they have seen on the speed gun only bowls about 80mph.

Woodsy is a fantastic leggy, who turns it square and also bowls regularly.  So I think we would all appreciate it if you kept your blatent lies to yourself.

Leezy

whatever you all say, think about it, correy collymore bearly runs up and don't go over quick and bowl at 80 mph. This guy run up is long and has a quick arm action and is tall. He has no control what soever thats why he isn't in national. On short boundary, slips does be back nearly to the boundary for him. Maybe I exaggerated a bit too much but maybe he could make 88 the most.

Remeber Jerome Taylor use to bowl at 93 mph when he was 19 years.

no mate, most of the people i know range from 50-60mph, my first name is steven

in international cricket is the ball measured from the hand? cos this would make them seriously rapid as the pitches that the pros play on are like concrete.

Dead right mate. It is measured from the hands. Thats why I always try to tell persons to bring over quick and release quick to gain pace.

Wow Jerome Taylor touched 93 mp/h at just 19,he must of been the quickest 19 year old of all time how fast does he bowl now 85-95 mp/h im guessing maybe.