Moving my feet whilst batting.
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Topic: Moving my feet whilst batting.
Posted By: Wicket-taker
Subject: Moving my feet whilst batting.
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 4:52pm
Hi, at the moment my weakness is batting, im very successful as a fast bowler and take at least 2 wickets every game i play. When i first started playing cricket i use to be a good bat and would play excellent shots and move my feet. Ever since becoming a full time bowler i have forgotten to move my feet to get inline whilst batting.I've tried trigger movemnets but they dont seem to work. Any suggestions please??? ------------- Back to the pavilion!!! |
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 5:31pm
| Move your feet more??????? |
Posted By: NewBowler
Date Posted: 29 April 2007 at 5:38pm
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Make sure your weight's on your toes rather than your heels and work like hell at it every chance you get. In the nets, games with friends etc. ------------- |
Posted By: Smack
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:03am
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Practice...its a simple theory, you get out what you put in. It sounds like your neglecting your batting and concentrating on your bowling. I doubt its something technical. You do get some players who dont move their feet but that tends to be their natural style, if you used to move your feet before becoming a bowler then it just sounds like a lack of practice and/or a lack of concentration. |
Posted By: TCA123
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 10:16pm
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exaggerate your foot movement from the very first moment, remember by getting foreward you make LBWs impossible to give, especially at club level. Just tell yourself over and over to move. ------------- Offspinner, Right Arm Bat |
Posted By: Max Power
Date Posted: 08 May 2007 at 3:26pm
Hi, I'm quite new to playing cricket and was just wondering what you mean by this? Why can't you get an LBW if you move forward sooner? Thanks  |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 08 May 2007 at 3:32pm
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Because by getting your front foot well forward, and down the pitch, the ball will strike you on the pad far enough away from the wicket to put too much doubt in the mind of an umpire to give it out.
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Posted By: Max Power
Date Posted: 08 May 2007 at 3:35pm
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I see. Can this be achieved with a single step with the front foot whilst the back foot is still within the crease? |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 08 May 2007 at 3:37pm
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I'd say you need a big stride in to put enough doubt in the mind of an umpire, rather than a step.
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Posted By: harsy222
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 12:23pm
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Ok a silly question but here goes.
Shud u lift ur bat before the bowler releases the ball,hence the only thing to do is move ur feet and go thru with the shot OR pick up ur bat just as the bowler is in his delivery stride.Im having difficulty playing pace,cant seem to have enuf time.
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Posted By: TCA123
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 4:54pm
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The bigger the step, the more doubt the umpire has ------------- Offspinner, Right Arm Bat |
Posted By: afindlater
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 8:54am
I personally lift the bat just as the bowler approaches the crease, and move my feet just after they release the ball. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 9:16am
You should use English and not text speak ! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: harsy222
Date Posted: 20 May 2007 at 10:53pm
| i dont care,i got the message across,ppl understood and replied. |
Posted By: harsy222
Date Posted: 20 May 2007 at 10:54pm
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thanks
i was doing it fora while,coz it made sense.But i found that it was too many things to do.But i guess with enuf practice u can get used to it.Im still sure its a good movement.
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Posted By: ponting111
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 4:41am
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In my opinion/experience keeping in a semi crouched state is very useful for keeping on the move while batting (re: Rickey Ponting). I also try to keep on the balls of my feet and get a small step foward when the bowler releases the ball |
Posted By: bondy
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 5:17am
In saying that, it differs for each and every individual. While technique is advised, it is often variations (of technique) that are most effective- simply tailoring your batting to the text-book is not the way to go. ------------- Good one Graham! |
Posted By: ponting111
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 5:34am
| Hence why I said "in my opinion/experience" |
Posted By: Isura
Date Posted: 14 June 2007 at 7:20pm
| It helps me to stand very upright. When I get hunched over my body weight is not distributed evenly and I get stuck in the crease. |
Posted By: Shane Warnabee
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 12:44pm
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Do you move your feet after the bowler has released
the ball or when the ball pitches? ------------- What goes around comes around! |
Posted By: TCA123
Date Posted: 28 July 2007 at 7:46pm
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Some people say you should be entirely stationary but i entirely disagree, i like to be alive at the crease and on my toes moving just before its bowled. I never settle into one stuck position. ------------- Offspinner, Right Arm Bat |
Posted By: LiverpoolFC_Fan
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:22am
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yeah, i agree it is more better to be alive on the crease than just be stationary, especially if you are facing a fast bowler. ------------- India, the No.1 cricketing nation |
Posted By: Phlipper
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 1:11pm
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Best advice I heard from a first class player - "Watch the ball"
not just look at the ball, but really concentrate on the ball. Foot movement isn't everything - look at the modern day players they don't take large exagerated steps toward the ball, they take smaller steps in their area (sometimes called playing on the surfboard). But they have fierce concentration on the ball - Some players comment on how they can pick the ball about to be bowled from the hand position as the bowler runs in. For the rest of us mortals remember you are taking you cues from what the eyes pickup - if you pay attention at the bowler release point, you will judge better forward or backward movement - if you are only concentrating after release you will not be able to make good decisions early enough for confident play. greetz |
Posted By: hornerbfc
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 2:28am
| I used to bat 11 but i have worked hard and improved into the top order when facing fast bowlers i tend to keep my bat up and i rock back and forth that way if he gives me a nasty short i can shift backwards but more often than not i get forward and get my feet moving. |
Posted By: Dodge2007
Date Posted: 24 August 2007 at 12:50pm
| get a trigger movement - I personally just as the bowler is into his delivery stride move my back foot slightly back and across towards middle (from a 2 guard) - this helps in getting ones feet moving as you can still go forwards or back depending on the ball. |