Spin or accuracy?

Slow spin is bad at times. It allows the batsmen to adjust to the way the ball spins and have time to play the shot. You are better off bowling a Shane Warne like speed (or if your younger then the equivalent for your age).

When I bowl most of my deliveries speed up when they hit the ground and turn, don't know if that's just me or the pitches!

But without the turban!  I don't get much bounce, the only ball the bounces quite far above the stumps is the topspinner

Does anyone else get more accuracy off a higher action? I do.

One more thing, leg spinners out there, my best wicket taking ball is my slow, bouncy big turner with the highest action possible. Does anyone else use this sort of ball?

I get a few stumpings off the ball I just mentioned, they think "oh this is juicy" and then they get beaten in the flight. Needless to say you shouldnt try this when youre trying to save runs because I've also been hit for many sixes with this ball.

What should you do to save runs? Bowl darts or give the ball some air?

Originally posted by fishcake14 When I bowl most of my deliveries speed up when they hit the ground and turn, don't know if that's just me or the pitches!

This happens when there is a lot of revs on the ball that it like kicks off the pitch like warne. Warnie bowls slow but look at the speed off the pitch some times.

Originally posted by tca123 What should you do to save runs? Bowl darts or give the ball some air?

Darts will save runs but air will get you the wickets.

Originally posted by 70_degree_spin Does anyone else get more accuracy off a higher action? I do. One more thing, leg spinners out there, my best wicket taking ball is my slow, bouncy big turner with the highest action possible. Does anyone else use this sort of ball?

Relatively high arm action (lower than for the top-spinner), close to the wicket at bowler end (actually ball is over the off stump at bowlers end when I bowl), pitching everything on middle and leg and there abouts. Usually few marginally short balls to push the batsman to the backfoot and then a floated fuller one on the leg stump. Most guys go across the line and ends up in an utter mess.

Nice work there Chim Music! Its true what you said but I have to say though that a round arm action is the suited action for a leggy. Warnie bowls round arm as well and the thing with warnie is that his arm is a good way away from his head when release and it faces directly in line with the stumps so I guess this explains why he can bowl that effective stump and leg side line with ease.

On the other hand, Kaneria arms are too close to his head on release and its pointing more outside off so I guess you all now knows how he aint all that good as warnie.

Offies bowling with high arm actions tend to get more over spin than side spin. So they get less turn (more precisely deviation) of the wicket. you have to lower the arm slightly to bowl a side spinner if you are an offie. That's why big offies tend to be less accurate than ones that turn it less.

Originally posted by TCA123 But very often, the side spinner does not spin at all. Often when the seam is straight across (=) the ball will not grip. Thats often why you see many spinners like Harbhajan Singh with a seam more like this (//)

That happens when the shiny side of the ball hits the pitch rather than the seam. That's orthadx spinner's arm ball.

hi im a 17y old leg spinner im very tall 6ft 4 or so but i get alot of people out in flight and turn but sometimes it just wont come out right it feels like pace any help? 

Originally posted by 70_degree_spin if ure 17 and ure not bowling fast then thatll be your problem

hi thanks for that info but i want to know how to consistantly bowl my legspin i dont want to play for aus or that i just wanna have fun with my bowling not bowl pace i just hate the way any smo can just walk up and roll his arm over and get wickets it not like me i like the chalenge please tell me if my arm hight degree ect would be causing this or just confidence?

Originally posted by TCA123 Well not just that, very often the horizontal seam just cannot grip

True, and it's very difficult to release a ball with a horizontal seam too! especially you have large hands with long fingers. Every time there will be plenty of overspin then!!

Would be funny if he did though!  Or you could slog sweep him for 6!