Swing?

need any help with swing? looking at the forums iv only really seen stuff on spin soooo who wants to learn a little bit more on swing!?

yeah, shiny side on the leg side, seam tilted to fist slip gives out swing. your bowling fingers need to be alongside the seam not on the seam. VITAL FOR OUTSWING YOU MUST STAY SIDE ON!!!

inswing seam verticle but tilted towards fine leg or in tht direction, second finger on the rim of the seam both fingers quite close together. thumb needs to be underneath the ball on the seam flat rather than the usual on the edge. shiny side on the off side or outwards. VITAL FOR INSWING YOU MUST BOWL OPEN CHESTED!!!

wicked thers sum stuff i didn't know ther thnks spin wiz!

I am left handed and I want to learn how to swing it. Can anyone give me some help on how to swing it?

That is true too! Well, different action does different things. I remember when I use to bowl pace, I use to bowl front on and use to get the ball to inswing a good deal. When I tape up a tennis ball and bowl at home, I get the ball to inswing but not out swing.

So in conclusion, your action can help you to do different swings better.

right hander cause there is more of them in my league

The one key thing for swing bowling which is almost never mentioned but can make a bigger difference than probably any other single thing is wrist position. For a start, if your going to bowl swing your wrist has to be firm and cocked, and it has to stay firm throughout the delivary, that is the first thing to get right. Once you've sorted that (and take your time making sure you've got it, get experienced players to watch you closely and comment) you can move on to wrist position for the in- and/or out-swinger.

You will frequently hear people when talking about swing refering to where you point the seam - at first slip for an away-swinger and at leg slip for an in-swinger. This is correct to an extent, but crucially doesn't tell the whole story. What people get wrong is to rotate the angle of the ball in the hand to achieve this but in fact what you need to do is to hold the ball as normal and change your wrist position - slightly to the left for an away-swinger, so the seam appears at a slight angle like so (\) and vice versa for the in-swinger so the ball appears (/). BUT it is crucial you keep always keep your wrist firmly cocked or you won't be getting the benefit, plus you'll be losing pace, accuracy, any seam movement basically everything that makes a seam bowler useful. My point being that wrist position is absolutely crucial in all seam bowling.

Anyway, these technical things aside, if you keep trying it's likely if you have a decent action you'll discover you naturally swing the ball one way, so when you do work on that one andf make it your stock ball, you can always work on the other one later if needs be. I've bowled lovely away-swingers since i was a wee nipper without knowing how, having never been told about what affect the wrist has, and now for the first time in my life i can bowl one which goes trhe other way, which is a great weapon in a bowlers armoury. Concentrate on your natural swing thoguh and keep that as a surprise.

its the rip you give the ball while deliveing. All good swing bowlers will tell you that thy really rip the seam through thier fingers whil delivering the ball

That's very interesting, I may give that a try in indoor nets. Do you find it compromises pace or accuracy at all?