Would any one want help with spin?

I actually have played on carpet covered concrete as well as turf pitches. Personally I get more turn and bounce on turf pitches.

Originally posted by spin wizard I enjoy the bounce of the concrete pitches but it's stille easier for batsmen as they can play on the up with ease. With turf wicket, you might get one or two to spit out.

for leg spin, before rotating your wrist so it faces the batsmen could you have your palm to the offside instead of facing down?

are there any exercizes that improve flexibility of the wrist and are there excercizes for strengthing the fingers for a spinner?

Originally posted by LethalYorker are there any exercizes that improve flexibility of the wrist and are there excercizes for strengthing the fingers for a spinner?

yeh obviously you have to have natural talent, but which do you thinks going to make you a better pace bowl, bowling for 2 hours a day for a year, or doing weights for 2 hours a day for a year?

At this point i would like to point out doing that, while strengthening the fingers in all likelihood, you would also lose flexability in the finger(s) so it wouldnt have a wide a range of movement.

my actions coming along allright

What do you think about the use of a shiny side/ polishing of a ball for leg spinners. Below 70 mph swing bowlers get conventional swing even with a new ball by orienting the seam to first slip for an outswinger and towards leg slip for inswing. So a leg break should also swing towards slips before turning off the wicket. Did anyone read articles about these ideas as i have not and would be added intelligence in our leg spin armoury

Edited by maltaspinner - 01 January 2008 at 3:44pm

Use it as your arm ball. Its an improvement on a normal one (as opposed to no swing at all).

Edited by benkola13 - 01 January 2008 at 9:48pm

A bit of extra flight helps you to get drift!

So surely that means that if swing needs backspin (apparently), then sliders and flippers will drift a lot, which'll make them look like a leggy and cause more problems.  Have I just taken 2 weeks to state the obvious? 

Edited by fishcake14 - 04 January 2008 at 12:23pm

keeping the seam straight is the key and a nice high action, lots of revs etc. To get dip you need to be very good at it.

Originally posted by Pietersen Fan Freddie?

well KP and others