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So sorry to hear that news Dave. I hope Joe isn't suffering too much. It's just not fair. Poor little fellow. Be strong old mate and dont worry about replying if you get around to reading this.

Just going on the clip titles it sounds like you changed your action a little bit lately? The first one shows your action off good and the second one gives a glimpse of some nice shape to your delivery with good spin and bounce. Some coaches might try and get you to make more use of your non...

Grimmetts blindfold isn't in his books. Mallett wrote about it in his grimmett bio "Scarlet" and Keith Stackpole tells the story of how he went to his first legspin lesson from Grimmett, paid for by a former Prime Minister no less, and Grimmett puts on his blinfold and straightup bowls a...

Definately something in doin some time practising with eyes closed. Remember how Grimmett was into it and used to wear a blindfold to show how he could bowl blind and still land on the spot. He even used to bat with a blindfold, in coaching mode.

Good stuff Shivam_ipl. Cant wait to hear how you go.

Seriously Dave, I would stick to the old run in and forget the new one at this stage of the season. Closing your eyes and feeling your action 3 or 4 steps from release worked for you above but was there a batsman at the other end? Would you do it like that in a match? The practise before...

Yeah, preoccupied with thoughts as technical as 'land side on' when you are on your mark in a match could be a big problem. If you had a coach, other than yourself, thats the sort of thing he should worry about. I know Jimmy always has a tune or song in his head when he bowls. He has always...

Confidence, that's the word isn't it. "Confidence, concentration and persistence are the three cardinal virtues of the cricketer. Don't think of yourself on the field. Concentrate on the play and nothing else. Determination and the will to succeed destroy all thoughts of failure. You should be...

3 years back you had a blinder of a season with 4 wicket hauls every other week I remember. Maybe you should go back to your blogs and posts from then and see what you were thinking. Maybe you were just thinking less back then? You were right into flippers at that stage.

Swann looks like he is back in form now dont you reckon? I still cant get over the revs Swann was getting hand to hand in that film clip where he also shows his 'flying saucer' ball. I dont know if he has had that channel 9 rev counter gimmick put on his bowling yet but it wouldn't surprise...

Hey that sounds good. Unplayable.

Yeah it is a bit complicated. You can be promoted from either minor or major premier depending on your what they call championship points earnt from runs, wickets, catches, run outs , etc, from individual players. For instance a clean bowled earns 10 points. The whole system is stacked in favour...

I am not so sure the coach didn't tell him of the possibility at their last training session but Jimmy didn't mention it to me. I let him run his own race. I dont coach him or even talk to him much when a match is on. He is a far better bowler than i ever was anyway so i let him do what he does...

I would have to agree what SLA says here. Grimmett in his chapter "How to make a ball swerve" treats drift as a type of swerve. Swerve he reckoned came from magnus effect, seam size and direction of seam in flight plus atmospheric conditions by which he means air pressure and wind direction...

Hey Dave, this Rod Cross guy from sydney uni has been in the headlines for dodgy physics in his expert witness appearance at a murder trial. They ended up having to quash the conviction and the appeal judges were very critical of the assoc profs work. Doesnt mean his work on drift and spin is...

Hey dave an xspurt is just a drip under pressure. I said before Shivam_ipl your father is a wise man. You should end up your landing on a flat foot but only for a split second. I thought from memory of your vids (i'll check later) you did anyway. (also from memory i thought maybe you got too...

Yeah that is true. In Bradmans "art of cricket" he calls legspinners who dont use their wrists 'flippers'. He reckoned those legbreak bowlers who use their fingers and and not their wrists are usually more accurate but spin a lot less. Bradman calls a type of bowler a flipper and he calls...

I think you were captain chippyben? I suppose you had a few washouts this season? All in all you must have a pretty good reputation as an allrounder down there now. It would be worth going along to the grand final anyway and gathering intelligence for next season.

You really need to bowl both seam posies and the one with topspin more often then the pure sidespinner but to get the square seam you need to have the hand in the right plane as it lets go. For that square seamer it has to be like the traffic cops hand stopping a car. Compared to karate chop for...

Thanks folks. A grand final win is a good antidote to the sadness at the end of another cricket season. I had given up on a premiership for jimmys team this season because they finished 3rd on the table. So now we have to consider the real possibility of playing 1st grade next season. I am...