Hey, Leggies!
I'm sure most of you will know I'm an off spinner, and I know my way around offies as well as you famous BC Leggies know your wrist spin.
I bowl my off spin with a lot of wrist. My stock ball is nothing like a classic off spin in terms of grip and delivery action, but it works quite well. My grip is a little leg spin like and I use a big wrist flick outwards to get a lot of revs on the ball that is also characteristic to the leg spin wrist flick.
I have a top spinner, back spinner, arm ball and the starting of a doosra (straightens but not quite turns away), plus some variations of each of them, so pretty much everything possible from an off spinner. I get a lot of turn on my stock ball, equal to that of a smallish turning leg spinner. I also get a lot of wickets and trouble batsmen often. I'm not the 'normal' off spinner, the spinner that isn't good enough for leg spin so they turn to their only option left after not being able to bowl pace, I chose off spin because it's what I like best.
Now the little background information is done, my elongated question begins:
In the nets I quite often bowl down a leg spinner every so often just because I can. Funnily enough they aren't too bad considering I have no idea what I'm doing. I can get quite a lot of turn and enough accuracy to surprise myself.
Going on the few balls I have tried I reckon I could learn a bit and turn into a decent part timer at the least.
My off spin has hit a wall now, I don't think I can really improve on it (other than the usual accuracy and such), it just seems boring and I'm either put on for a couple of overs to get an elusive wicket or to tie down one end, not as a main attack weapon. The usual off spinner deal.
Just wondering if you guys could teach me the basics of leg spin for the beginner. The grips, the action and personal experience on what does and doesn't work (otherwise I might as well look it up on the internet myself, but I prefer to have actual input).
I have also been inspired by Ajantha Mendis with his variety, he uses finger and wrist spin for all sorts of deliveries, I wouldn't mind chucking down some leggie deliveries every now and then.
I'm sure most of you will know I'm an off spinner, and I know my way around offies as well as you famous BC Leggies know your wrist spin.
I bowl my off spin with a lot of wrist. My stock ball is nothing like a classic off spin in terms of grip and delivery action, but it works quite well. My grip is a little leg spin like and I use a big wrist flick outwards to get a lot of revs on the ball that is also characteristic to the leg spin wrist flick.
I have a top spinner, back spinner, arm ball and the starting of a doosra (straightens but not quite turns away), plus some variations of each of them, so pretty much everything possible from an off spinner. I get a lot of turn on my stock ball, equal to that of a smallish turning leg spinner. I also get a lot of wickets and trouble batsmen often. I'm not the 'normal' off spinner, the spinner that isn't good enough for leg spin so they turn to their only option left after not being able to bowl pace, I chose off spin because it's what I like best.
Now the little background information is done, my elongated question begins:
In the nets I quite often bowl down a leg spinner every so often just because I can. Funnily enough they aren't too bad considering I have no idea what I'm doing. I can get quite a lot of turn and enough accuracy to surprise myself.
Going on the few balls I have tried I reckon I could learn a bit and turn into a decent part timer at the least.
My off spin has hit a wall now, I don't think I can really improve on it (other than the usual accuracy and such), it just seems boring and I'm either put on for a couple of overs to get an elusive wicket or to tie down one end, not as a main attack weapon. The usual off spinner deal.
Just wondering if you guys could teach me the basics of leg spin for the beginner. The grips, the action and personal experience on what does and doesn't work (otherwise I might as well look it up on the internet myself, but I prefer to have actual input).
I have also been inspired by Ajantha Mendis with his variety, he uses finger and wrist spin for all sorts of deliveries, I wouldn't mind chucking down some leggie deliveries every now and then.