Question about batting technique from a TV programme
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Re: Question about batting technique from a TV programme
i am a bowler, and i dont really care much about my batting. however i keep getting overlooked for selection for some reason, even though my bowling has been good enough. so i figure theres no harm in improving my batting as its pretty weak, and my fielding is even weaker. it just ticks a couple more boxes with the captains, and should improve my selection chances. but then based on recent selection, performance doesnt seem to make any difference.
Boris;399539 said:
i am a bowler, and i dont really care much about my batting. however i keep getting overlooked for selection for some reason, even though my bowling has been good enough. so i figure theres no harm in improving my batting as its pretty weak, and my fielding is even weaker. it just ticks a couple more boxes with the captains, and should improve my selection chances. but then based on recent selection, performance doesnt seem to make any difference.
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Re: Question about batting technique from a TV programme
Theres not really much to fielding, I really dont get how people can be bat at it! (rant)
All you have to do is pay attention, back up, if in doubt, just stop the additional runs etc....
(I saw one of our australian players doing a sydney harbour bridge yesterday ... amongst others
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Theres not really much to fielding, I really dont get how people can be bat at it! (rant)
All you have to do is pay attention, back up, if in doubt, just stop the additional runs etc....
(I saw one of our australian players doing a sydney harbour bridge yesterday ... amongst others
)Re: Question about batting technique from a TV programme
personally i think the complete opposite, theres a LOT to fielding!
youve stated the basic mental skills, anyone can do those simply by paying attention and putting in some effort.
catching, throwing, stopping tricky balls that are bouncing up off a bobbly club outfield, stopping boundaries with slides and dives, etc. those are the technical skill aspects. by your reasoning, if its so easy, every international fielder would be as good as Ricky Ponting, AB de Villiers, Paul Collingwood, etc. yet you watch someone like Monty Panesar fielding and realise that no amount of training can bridge the gap to natural raw talent.
i throw like a girl (and am reluctant to throw from long range since im a bowler and dont want to put my shoulder out throwing from range when i should be fielding close), i struggle on high catches, and im crap at stopping the ball when its bobbling around because im 6'2" and not especially agile (e.g. i cant get down at the last second, so i have to commit earlier, and the ball can still deviate a lot and go past you!).
they are all things i can improve with practice. im a pretty good fielder inside the circle, im a good reflex catcher (and strangely pretty good at getting down to diving catches), and i put in 100% effort (most club cricketers couldnt give a damn about fielding, which infuriates me as a bowler and is the reason why i try my best at all times). but for some reason captains always put the old guys at slip/gully/short infield positions because they cant run, which is ridiculous because they cant catch anything either unless its straight at them. id rather have them at mid-on, mid-off, mid wicket and extra cover (positions where the ball rarely goes off my bowling) and have the youngest most agile guys in close. being a younger guy i often get put in positions where im the last man (e.g. outside the circle, or inside without anyone deep) just because im willing to run (and i ALWAYS end up having to sprint for something just before i start my first bowling over). which wastes my strengths (close catching, close throwing, etc) and plays to my weaknesses (girly throw, bad at stopping the ball when its straight at me along the ground).
id like to improve the weaknesses so that i dont let 2 boundaries past me off the captains bowling next time i get a game!! its a quick way to get yourself dropped, apparently. because aside from those 2 mistakes i saved 3 or 4 boundaries with full stretch dives, stopped countless singles with fast pickups, and bowled the best figures of anyone.
SteveyD;399599 said:Theres not really much to fielding, I really dont get how people can be bat at it! (rant)
All you have to do is pay attention, back up, if in doubt, just stop the additional runs etc....
(I saw one of our australian players doing a sydney harbour bridge yesterday ... amongst others
personally i think the complete opposite, theres a LOT to fielding!
youve stated the basic mental skills, anyone can do those simply by paying attention and putting in some effort.
catching, throwing, stopping tricky balls that are bouncing up off a bobbly club outfield, stopping boundaries with slides and dives, etc. those are the technical skill aspects. by your reasoning, if its so easy, every international fielder would be as good as Ricky Ponting, AB de Villiers, Paul Collingwood, etc. yet you watch someone like Monty Panesar fielding and realise that no amount of training can bridge the gap to natural raw talent.
i throw like a girl (and am reluctant to throw from long range since im a bowler and dont want to put my shoulder out throwing from range when i should be fielding close), i struggle on high catches, and im crap at stopping the ball when its bobbling around because im 6'2" and not especially agile (e.g. i cant get down at the last second, so i have to commit earlier, and the ball can still deviate a lot and go past you!).
they are all things i can improve with practice. im a pretty good fielder inside the circle, im a good reflex catcher (and strangely pretty good at getting down to diving catches), and i put in 100% effort (most club cricketers couldnt give a damn about fielding, which infuriates me as a bowler and is the reason why i try my best at all times). but for some reason captains always put the old guys at slip/gully/short infield positions because they cant run, which is ridiculous because they cant catch anything either unless its straight at them. id rather have them at mid-on, mid-off, mid wicket and extra cover (positions where the ball rarely goes off my bowling) and have the youngest most agile guys in close. being a younger guy i often get put in positions where im the last man (e.g. outside the circle, or inside without anyone deep) just because im willing to run (and i ALWAYS end up having to sprint for something just before i start my first bowling over). which wastes my strengths (close catching, close throwing, etc) and plays to my weaknesses (girly throw, bad at stopping the ball when its straight at me along the ground).
id like to improve the weaknesses so that i dont let 2 boundaries past me off the captains bowling next time i get a game!! its a quick way to get yourself dropped, apparently. because aside from those 2 mistakes i saved 3 or 4 boundaries with full stretch dives, stopped countless singles with fast pickups, and bowled the best figures of anyone.