Shaking off the cobwebs

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Shaking off the cobwebs

Had my first bowl of the off season and first bowl since early September.

Let me know what you think and where you feel I can improve. Note that this was at the end of a two hour session and so the action is not going to be looking absolutely tip-top.

YouTube - DIGI0157.AVI

I'll upload more when I know there is some interest.
 
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Yeh, was a fair bit tired so puffing in the run up and that 'grunt' comes with each of my deliveries. If I could stop it, I would, but I find it hard to go full tilt without letting a nice Dilhara Fernando roar go.

Reckon the head position could do with improvement. Tbh, my line was poor during the session and I sprayed far too many way outside off with my wrist.
 
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Happens when you haven't bowled for a bit. The muscles get a little slack etc - you should see how wild I am when I get back from wintering. Every thing is miles down leg. Takes a few sessions to find my line, tighten up the core and start to have control.
 
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FBI;381708 said:
Reckon the head position could do with improvement.
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I thought you were going to surprise me with a somersault :D

Love to see a video when you are fresh; your tiredness shows but you're looking solid.
 
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Liz Ward;382289 said:
I thought you were going to surprise me with a somersault :D

Love to see a video when you are fresh; your tiredness shows but you're looking solid.
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How does my tiredness show? I don't think I'd look too much better when fresh, itbt and this is because my running style is ineffective and although my upper body is quite flexible, my legs are not massively loose at the best of times. Do you have any advice for how to run more efficiently. I feel that I am not using my knees as I should. How should I go about solving this? Should I look to pick the knees up more or look to kick my backside more?

Also, my jump looks significantly off, at one point, it looks like I am jumping directly upwards and letting my momentum float me toward the batsman. This is a problem that I have had for a while, any advice on how to combat this would be appreciated.

My load up looks very high, but this is definitely something which increases with tiredness, so I'm not worried too much about that. I noted earlier in the thread that 90% of the balls in the session were way outside the off stump - is there a biomechanical cause for this or is this merely through working back into the season and shaking off the cobwebs.

This was my first net of the season and I'll bet I'm not going to net again until my AS retakes are finished in January but any advice on the above would be appreciated.
 
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Ooh! OK...

You shuffle rather than run M. You need to pick your feet up more. Practise running generally, so your foot is lifted up to knee level and strike out. Keep more upright throughout the run. You need to get those hips mobilised. [It is your hips that betray your tiredness].

During the run, although your arms are moving, your torso is too rigid. Try to be more fluid and relaxed.

As a side-on pace bowler, your torso is a little too front on. I would like to see you more 90 degrees to the wicket at bfc so that you can 'whip' your hips around by ffc.

Try to keep your hands within peripheral vision.

Forget your jump at the moment... concentrate on the landing. You're loosing composure; keep your eyes on the ball, your head up [keep tall] and run straight.

Good luck with the AS retakes... such a bummer!
 
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Thanks, much appreciated. AS retakes are not too much of a bummer - only one of the three modules that I'm retaking was a B grade, the others were As which I'm trying to bump up incase I screw up my A2 level summer exams.
 
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