Recent content by Freddy222

I really want to stress the importance of chest drive in your bowling action. Just before you release the ball, drive your chest down and forwards (just like the attached photo). This will help utilise your powerful chest muscles to bowl even faster. Also remember to snap your wrist to add that...

Yes I agree, Cummins is talented but is he ready? My view is that he should only play t20's and ODI's. A player this young is likely to be suseptable to injury, burnout, homesickness and just not ready for the rigours of all 3 forms of top level cricket.

Hi Dylan As a pace bowler, the four attributes that I would work on over winter are: 1. Strength: Bench Press, Lat Pull Downs, Shoulder Press and Lunges. Don't worry about getting too bulky, it is actually very hard to get too muscular for fast bowling unless you train specifically to bulk up...

Hi Liz, yes I am. The site started about a year ago. There's not too much quality material on how to bowl fast on the web, so it tries to fill this gap.

Qwerty, you are certainly tall enough to be a fast bowler. Bowling fast is all about moving fast, so in that regard: 1. Fast twich muscle fibres are very important. Build up a good strength base, and then try exercises such as clap push-ups, which stimulate your muscles to move quickly...