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  1. GoldenArm

    Taking Care of your spinning finger

    if its really that bad I'd definitely be seeking medical advice and looking for a good surgeon mate. might take you a while to recover if you needed an operation or something but in the long run surely makes sense to get a diagnosis before worrying about changing how you bowl?
  2. GoldenArm

    The Mind And Wrist Spin

    Sorry but none of that is enough to convince me and the sources are not reliable. The one source you rely on most heavily is a colourfully written piece of journalism doing it's best to compare warne and murali. The very reason he even uses the term wrong un is because he's comparing it to...
  3. GoldenArm

    The Mind And Wrist Spin

    Rather than get involved in a petty slanging match I'll simply ask you this. Provide us with an example of the term 'wrong un' being used to describe an off spinners other delivery, in either print or spoken conversation from a reputable source. Not including your own work or someone saying the...
  4. GoldenArm

    The Mind And Wrist Spin

    I get what he's driving at here, not that Murali was a leg spin bowler but that he was an offie who used an unusual amount of wrist in his delivery to the point where it was actually more dominant than his fingers, as it is for the leggie. A view I've read and heard in a few places before. All...
  5. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Horrible case of over editing with the videos though! Christ just let us see what's going on without all the jumping around.
  6. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Hers Here a question for you... Do you rest your thumb on the ball? Small hands doesn't mean you can't rip it. I have smaller hands and it's made no difference to me.
  7. GoldenArm

    What Made You Decide To Be A Spin-bowler?

    No long winded answer required to this question, 2005 Ashes series simple as that. Hadn't played cricket for years and that series woke something in me that had been sleeping a long time. I always find it amazing how many people say the same thing too.
  8. GoldenArm

    Videos and Links

    Here's a video that had slipped me by, I'd only seen the 'absolute clinker' wicket before. V nice bosie to deceive Andy flower who was a bloody good player of spin.
  9. GoldenArm

    Videos and Links

    I finally got round to uploading the rest of this tape of MCC masterclass 1994, there is another tape but thats all batting which i will do eventually. This one has the leg spin with Benaud I already edited and uploaded a while ago but this full version has off spin with ray illingworth and left...
  10. GoldenArm

    Help With Dropping Bowling Arm? Yasir Shah...

    I completely get the concept of sticking with an action then practise practise practise till its consistent. But surely you've got to play around a little bit to find that action in the first place? Over thinking can be a bad thing but there's got to be some positive thought process going on...
  11. GoldenArm

    Videos and Links

    Here's an interesting one I've come across, obviously its a glorious innings by Sobers who was part of the wrist spinners club himself but also if you skip to 4.30 you will see Terry Jenner bowling, I'd never seen him bowl off a full run up in a game before and his action was different to how I...
  12. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    FYI Terry passed away in 2011.
  13. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I think for the sake of absolute clarity SLA is right, a cocked gun is after all when the hammer is pulled back. But I'm not sure there is any need to be quite so dramatic in saying a generation of spinners will be affected by one slight miscommunication that actually I've read in a hell of a...
  14. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I think we all know what you meant, you wouldn't be the first to describe it as a cocked wrist talking about leg spin. Technically it's probably not right, but I'm not sure we need that level of pedantry. Some people just feel the need to be right about everything. *Hurries away to recheck his...
  15. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Haha oh Jesus just reread that. And me an English lit graduate. How embarrassing! Where's autocorrect when you need it! I couldn't disagree with you more regarding the thumb though. I used to think like you and I was completely wrong, took me 3/4 years to realise though. It's critical for some...
  16. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Yeah I totally agree with that but they just breeze over it by saying on or off the ball. I'd like to see a masterclass or basics guide that really stresses the grip more. It's so fundamental and I know you get a few who have unique grips so it won't all apply to them but it's taken me years to...
  17. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/977151.html Take a look at the photo of Afridi heading the article. Another example of a leggie using his thumb on the ball. I'm starting to think that in reality a majority of leg spinners actually do this and that being taught to use the...
  18. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I've just picked up a ball and gone through my wrist/finger action with a ball in hand slowly to see what my thumb actually does and it's the same as this. As the ring finger hooks round the ball and then pulls round then so the thumb automatically tucks in in response as the ball leaves the...
  19. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    Well this is me bowling last night, wasn't at my best as I have a huge blister on my thumb from putting on a bat grip, d'oh! but think its shows my slightly remodelled action and run up quite well. Love to know what you guys think of how its looking.
  20. GoldenArm

    Wrist Spin Bowling (part Five)

    I have been using the thumb on the ball grip but I haven found I've been undercutting them. If anything it's made my turn wider and more consistent. If I want more over spin I just try and turn my wrist more over than around the ball and that seems to do the trick. It's really been a huge...
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