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Well. What a difference a week makes! Been working hard in the nets at driving my whole body through the action, and it's really paid off. Today, the skipper decided to chance me opening at one end, and I bowled a spell of 6-2-5-0. I noticed an improvement in flight and pace straight away. I...

Cheers for the replies fellas. I am currently holding a plank for just over a minute, but I have not been doing them long. When I started, I could only manage 20 seconds! Just to give you a bit more info about my action and technique, I do not bowl wrist leggies. I use the Iverson/Gleeson...

Ok guys. So I played cricket today. Got 4-44 of 12, but it was hardly the most convincing display. Bowled leggies for the most part, and found it hard to generate any pace. Most deliveries were coming down with snow on, even though they were still pitching short of a length. Even running up to...

They say that offspin is an easier art to learn rather than legspin, but I find it very difficult to get ANY turn at all while bowling them. It seems that I do not get my index finger over the ball, instead pulling down backwards, so the seam rotates towards cow corner/ wide mid-on. No matter...

Right! I will bear this in mind when I go to nets today. See if I can get one to tweak a bit. Thanks for the input.

I just can't get that damn wrongun' out. It just seems to come out like a top spinner. But the others are all working good. Even chuck in the random arm-ball for a bit of variation. Keep plugging away, that's the key.

Yeah that pretty much sums up my grip! Emphasis on giving the ball a huge flick with the middle finger. The turn I get on wickets varies as per usual, but line and length can be controlled well. Get huge turn in the nets. Our first team Aussie (I'm 3rd XI), calls them "Gatting balls" when I bowl...

Wow. It's been a while since I was on here. Still bowling Iverson leggies. In my team as more of a batsman now, as I am having more success than the others with the bat. Plus that our seamers tend to take all the wicket early. Got a decent camera now, so I am looking to get some vids on youtube...

Re: The Carrom Ball Yeah sorry. I have deviated from my original post about my grip. I have seen the Benaud videos. I have also watched all the videos made by everyone posting on here too, even before I knew about this blog! I suppose it shows how bonkers I am on the subject.

Re: The Carrom Ball I am very comfortable bowling with this grip in matches, and variation of turn and bounce is quite easy to control. I can even put out the odd intentional "toppy", which I'm not bothered too much about, as it is pretty much a leggie anyway. One of the future benefits of...

Re: The Carrom Ball I get quite alot of turn and bounce with this grip already. Sometimes it turns too much!! The main problem with a coventional grip is the seam position, as most of the time they come out as top spinners. I'm not saying I can't bowl leg breaks with it, just that it is very...

Re: The Carrom Ball Hi all. I used to bowl off breaks, and did so for about 5 years up to the middle of this season. I have always wanted to bowl leggies, but found them difficult to control. The result being something resembling a grenade! However, while in the nets 5 weeks ago, I...