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Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? hi guys just an update on my son conor aged 14 he is still practising his leg spin and he is getting good turn and bounce accuracy is still not great with almost all the balls veering down the off side mostly wides- could this be...

Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? cheers macca. i will take a look. he was on the verge of jacking in the leg spin in ,and he was bowling off spin in the nets with me for a couple of overs tonight . he bowled a few decent off breaks but again accuracy was erratic...

Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? have nt posted for a while. my son (young strof) is still trying to bowl his leg spin. spin and variations especially top spinner and leg break. but consistent accuracy is still not there. he bowled a couple of overs at an under 18...

Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? bit late in replying but young strof(conor) made his leg spin debut on sunday didnt take a wicket on sunday for his u13 team but he had the batsmen in a bit of trouble when he pitched it right and he was able to get a bit of bounce...

Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? hi dave match starts at 6 pm uk time this evening ( this time zone thing on here really confuses me too!) he has been playing u13 s 15s 18s seconds and one game for the first this year and is primarily a batsman but as you lot on...

Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? young strof aka conor has been practising leg spin in the nets and we used the advice on here such as putting chairs on the pitch to develop flight etc . he has had 8 games this year but bowling slow with the odd off spinner thrown...

Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? thanks for the replies guys. we will give it another go this afternoon

Re: Has anybody got any tips on accuracy for leg spinners? you could not be more wrong dave!. whilst he may dabble on here he bowls leg spin almost every day. i should know i am his dad lol! we have just moved from tarmac to a synthetic wicket a couple of weeks ago. we have found a place...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) hi dave . i see what you mean. i can sense the despair in your writing, and i have also experienced the frustration( and anger) of my son when things dont go according to plan with his bowling. he was going to post on here himself tonight and ask the...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) thanks jim.its getting to the stage where i am going to try and start bowling it myself it may help me understand what he is trying to do. im 46 by the way lol!

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) cheers jim i meant to say it was an artificial wicket we were using today. we went back to the philpott method of underarm and i could see it spinning in the air but again nothing off the pitch. excellent point about the confdence aspect . on a slightly...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) well we spent a couple of hours on friday night in the college car park. young strof after the first hour of trying and trying and becoming frustrated was able to bowl a few leg spinners and get his head around the change of action . it was really an up...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) the problem we have is that the club he plays for is very poor on the coaching side and i am is coach really. i have just used what i could off the internet e.g the woolmer videos for his batting and i think i have done a pretty good job but leg spin is way...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) thanks dave i have printed off your reply and given it to him for some bedtime reading. teenage tantrums are bad enough without the added frustration of leg breaks:)

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling (Part Three) hi guys. i am after some advice from you learned gentleman concerning my son aged 13. he is primarily a batsman but he has been trying to bowl leg spin with my limited help since the end of august as his club has very little coaching and nobody to teach him...