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Balance drills Are there any drills there that I can use with a youngster? He tends to be very unstable when batting and keeping and keeps almost falling over.

Re: Problem playing leg side balls Some of this is correct. The youngster has a tendency to concentrate on the off-side. His front foot and body seem to be heading to off as a trigger. However I cant say he is closing himself off with the bat lift. He tends to pick the bat up, loop it wide off...

Problem playing leg side balls I have a youngster who is very strong on off side and even plays a good pull shot. However he is very poor at playing low leg-side balls. He just cant make contact and bowlers repeatedly send down balls down leg side when they see him. How can he improve this...

Re: How to stop Wides He is a fast bowler. He tends to bowl wide mostly on off side but sometimes goes onto leg side.

How to stop Wides I have a youngster who bowls a lot of wides. Are there are drills to make his line more accurate?

Coaching swing Are there any methods to coach swing bowling to youngsters? I mean to break it own to individual coaching points and take it a step at a time. The hardest part is the movement of the wrist. How do you teach this and get the kids to practice?

Re: Batting on cemented wicket Actutall it was a cemented wicket with a thin artificial surface on top. We really found it difficult at first. However after 3-4 matches some of our players were just getting to grips with it. How would you practice for such a wicket. We dont have any such...

Batting on cemented wicket We recently played abroad on a cemented wicket and found it hard to bat and bowl. There was a lot of bounce off the wicket. Bowling was very hard to control with the extra bounce and pace. The opposition were hitting balls out of ground at will, we struggled to...

Re: The Back-Lift??? Geoff Boycott suggests that you lift the bat really high and towards the slips and then bring it down in a circular fashion. I have seen this work well for a couple of youngsters. Not sure if it will work for everyone. One thing though - your back-lift should never...

Re: following thorough fully Did you say a dumbell in each hand?

Re: Best / Worst places to shop for your cricket gear? I live in the UK. I went to Romida once and found their service very poor - the manager argued with me over 2GBP. Never went back there, ever. I now go to a small family sports shop called Raje in Dewsbury (Yorkshire).

Field setting I have a youngster who is setting out to be captain. He is keen to learn on how to set the field and how to vary it. Unfortunately I have no experience of that so cant help him. Is there any help out there or any textbooks etc.

Re: Playing across In the Twenty-20 final at the Rosebowl today man-of-the-match Owais Shah hit 75 for Middlesex which included many sixes. Believe it or not, most of the sixes came from shots that he played across the line!

Re: Playing across MV I agree with you there. I see so many youngsters who just play straight. In fact they play the straight drive like a robot. But then if they get a wide, short or leg-side ball they have no idea what to do. They cant play square cut or pull. In fact we played a team...

Re: Power Balls Could they possibly ruin your timing (batting) or the wrist action in bowling?

Re: Playing across So would you allow a youngster to develop playing across the line or insist that he desists prompto? I believe that youngsters should play straight and mostly conventional shots. However, they should not be discouraged from playing across the line. Although there are risks...

Re: Batting Methods Have you seen Chanderpaul? Does he fidget or what? He is always taking off and putting on his gloves, taking his helmet off and then putting it back on etc. He cant stand still for a second.

Playing across Youngsters are taught to play straight and into the Vs. Playing across the line of the ball is frowned upon. However, when the pressure is on and runs are needed fast, the only way to get them is to play across the line. When the bowler is bowling a tight line and to the...

Power Balls Do Power Balls help batting or bowling at all. Some claim that these things strengthen your wrists hence more power when bowling and batting. I am a little suspicious. Does anyone have practical experience of these toys?

Re: Bowling problem - video Barney You need a decent cam to start off with - preferebly a digital one. Then you need to set it in sports mode or Speed priority mode. This means that the cam will capture more steady frames. I used to get good results from a mini-DV digital cam but I now have...