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Spin bowlers don't tend to bend their backs, because their bowling action is typically rotational, rather than linear. Some fast bowlers bend their back - its safe as long as they have reasonably early back foot rotation and front-on hip alignment at FFC - otherwise its potentially dangerous and...

Because if it breaks the first time you use it, you don't have a bat? I've given up buying bats. I just use the club bats.

Thank you. Flexion, not extension, of the wrist, therefore a leg cutter, not a leg break. Point proven, I think. I accept your apology.

How are your basics? Have you at least read the Wilkins book that we've talked about on here about 100 times?

Good luck with that. I've been subjected to racial abuse and threatened with physical violence on here, and they did nothing about that, so I don't suppose they're going to care a huge amount about you throwing your toys out of the pram.

Because we no longer play on uncovered pitches? Seriously, its not rocket science.

No, its the definition used by cricket coaches, players, and experts. I've been to plenty of workshops and conferences on spin and seam bowling, this is something that everyone understands and agrees on. Out of the goodness of my heart and the generosity of my spirit, I am taking time out of my...

At the risk of repeating myself. Well he would say that, wouldn't he. His terminology would not be the same as our terminology. Have you read "Great Bowlers and Fielders: Their Methods at a Glance (1907)" by C. B. Fry? The terminology he uses is totally different from the terminology we use...

If you're not interested in talking about cricket, why are you here? Go troll somewhere else.

But that is that bloke's personal theory, which is abject nonsense, whereas the bit I quoted was a direct quote. The technical difference between a spin delivery and a cutter is that if the wrist extends during delivery, its an off break/leg break, if the wrist flexes, its a cutter. Everything...

Well he would say that, wouldn't he. His terminology would not be the same as our terminology. "Barnes said that he did not bowl a ball without spinning it and that was the reason for the success that he obtained. He released the ball when it was at its highest point above his head and from a...

Sydney Barnes bowled 80mph leg-cutters. Stuart Broad sometimes bowls a ball like this. Is that what you're talking about?

Are you struggling to read? I really couldn't have been more explicit that I was attacking your unprofessional coaching standards and not you as a person. I'm beginning to think you are just here to cause arguments.

Your advice was shoddy, unresearched and completely unprofessional. If you have done cpd recently, you obviously weren't paying attention. There is no way a coaching organisation in any sport would ever advocate a technical intervention on the back of a single video with no supporting...

Please stop with the unprovoked personal attacks. It's simply unacceptable behaviour

On the contrary, there is a direct parallel there - its like asking for medical advice on a forum about the pain in your chest and the tingling in your left arm and being told to go straight to the doctor - which is exactly what any responsible person WOULD advise. You can't give technical...

That is the only constructive thing to say, other than to offer support and encouragement and a discussion of outcomes and tactics. Lets be clear here: cricket is not gymnastics or ice dancing. Its a game based on your ability to get batsmen out and prevent them from scoring, not a game based...

Hi Neville, rather than resorting to the kind of repeated personal and unprovoked insults that are liable to get you banned from the website, why don't you respond in a mature and honest manner to the genuine points I raise. I'm genuinely concerned that you haven't done cpd in a long time and...

You realise that there is plenty of free professional coaching out there? Better find a genuine honest professional coach than listen to an arrogant boastful disgrace to cricket happy to ******** up your entire career.

Robert - please join a club and find a coach who will give you considered, professional tailored advice based around your needs. Make them give you a performance-related justification for every piece of advice - showing you a video of Shane Warne and telling you to bowl more like that is not...