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Hi all, was just looking for some advice. Was in the nets, a week ago and tried bowling full tilt a few deliveries, which was a bit silly considering the short run up available. I felt a twinge in the lower right side of my back (I am a left handed bowler). I'd go as far to say as the pain...

Shaking off the cobwebs Had my first bowl of the off season and first bowl since early September. Let me know what you think and where you feel I can improve. Note that this was at the end of a two hour session and so the action is not going to be looking absolutely tip-top. YouTube -...

FBI Pre Season 2008/9 Hi, I will try to keep this diary going to September, when the season ends, starting here in the pre-season. I don't think this should be in Your Cricket as it will be a tail of attempting to improve through fitness, swing and changes to the action as this is still the...

Blueprint to rebuild Brett Lee Thought this could be useful to some bowlers... Blueprint to rebuild Brett Lee - Cricket - Fox Sports

Boxing Hi, I do boxing against a heavy bag to help with fast bowling as I find it the perfect exercise both in terms of cardio and shoulder strength. It helps considerably, but I don't know what structure to do the boxing in, for example, one 5 minute 'round', five one minute 'rounds', etc...

Fast Bowling Study Hi all, Thought I'd share this link with the old sC community. Interesting stuff.

Provisional Winter Fitness Programme Hi all, I'm pretty much an expert at procrastinating and not actually sticking to an exercise programme throughout the winter and ending up achieving sweet **** all; but feel more determined than ever this year. (Still, you have no real reason to believe...

'Right Arm Mendis' Hi, With the advent of Ajantha Mendis as a major force in world cricket, do people think that it is possible that 'Right Arm Mendis' becomes a legitamate, common bowling style within the next 20 years - pending Mendis' success of course. Have anyone here attempted to...

Shoaib Akhtar's action Hi, Was just wondering what people think of Shoaib Akhtar's action. He has reached speeds never timed before or since but is his pace due to fine biomechanics, is he a physical freak or does he merely exploit his hyperextnetion to 'sling' the ball, legally?

Coaches Directory Not sure if this is a credible suggestion or how you could go about implimenting it, but how about having a coaches directory so that people know of the coaches for hire for a school, club or one-on-one in their area - sorta like a yellow pages of coaches

Left back burning Hi, Was wondering if it is normal to get a burning sensation in the back after doing boxing/chin ups in the left side of the upper back (latismus dorsi, I believe) and is the only course of action to stretch it beforehand and ice after - as it doesn't seem to be helping...

Carry Hi, What do you think causes carry in fast bowlers. It evidently does not bare a direct correlation to pace as Glenn Mcgrath could get the ball to hit the gloves at chest height whereas Luke Wright is barely getting it to go through to the keeper, although timing about the same on the...

Hang Time Hi, I was just wondering whether this length, height of jump is correct, or whether it is still a 'hop', as in my previous videos. Please ignore other factors of my action in the video as I am just concerned about hang time regarding this particular video. YouTube - Hang Time...

The SLOB On Mavericks Cricket, I read about this delivery, nicknamed the SLOB. It is said to be the world's best slower ball and so I gave it a bit of a try. It is an extremely difficult ball to control, but it does 'drop like a stone' as advertised. What are your experiences with trying...

FBI's Season 2008 Not too sure why I didn't start this earlier. I was keeping a diary on planetcricket though, so there are updates from my season so far. The complete season (so far) can be found in the attached word document. Further updates come both in this word document and in post...

Bowling 'off the wrong foot' and 'on the run' What are people's views on successful bowlers who bowl(ed) off the wrong foot - such as Sohail Tanvir or Max Walker. Are they extremely talented people who are working with a defect? Working with their body as best as possible or does the natural...

Shoulder Injury Hi, I hurt my shoulder today in cricket. Whilst batting, I stretched for one outside off stump to hit straight via cross bat and it hit the toe of the bat. I felt my shoulder 'pop' and it is aching quite a lot now. There isn't much pain when I don't move it but I can feel that...

Leg Press I was just wondering if the holding the sitting leg press machine at a high weight for about three seconds would be a good exercise to do during the season, to help with the bracing of the front leg.

Wasim Akram Coaching Tips Two videos from Wasim Akram about swing bowling, specifically left arm swing bowling. YouTube - Wasim Akram's comments about Seam & Swing Bowling YouTube - Wasim Akram gives some coaching tips about Left Arm Bowling

Playing slow bowling Two questions from me, a tailender who wants to score a few more twenties this season: What is the best way to play bowling which has absolutely no dimensions to it besides accuracy. The sort of dead straight, dead slow, movementless bowling which you get in School 2nd XI...