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Regarding your ring finger, have you thought about using your second (middle finger) to spin the ball rather than the third one? I use this grip and can still the ball a good rip.

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Looking at the diagram you attached it appears that my right foot is somehow going wide of the bowling crease. Apparantly its fine if your front foot does it (North the Aussie part time spinner was doing this during the 1st Ashes test match) but its a no ball if your...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Looking at the diagram you attached it appears that my right foot is somehow going wide of the bowling crease. Apparantly its fine if your front foot does it (North the Aussie part time spinner was doing this during the 1st Ashes test match) but its a no ball if your...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Thanks Dave I will take a look later on cant watch youtube at work. By the "bound" think of Shane Warne's leap from the back foot onto his front foot. I based my action on his - not very original I know ;-)

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Thanks Dave I will take a look later on cant watch youtube at work. By the "bound" think of Shane Warne's leap from the back foot onto his front foot. I based my action on his - not very original I know ;-)

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling I am right armed and no I dont intentionally go wide. I have a straight on approach not angled.

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling I am right armed and no I dont intentionally go wide. I have a straight on approach not angled.

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Hope your seasons are going well. I am having a slightly strange problem with my bowling and am hoping you guys can help. My natural action is to bound in and really launch of the back leg and bowl quickish leg breaks and when it works, it works well with exploding...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Hope your seasons are going well. I am having a slightly strange problem with my bowling and am hoping you guys can help. My natural action is to bound in and really launch of the back leg and bowl quickish leg breaks and when it works, it works well with exploding...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Very interesting and inciteful posts and videos. I bowl with a front on action as this is what I have always found most natural. Are most of the legspinners here side on? It seems to me that leg spinners that have made it to first class level have a side on action -...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling A wrong un is better then a toppie IMO so once your get the leggie sorted you all set ;-) Did you try start your right arm above your head and then rotaing your arm 360 before realease (ala Shane Warne) that might help give your leggie more zip. I would say thought...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling When I attempt to bowl my topspinner it invariably comes out as a topspun leg break. However when I hold the ball with seam facing the batsman and my fingers on the smooth part of the ball, it comes out as a toppie or even googly - weird eh? Anyone else find this?

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Have not tried bowling when merry, Im paranoid that I will get a tough caught and bowl chance and taking one on the nose! When I first started bowling legspin about 5 years ago I actually bowled the back spin leg break like the one you mentioned ( I was trying to copy...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Think I might have to wait a bit longer then before getting some more practice in. Its annoying re the six hit heros in the nets as they never play that way in a match and then wonder why they cant play spin! Have you tried the "round the loop" drill that Philpott...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling How does everyone practice when it is cold and dark? I bowl once a week at my club sides nets and then end up waiting another week. Any good training drills that can be done would be appreciated. On another note, when you do go to nets do the batman play normally or...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling bloody hell, that is some googly! I wish I could bowl that. Even from behind the action looked like a leg break to me

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling I have used the Philpott "spinning towards you" legbreak quite well and it is big flighty legbreak variation. I think when I first started bowling legspin I actually employed that same method but as I didnt really know what I was doing at the time I lost it for a while...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Gandalf, I use the a similar grip with the ball sitting between my middle finger and thumb. The middle finger being the one that imparts spin. I always thought that was the way to bowl legspin as everyone said its the "third finger" that rips the ball and to me...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling A problem I used to have when I was being charged was ego, in that if a batsman charged me I always wanted to bowl him to make a point and teach him a lesson for his lack of respect ;-). I therefore targeted leg stump looking to spin it into his middle or off stump...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Generally, I think if the batsman can hit your delivery on the full toss its too full. But this also varies on the batsman. If they are sitting on the backfoot all the time then a very flighty delivery can cause them problems whereas if they come onto the front foot...