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Its stupid, some coaches need to take a good look at themselves,

My team played against a club yesterday and they had this nice big kid, took 3 fa but his action was wrecked, told his coach and he basicly said yeah well he bowls that way i cant do anything, shocking way to think, poor kid unless someone sees it will end up like me

We gotta bloke over here who has been in the county circles, Steve Chapman, doing wonders, gets the video out really knows his stuff, helped me understand alot more about the mechanics of bowlers, how feet should be placed in relation to the top half of the body
 
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Storm I must say, that bowling action looks more like Andrew Flintoff's than it does Brett Lee.
 
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good_shot_4_runs;277445 said:
We gotta bloke over here who has been in the county circles, Steve Chapman, doing wonders, gets the video out really knows his stuff, helped me understand alot more about the mechanics of bowlers, how feet should be placed in relation to the top half of the body
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That's the key, having someone who can actually talk you through and show you where the common faults are and how best to rectify them.

Of course, not everyone will bowl the same, but minimising injury risk is the key.
 
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hmm, well my pace is pretty quick now, but my shoulders still niggly, dunno whats wrong with it as the shoulder is stronger than ever, ive been exercising it alot. and i gave ti a month break. they only way i can think of it healing is surgery, which id like to avoid, but if its the cause of me not getting my pace then ill probally go with it.
It dosent cause much pain, but its discomforting and always nags me.

It makes me wonder though, what does make a pro bowler?

i mean some fast bowlers ive seen dont look unbelivably fit, you could get to their fitness in a year easy, and the action itself shouldnt take long to perfect with hard work, so what is it that makes a pro, why arent there alot more pro's around.
 
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Spent 6 hours in the gym today , i am battered,i cant move my body and my pecs sting, feels great though.
 
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Storm - what do your reckon to this move to here. I've just looked at the thread here mate and you're going mental like me - You're talking to yourself!!!! I'm kind of thinking what's the point? I'm on line now at Midnight and there was always a few blokes on line that would chip in with a comment - night after night now and it seems there's no-one on here that wants to comment?

Dave
 
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someblokecalleddave;270445 said:
Storm - what do your reckon to this move to here. I've just looked at the thread here mate and you're going mental like me - You're talking to yourself!!!! I'm kind of thinking what's the point? I'm on line now at Midnight and there was always a few blokes on line that would chip in with a comment - night after night now and it seems there's no-one on here that wants to comment?

Dave
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That's cos no one likes you, Dave :p
 
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I comment so that it tells everyone im still going, and also i do it just for myself so that i dont give up, it's true that the sites less active these days and people are drifting away from it tho.
 
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Update, seeing great results from working out already, muscels are toned now i just wanna get them stronger and bigger, play indoor cricket bowling action seems to be fine.
 
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storm;272686 said:
Update, seeing great results from working out already, muscels are toned now i just wanna get them stronger and bigger, play indoor cricket bowling action seems to be fine.
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Good to hear. I need to get in the gym myself, but don't quite have your drive. What sort of stuff are you doing?
 
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well i usually favor the pectorial machine because i can lift the most on that like 80KG whereas the others i lift around 40-50KG, but im starting to change so that im working my legs and core more ,rather than my upper body because my upper body is already quite big compared to the lower.
Im also going to start doing more speed running on the treadmills and on things on bikes so i can get quicker. Gym is pretty good because i only leave when its my lesson or college hours have finished, saying this i only get to workout monday for the whole day and the a 1 hour session on thurs which sucks, still better than nothing.

Ohh and i need to get more protein and decents foods in me, my diet has gone crappy again so i need to change it so i can get the energy and proteins to heal after a good workout.
 
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Cant comment on your action as the youtube vids arent working for me but reading your comments seems like your a bit down that your lacking pace, my action was rooted but still took 20 wicksets from 9 games in uner 14s, only alllowed 4 overs a game so was pretty good, was bowling pretty quick, opened the bowling in the 1s for my club, played rep cricket asa all rounder, but as i got older, bowled more and more overs my back started giving way and now , as an 18 year old, ill never bowl anything more then spin, luckily i worked on my batting and can use that alone, but please make sure your action is perfect before doing anything, its my goal as a coach now to make sure that nomore tens break down the way i did

good luck hopefully we hear your name running around for hampshire someday
 
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good_shot_4_runs;277368 said:
Cant comment on your action as the youtube vids arent working for me but reading your comments seems like your a bit down that your lacking pace, my action was rooted but still took 20 wicksets from 9 games in uner 14s, only alllowed 4 overs a game so was pretty good, was bowling pretty quick, opened the bowling in the 1s for my club, played rep cricket asa all rounder, but as i got older, bowled more and more overs my back started giving way and now , as an 18 year old, ill never bowl anything more then spin, luckily i worked on my batting and can use that alone, but please make sure your action is perfect before doing anything, its my goal as a coach now to make sure that nomore tens break down the way i did

good luck hopefully we hear your name running around for hampshire someday
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Nice to hear it!
 
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cheers mas, its the worst thing ever, because i know if i was bowling i could get these batsmen out

ive taken bowling courses so i can detect early what a bowlers doing to make him/her in pain, getting to em when there around 15 which is good
 
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Its the way forward and slowly it's starting to become the norm. I know from experience that in the UK that is has been a hot topic and there is a lot of advice out there, if you want it.

The sad thing is that people ignore it and carry on coaching the way they were taught to bowl 20/30 years ago.
 
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Its stupid, some coaches need to take a good look at themselves,

My team played against a club yesterday and they had this nice big kid, took 3 fa but his action was wrecked, told his coach and he basicly said yeah well he bowls that way i cant do anything, shocking way to think, poor kid unless someone sees it will end up like me

We gotta bloke over here who has been in the county circles, Steve Chapman, doing wonders, gets the video out really knows his stuff, helped me understand alot more about the mechanics of bowlers, how feet should be placed in relation to the top half of the body
 
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