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Hi guys- i wanted to discuss some ideas (technique related or otherwise) on why the following occurs when you bowl:

1- Bowling too full- specifically full tosses and even beamers, but bowling too full (and floaty) generally

2- Bowling too short

3- bowling too wide
 
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1. Mostly to do with when the ball leaves your hand. Too early and it'll tend to go fuller or worse, beamer height. Can be made worse by having sweaty hands or a wet ball.

2. Opposite of 1, in that the ball leaves the hand a fraction late, but can also be down to not judging the wicket correctly and bowling the wrong length.

3. A lot of this will be to do with the arm not coming through straight. Falling away in the action will often drag the ball down leg (happens a lot when people start to get tired).

You also have to consider crease position as well, as some people will bowl wider of the crease and push the ball across the batsman, or they may bowl 'straight' from a wide of the stumps position.

Lastly, it can occur through poor control of the swinging/seaming ball. Sometimes, the ball will just do too much and when this happens some people are afraid to to change things (angle of seam, cross seam etc) and regain control.

I don't think that there are any great mysteries as why the 3 things occur and nothing that can be ironed out with targeted practice. The key thing is to identify why they're happening.
 
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ok thanks.

But thinking more about the bowling arm and the follow through- if your bringing your arm over very powerfully and its really coming through in the followthrough (i think ponty refers to it as shoulder rotation?) your not gonna be bowling big full tosses?

Basically im thinking more of troubleshooting the action instead of early/ late release- if that makes sense?
 
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No matter how powerfully you bring through the arm or how much rotation you get, the release point of the ball is still key. I think I see where you're coming from and in theory, yeah, it should reduce the likelihood of a full toss but not 100%.

You also have to consider if the bowler 'flicks' their wrist at the point of release as this can have an affect on the length as well.
 
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The full rotation would lead to more balls being short than full I would have thoughts? I can also see that it could mean some wider deliveries are the ball is/was getting pulled wider by the action?
 
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swinger said:
1- Bowling too full- specifically full tosses and even beamers, but bowling too full (and floaty) generally
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Probably from not bending your back in the action as much as you should. The lack of a run up may be a contributing factor too.
 
Re: pace bowling trouble shooting

Im talking generally and not about myself.

Or am i describing you?
 
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