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edladd
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Re: swing
Do you hold the ball angled towards the way you want it to move? It's possible that if you just hold it with the seam straight, then your action will dictate which direction it goes like Jonesy said.
Also, can you swing it towards the shiny side in both directions - or do you always bowl to swing one way?
Do you hold the ball angled towards the way you want it to move? It's possible that if you just hold it with the seam straight, then your action will dictate which direction it goes like Jonesy said.
Also, can you swing it towards the shiny side in both directions - or do you always bowl to swing one way?
mas cambios
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Re: swing
Swing can be a mystery at the best of times. It depends on so many factors that all you can do is use the best methods and techniques and pray for little bit of luck.
Swing can be a mystery at the best of times. It depends on so many factors that all you can do is use the best methods and techniques and pray for little bit of luck.
Virendersingh.berthwal
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Re: swing
Macro93,
Can u post ur bowling video.
Macro93,
Can u post ur bowling video.
someblokecalleddave
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Re: swing
Count yourself lucky that you can get it to swing! Sounds like if you were to swap the shiny side the other round it'd swing the other way? Don't whinge - make use of it who cares if it swings the rough side or the shiny side - what matters is that it does!!!
Count yourself lucky that you can get it to swing! Sounds like if you were to swap the shiny side the other round it'd swing the other way? Don't whinge - make use of it who cares if it swings the rough side or the shiny side - what matters is that it does!!!
edladd
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Re: swing
Yeah, there seems to be two ways you can go with swing (pun not intended). Some people get really caught up with the technical side and insisting that they are holding the ball properly, and it's angled 20 degrees, and the rough side is facing where you want the ball to go and a load of other things that you read about swing. But then there are others that say there are a million ways to swing a ball - and they're all right. If you can get the ball to swing held cross-seam - more power to ya! As long as it gets batsmen out, why care how it looks.
Having said that, it is good to understand what you do to make sure it's reproducible. But if you can swing the ball with your current action, don't try to change it so that it lines up with conventional thinking. I'd consider it an advantage to be able to swing a ball opposite to how it usually goes - isn't that called reverse swing
Yeah, there seems to be two ways you can go with swing (pun not intended). Some people get really caught up with the technical side and insisting that they are holding the ball properly, and it's angled 20 degrees, and the rough side is facing where you want the ball to go and a load of other things that you read about swing. But then there are others that say there are a million ways to swing a ball - and they're all right. If you can get the ball to swing held cross-seam - more power to ya! As long as it gets batsmen out, why care how it looks.
Having said that, it is good to understand what you do to make sure it's reproducible. But if you can swing the ball with your current action, don't try to change it so that it lines up with conventional thinking. I'd consider it an advantage to be able to swing a ball opposite to how it usually goes - isn't that called reverse swing