What To Do During The Off Season

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This off-season I'm going to figure out the doosra. I'm aiming to bowl at least once a week, to keep my skills up.

I'm also starting Jiu Jitsu next week, so will be fit and strong by October.
 
loopylegspinner said:
Yep. It was really amazing how suddenly just visualizing Shane Warne added so much more spin! I haven't been able to find any of those slow motion close ups on his hand anymore tough...
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Funnily enough, one thing that helped me improve my bowling when I was younger was doing impressions of international bowlers, mainly Warne, Such, Caddick and Gough. I found I actually bowled better in some circumstances, and figured out bits of their actions that were helping me and learnt to incorporate that into my own action.
 
SLA said:
Funnily enough, one thing that helped me improve my bowling when I was younger was doing impressions of international bowlers, mainly Warne, Such, Caddick and Gough. I found I actually bowled better in some circumstances, and figured out bits of their actions that were helping me and learnt to incorporate that into my own action.
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Me too i have a run up like Shahid afridi and an action like Warne !!
 
We dont have off seasons out here..., its generally is a few rainy days when we do a few running ,lifting, streching sort of stuffs indoor and visit a neighbourhood field to play muddy football the rest of the day....
 
I've managed to get outside during one of the few sunny spells of recent times and got a bit of film of my bowling action. It is only the side-on view as the front-on view was somehow deleted and it is now too wet to re-film it. Also I can't bowl in my back garden for the next few weeks as I have done a bit of digging work to make it a bit flatter ready for the summer so we are having to grow the grass back and I don't want to go and trample it.

Anyway, this is my bowling action, with a few variations thrown in:



I notice that my front leg doesn't brace - I'm pretty sure that is just my natural reaction to being on slightly slippery ground, but I'll get someone to check at nets on Tuesday.
 
I know this thread is a bit old but...

I dont think not having some proper "pitch" to practice on would stop me from training.. In fact i never practice on a proper pitch, i always go to the synthetic football field to practice.. If loopylegspinner has the same problem this year, id advise him to go practice on a synthetic football field even though it spins a lot more than a real pitch and is very slow.. For me if its not raining or snowing its a good day to practice outdoor.

Fitness wise, having read this thread, i think i should get my bum off the sofa and get outsider for a daily run or something.. I juste realised i never really do something to get fit
 
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