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Okay so during the spin masterclass my key takeaways were: 1. Alignment is my biggest issue at the moment. Currently my front foot during my bowling stance lands in front of the stumps, meaning it is very far to the right of my left foot placement at the same time. Looks like an exaggerated...

I have been doing this specialist spin bowling course run by my club for the last month or so, got the last session coming up on Tuesday. I'll share my findings after the last session, but I've learnt a lot of interesting stuff for sure that might help you guys as well. I've also found the cure...

100% mate, theres a lot of pressure on performance or else you are immediately dropped down grades. Bad fielding however I feel only gets the teammates angry at you, they don't really talk about that at meetings.

Hmm thats interesting but I'm young so I'm not qualified to talk about this yet haha

Actually the best I've bowled this season, just without luck. Bowled 7 overs (most my captain has bowled me this year) 1/23. Wicket an lbw, a square spinner that just drifted in and didn't turn while he lunged forwards with a forward defence. I was bowling when they hit the winning runs, and so...

Going to the game tonight so I'll see....

Yeah I find I bowl well in the nets but in game its a different story... This makes a lot of sense Dave, I agree it is all mental. I tend to blame myself like you did as well, so I just need to somehow find a way to take the mental pressure I put on myself off... Good points there, will try them...

Yeah I'm doing alright thanks, but in terms of bowling not so good to be honest. I have played 8 games and taken 6 wickets, but have gone at a run rate of 8 an over and average of 28 per wicket. For some reason I've just lost my accuracy and have been struggling with the yips...

Yeah true, its just that I wasn't bowling to the best batters but just couldn't land it accurately enough so they got 10 more runs than they should have. Happy with the wicket though.

Not life threatening thankfully, more really annoying and painful.

1/15 off three overs. Not bad, not exactly good though either. Wicket from a stumping I floated down offside.

I had an infection in my lower back that I needed cut out.

That's unlucky mate. My season starts this weekend actually. Will keep you all posted, but I'm not expecting anything major as it is my first season in adults cricket and people are still getting to know me, so not sure if I'll get a bowl. Fingers crossed. I'm also coming back from a surgery so...

Just read your blog - sounded like some very smart mental bowling! Dream dismissal with the flipper.

The shiny side will be the side with less air resistance and thus it will drift to the side with most air resistance, the rough side. So hold the rough side so it would swing into the batsman.

Oops. What I meant by "over" the front foot was putting a lot of force into it, really driving all your bodyweight into the front leg. Then the pivoting 'around' the front leg will come easily.

Looking good. You going to bowl pace in the summer or is this just a winter thing?

For sure. Key is not to force it, but there are some factors you can change to pivot more and it won't cross the line into overpivoting. Like if he was to just try pivoting more as his action is now, that would be overpivoting, but if he got up on his front toe more and really bowled over his...

Looks good, maybe you could pivot a bit further though? Instead of being at 90 degrees, face on to the batsman, more like 135 degrees would generate a bit more energy and pace on the ball. However, you don't want to force it, it needs to come naturally, just focus on driving into the pitch with...

The use of the wrist is why leg spinners generally get more revs than finger spinners. So you need to use your wrist. Right now you largely are a finger spinner - add the wrist in and you will feel like a new bowler once you get to landing them right. But stick with it, this is certainly one of...