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 Next time we'll look at getting  your head and that front foot coming out to the line of the ball - then we can look at your bat swing and grip, but first thing is to get the base sorted out.
   [[User:Amwelladmin|Amwelladmin]] ([[User talk:Amwelladmin|talk]]) 03:12, 6 February 2017 (CST)
+== Bowling ==
+Episode 2: bowling
+Working points:
+- A consistent, regular run up where you are hitting the same point on the bowling crease every ball.
+- punching that left arm high and to the right of your left eye, so you are looking right down the line of your shoulder to the wickets.
+The run up is all about rhythm - the NMCC net is too short and encourages bad habits. You must must must mark out a run and religiously use it. Self talk again: "mark", "rhythm" and "punch".
+When it turns a bit warmer we'll work something out on the grass, maybe 8 or 12 steps longer. At the moment we have only 8 steps to work with, so concentrate on balance (again) approaching the creases in a straight line, and with as much rhythm as you can muster in 8 paces. You are good in that you don't have a stutter or anything like that. Keep it that way. Maybe look to pump your arms a bit. I like to think of the run up as a steam train, gathering pace and momentum and channelling all your energy straight down the track at that off stump.
+Look to get a bit nearer to the stumps - improve your odds of lbw bowling wicket-to-wicket.
+When we get outside, I'll be looking to get you going the crease write a lot faster than you do now. With a longer run up, you should be working up to maybe 60-70pc full sprinting pace.
+This does three things-
+-gets you a five more kmh, just from running faster
+-gets you more air and accentuates the trebuchet effect when you do hit that crease
+-Scares the wits out of the batsman. Never underestimate the psychological aspects of the game! If he's thinking "hell's bells!" when you're charging in, he's not thinking about his shot.
+The punch: what does this do?
+-Takes you from your front-on running position, where shoulders and hips are (necessarily) square to the wicket, to the bowling position, where shoulders and hips are aligned right down the wicket at off stump, while keeping that steam train momentum you've just worked up
+-fully extends your "crane" so you get maximum leverage when you let the ball go
+-gets you up on the air. The higher you go, the harder you hit the front of the crease, the bigger the trebuchet effect.
+Remember if you're properly side on with shoulders right down the wicket, you're aligned and if you let it go all your machinery will,  (like a Ferris wheel),  send the ball right at off stump. Only variable is what length it pitches at. If your shoulders are skew, then your bowling arm has to come around (more like a discus thrower) rather than over the top and where you let it go determines which direction it goes in. Much less control.
+Next steps follow through and making sure you keep balanced, head level, eyes fixed on off stump, driving all your energy straight down the wicket. [[User:Amwelladmin|Amwelladmin]] ([[User talk:Amwelladmin|talk]]) 11:06, 6 February 2017 (CST)