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  1. someblokedave

    Leg spin bowling

    Yeah the Wrong un is a difficult ball to get sussed, the logical conclusion is to practice it loads and it will come. The thing is as Grimmett comments in his books the Wrong Un as a delivery is in fact a far more natural way to bowl and he cites Tiger O'Reilly as being a better bowler than he...
  2. someblokedave

    Leg spin bowling

    With the over-pitching that's just a case of putting targets down and bowling to a target. Clarrie Grimmett used to set himself a task at the end of his practice sessions, where he'd put a hankerchief on the wicket and wouldn't allow himself to finish the session unless he'd hit it 5 times in...
  3. someblokedave

    Leg spin bowling

    The third finger on the seam is pretty much essential, when you get it right you'll feel it primarily coming off that finger to the point where many people get blisters. I wouldn't worry about the wrong-un just yet if you're just starting out concentrate in getting the ball on a line and length...
  4. someblokedave

    Leg spin bowling

    I take it you're a wrist spinner?
  5. someblokedave

    Leg spin bowling

    Stick at the Wrist Spin mate try and get hold of Clarrie Grimmetts book 'Taking Wickets' and have a read of Peter Philpotts 'The art of wrist spin bowling'. A mate of mine has got some potentially useful videos he's shot in slo mo that might also help clarify why and how the ball spins in...
  6. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Yeah - see I'm getting conflicting advice on this from all quarters. On another forum the blokes over there are saying the opposite.
  7. someblokedave

    Batting and Bowling Help

    Everything mate - I'm just total crap. Anything you can suggest that'll help that I can do on my own will be good as it's so rare that I get the chance to face anyone! Front foot drives and cover drives would be a start. Cheers for the comments on the blogs, I've had a lot of help from a bloke...
  8. someblokedave

    Putting Backspin on the ball

    I'm a Wrist Spinner but I bowl different variations of the Flipper including a couple of back-spinning types see YouTube - someblokecalleddave1's Channel and my observations suggest that it has a tendency to skid in lower, but then depending on the condition of the wicket sometimes the opposite...
  9. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Yeah that's the approach I should have tried using before, but becuase I'm relatively new to the game I'm still not confident enough to set my own field (Might do it next season) and the captain set an off-side field basically restricting me to bowling wrong uns, which I think I explained...
  10. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    So - I'm bowling (RH) over the wicket into his offside turning the ball away from the bat or into the stumps?
  11. someblokedave

    Leg spin bowling

    This could be the wrist spinners thread (Leggies). All you have to do is keep updating it and it moves further and further up the google search pages and eventually it'll be massive! So - anyone out there got any questions or advice on Wrist Spinning - also known as Leg Spin Bowling? Come on...
  12. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Chicken - you and me are the only people on this forum - what's that all about? I reckon we should focus on one thread title and get anyone and everyone that wants to talk about bowling and batting againts spin to submit all their questions in one place? Or maybe you could set up a Off-spinners...
  13. someblokedave

    Batting and Bowling Help

    Yeah - you've got to make some decisions there - the biggun is what kind of a bowler am I? At the moment you're a bit of dibbly dobbler by the sounds of it, but surely being an Aussie it's straight forward you don't want to look like a big galah bowling off-spin, surely you want to follow in the...
  14. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Yeah I think as a Leftie you have a slight advantage against R/H Leg Break bowlers. It's quite rare at all levels to come across a R/H wrist spinner that turns it both ways. As a right hander you're always working on your Stock Ball (Leg Break) and being cautious when practicing your Wrong Uns...
  15. someblokedave

    Batter or Bowler?

    Benaud what kind of a Bowler are you then - you seem to be a bit vague about it Dibbly Dobbly maybe?
  16. someblokedave

    batting help!!!! for a 13 year old

    How's your achilles?
  17. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    Yeah that's a bit harsh, the bloke might be young, give him some time and he might find his game against the spinners? For all we know the blokes a bowler and bats right down the order - I for one can't bat for my life but I can bowl a bit and I'm a very enthusiastic fielder.
  18. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    I was reading back over chickens comments about batting against the spinners. I've just watched through some video footage of the highlights of the 1st test in Adelaide (2007-08) where Pieterson and Sherminator faced Warne doing exactly as I've suggested above. But Pieterson was causing Warne...
  19. someblokedave

    Yeah - that simple - it works for me most of the time, the only time I come unstuck is against...

    Yeah - that simple - it works for me most of the time, the only time I come unstuck is against lefties.
  20. someblokedave

    Playing spin bowling

    I have a good grasp of most of the variations including some really obscure ones, but 95% of my wickets come about through accuracy using Leg Breaks. I pitch the ball on the off-stump around about 4 yards from the stumps, I vary the speed, flight and turn off the wicket. The line and length...

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