Cricket Show 192: My Vision is PitchVision
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Mark Garaway gives us a whistle stop tour through some of his articles as we discuss bowling boots, hitting the ball into the ground and vision training. Meanwhile Burners chips in with some notes on conditioning fast bowlers and a new tag line for PitchVision (maybe).
Plus we discuss the problem of poor footwork in batting and try to find as many words for 'stumps' as we can.
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Hey thanks for the advice. I know you had problems trying to give advice without seeing me in action so thought I would better describe how I bat after seeing videos and wondered if you could expand a little on the brilliant advice you gave. I have a very open stance ( about 45 degree compared to stumps) and start with a fairly narrow stance with goes to wide when I push onto my front foot. I am also very bottom handed which I thought was the reason why I always hit the ball in the air when playing attacking shots however I now realise I am reaching too far ahead to play the ball well
In fromt of my pads and going through my shot too early . I am good at cutting the ball, flicking the ball down to fine leg off my pads. I struggle when driving as the ball always goes in the air, and anything up around chest height I just try and avoid as I pop the ball up as previously stated. I am 6 foot 3 aswell if that adds to anything so have a long reach and play the sweep well.
Will try out the Tendulkar style net session over the weekend and see how it goes.
Also do you know how I claim my free course, just tried to get the Gary Palmer one but couldn't work it out cheers
You sound similar to a player I coach. He has a low backlift. Being bottom handed and having a low backlift often go hand-in-hand as the lack of backlift drains power from the shot, which the batsman then has to reinsert by forcing the bat through with his bottom hand. Its not a terminal problem, Paul Collingwood made a test career out of it, but its something to be aware of.
You might be contacting in the ball in the same spot that a more top handed player would, but because your bottom hand is controlling the bat rather than the top hand, the blade has already passed the vertical, so whilst a more orthodox player would drive it or block it along the ground, for you the ball is looping up in the air.
Its good to hit the ball out in front of your pads, you just need to make sure you've leant forward so your head is still over the top of your contact point, rather than sitting back and reaching out with your hands.
Hi James, thanks for the follow up, email me and I'll talk you through the process www.pitchvision.com/contact