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How To Grip The Ball To Bowl Fast

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How To Grip The Ball To Bowl Fast

Grip The Ball To Bowl Fast. A fast delivery can beat the bat and hopefully take a wicket, here's how to do it! This technical know-how will give you the basics to improve your cricket bowling and cause the batsmen problems. Grip The Ball To Bowl Fast. A fast delivery can beat the bat and hopefully take a wicket, here's how to do it! This technical know-how will give you the basics to improve your cricket bowling and cause the batsmen problems.

Step 1: You will need

Step 2: Finger position

Hold the ball with two fingers either side of the seam, with the thumb underneath.
The next two fingers fold softly into the palm of your hand

Step 3: Ball position

You will also want to have a finger's width in between the palm of your hand and the back of the ball.
Gripping the ball too tightly will make it hard for the ball to roll out of your fingers.
Holding it too loosely will mean less control over the ball.

Step 4: The wrist

As the ball leaves your hand you want your wrist to be cocked back and locked so that the ball rolls as you bring the ball down and out of the fingers to put backspin on the ball.
With this backspin, once the ball hits the ground it will hopefully hit the seam whilst the spin will generate extra bounce.
This extra bounce will cause batsmen problems.

Step 5: A ball of two sides

Keeping the seam straight also means that you might be able to swing the ball.
The air will travel more quickly past the shiny side .
So If you keep one side shiny the ball will swing one way or the other.

Step 6: Ready to play

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Tips & Comments
  1. dhruvanil

    I AM A FAST BOWLER AND 16 OLD.HOW CAN I SWING THE BOWL WITH GOOD SPEED?

  2. jakeybuoy95

    im 14 and i have got bowler of the year 5 years in a row for my club and im playing in the second senior teams taking wickets regularly

  3. kyza7

    i am 14 i play in australia i open the bowling and i bowl 134 kph at my best and i cant swing the ball, when i slow down i bowl 115 and the ball swings alot. i got 29 wickets from 13 games my best bowling was 7/3

  4. OllieWalker

    AS IF!! I'm 16 and 5ft 7 and i can only get 63 - 65 mph at my best!

  5. maxJ

    well you must be the best young bowler of all time because im only 13 years and 5months i play for wales opening bowler u/ 15's and i can only bowl at 120 kph around 75 mph

  6. VinylMessi

    I'm 12 and have been clocked at 89mph. F**k OFF! Im a good village cricketer and bowl 70mph and am one of the fastest in the league. Anybody bowling 80mph or more should be playing for county! 80mph gives the batter 0.75secs to react nobody bowls that quick outside of the pros.

  8. hdmandude

    To have alittle more accuracy, try leaping, then landing with your feet twisted. Then twist your feet back, while you are pitching the ball, until your toes are facing forward.

  9. joshdickenson

    U guys are such idiots. As if half of you can even reach 80kph. I'm 14 and 5'9ft and i only bowl about 75-80kph. Seriously half of you guys must suck at cricket.

  10. Anonymous

    im 13 in july and atm i can bowl 64mph and before you ask ive been tested at cheshire academy im going to slow it a bit though to improve my accuracy