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Inswinger and Outswinger Bowling Actions |
 Hello
friends, welcome to the Cricket Coaching Section
of CricketFundas.com. I am M.R.Baig, Senior
Cricket Coach of the M.L.Jaisimha Cricket
Academy, Hyderabad, India. This episode is for
all the aspiring swing bowlers. Let's have a
look at the actions and other things involved
for bowling inswingers and outswingers. Go through the article and I am sure
once you implement the things discussed, you
would become a better bowler. Feel free to drop
in your queries, feedback about the lessons, I
will try my best to answer all of these. Email
your queries to our editor at
bvswagath@cricketfundas.com .
Bowling is all about Basic Action, Length and
Direction, Field Arrangements, bowling to a plan
and following tactics.
A bowling action has three key positions – 1.
Run Up, 2. Action and 3. Follow Through.
1. Run Up :
The objective of a run up is to bring the bowler
upto the crease completely balanced with the
necessary momentum to bowl. It should be smooth
and relaxed. For an outswinger, the run up
should be a diagonal one (making an angle to the
stumps). For an inswinger, the run up should be
straight.
2. Action :
There are four key positions of a bowling
action, they are JUMP, DELIVERY POINT
and FOLLOW THROUGH.
JUMP : A diagonal run up which is used
for an outswinger sets the bowler into a side on
position. A straight run up which is used for an
inswinger sets the bowler up in an open chested
action.
POSITION OF BACKFOOT : For an outswinger,
the backfoot should be parallel to the bowling
crease. And for an inswinger, the backfoot
should be at right angle to the bowling crease.
POSITION OF FRONT LEG : For an outswinger,
the left knee for a right armer needs to be
parallel to the bowling crease. For an inswinger,
the left knee should be pointing towards the
batsman.
DELIVERY POINT FOR AN OUTSWINGER : The
bowler releases the ball with a seam slanting
towards the first slip direction for an
outswinger. The palm should be facing the slips.
For a left armer, when he has the seam slanting
towards the slips, the ball moves away from a
right handed batsman. The ball is called as
an INSWINGER but not an OUTSWINGER!
DELIVERY POINT FOR AN INSWINGER : The
delivery point for an inswinger, the seam is
slanting towards fine leg. The palm position
should be towards fine leg. And for a left armer,
his incoming delivery is called as an
OUTSWINGER and not an INSWINGER!
3. FOLLOW THROUGH : Follow through is
defined as an intentional movement of body
towards the first slip and which is important
for releasing the strain on the muscles and
easing down the body momentum.
The follow through for both outswingers and
inswingers is towards slip direction. However,
there is a small difference in the palm
position. For the outswinger, the palm shapes
away from the thigh. And for an inswinger, the
palm moves towards the thigh. An ideal follow
through should be an aggressive one with atleast
five steps towards the first slip direction.
What is PIVOTING?
The front foot of the bowler lands with the toe
pointing towards the fine leg direction
naturally. But at the time of the delivery
point, the toe pivots or twists or turns towards
the first slip direction. This action is quite
natural and need not be exaggerated.
To avoid landing on the danger area (an area
which is 5 feet in front of the batting crease
and one foot on the either side of the middle
stump).
For a left armer, all the above points apply
vice-versa, refer to the photos below for a left
armer.
Spotting Faults in the four key positions of
action and ball grip
Action : The action should be rhythmic,
not like the one shown in the picture below. The
bowling arm should not be round arm, it should
be close to the head. The ball bounces for a
high arm action with the delivery point being at
right angle and the bowler uses maximum height.
In a round arm action, the ball tends to skid.
Bowling Grip : As shown in the above
picture, the ball is stuck in the palm which is
faulty. This slows down the release of the ball,
which means that the bowler is losing on pace.
The second picture, shows the bowler holding the
ball with his finger tips which is also faulty.
This also doesn't give the desired pace to the
ball, but can be used for variation of pace.
Notes :
1. For getting the ball to swing in both
directions, the bowlers has to release the ball
rather than banging it on the turf.
2. The right length is important for the bowler
to achieve swing. The ball should be given
enough air to give it a chance to swing. The
line is important in controlling the swing. The
bowler has to judge on where he has to start his
outswingers or inswingers depending on the swing
he gets.
3. These days, the concept of bowling
outswingers with an open chested action is
coming up. It is recommended that the
traditional method of bowling the outswingers
with a side-on action be used by learners. The
open chested concept is just one of the many
subtle variations used to outsmart the batsmen.
I hope the above episode is useful for all the
upcoming swing bowlers. Further lessons will be
on seam bowling, spin bowling, reverse swing and
many more. So keep checking this site for
more...
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