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Q: I’m 20 and a left arm medium fast bowler and have trouble dragging the bowl down leg side to right handers, especially when I try to bowl in swingers.
A coach has suggested that it because my run up is too straight and I should run in on more of an angle. Is this correct or is there other things I should be trying?
A: Hi Ben,
I always used to try and imagine a (straight) line from the top of my mark, right through the area I wanted the ball to pass the batsmen to the wicket keeper. Kind of though there was a line or string all the way. Then if my run up, footmarks, and initial follow through were all relatively in line with that "line" my general momentum should have been heading the way I needed it to. I liked looking at the line of my footmarks after a days play as feedback to the angle of my momentum at each stage of delivery.
Just remember if you're swinging the ball in, you're always a chance !!
Cheers,
Shane
