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Q: I’d like to get some advice about the wicket keeping crouch position.
I see keepers today with wide stances especially up the stumps and wonder how awkward they look and the pressure they have on their thighs to stay low and come up with the ball.
Growing up keepers generally had their feet shoulder width apart and looked more comfortable with their gloves coming up with the ball. Ian Healy for example.
With such a wide stance also does it affect the bigger edges off the spinners hitting their legs as opposed to travelling through to first slip?
Should we be advising young keepers to keep their feet shoulder width apart or is the wide stance ok?
I see keepers today with wide stances especially up the stumps and wonder how awkward they look and the pressure they have on their thighs to stay low and come up with the ball.
Growing up keepers generally had their feet shoulder width apart and looked more comfortable with their gloves coming up with the ball. Ian Healy for example.
With such a wide stance also does it affect the bigger edges off the spinners hitting their legs as opposed to travelling through to first slip?
Should we be advising young keepers to keep their feet shoulder width apart or is the wide stance ok?