I’m an accredited cricket coach and would like to get some feedback on how to help leg spinners get more revolutions on the ball so they’re not just bowling at the same pace every ball.
Where does their power come from to get more revolutions. Is it their wrist and fingers or does the power stems from their run up and delivery stride?

Hi Tim

As spin bowlers, ideally, we should aim to get maximum revolutions on the ball every delivery. The angle of our wrist at the point of delivery determines the way the ball behaves both in the air and off the pitch but the more revolutions, the more dramatically the ball will drop or drift in the air and the more quickly it will behave once it hits the pitch.
Maximum revolutions lead to deception through the air and explosions off the pitch. Putting it simply, more fizz equals more wickets.
Whilst there will be slight variations in pace through the air depending on what type of delivery you bowl this should never impact on the amount you are spinning the ball. To be clear, spin relates to revolutions, turn relates to sideways movement of the ball off the pitch.

Take a look at this article and the video below and hopefully it will help.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/988/stuart-macgill/blog/1056/maximum-revolutions-are-the-essential-ingredient-to-leg-spin-bowling

You first have to find out how many revolutions you put on the ball and the shape of the seam. Case in point is someone like Travis Head compared to Nathan Lyon. If you watch slow mo’ of their deliveries, one seam is perfect and the other one is more horizontal.
If they have the same number of revolutions only one will spin, because it hits the seam more.

Secondly revolutions come from wrist and arm strength, finger strength, front leg drive, back leg drive, strong front arm, confidence, and fast arm action. It’s not just one component that will fix this.

My suggestion is to go to the nets and bowl the ball as hard as you can and have absolutely zero fear where it lands. Jot down how many times out of 10 they land the ball in an area where you are trying to, then that is your basic marker to begin with. There is no point in bowling the ball and not bowling it as hard as you can, because that will inhibit the revolutions on the ball naturally.

I would then either tape the seam, paint one side of the ball a different colour or invest in a red and white ball and see which way the seam is facing.

Then I would work on getting the seam pointing to 1st slip or 2nd slip as much as I could and bowl the ball as hard as I could every time.

That will help naturally.

I hope this helps.