This is the easiest one to bowl and can be effective straight away, as there is zero change in action.- You can hold the ball deep in your hand (using three fingers if you can't control it with .
I do none of those though, I shall post up a picture of the grip I use later though.There are several different variations, you have probably not found the right one for you...
Off the top of my head:
- You can hold your fingers far apart on the seam
- You can bowl a leg break
- You can bowl an off break
- You can bowl it out of the back of the hand (similar to a googly)
- You can hold the ball deep in your hand (using three fingers if you can't control it with two)
- You can try the SLOB
Try all those in the nets, a two hour net session dedicated to working on slower balls (better chuck in the odd regular ball so you don't forget how to bowl it), should help you realise which one works best for you.
Don't you use Brett Lee's grip?I do none of those though, I shall post up a picture of the grip I use later though.
Nope. I have the grip where the index finger is on the seam and the thumb is pointing towards the west direction, so it forms a kind of a backwards L shape, you know what I mean Jake?Don't you use Brett Lee's grip?
Tuck your thumb in underneath the ball and bring your second finger up for support, wheras you have your thoub out when trying for seam.Nope. I have the grip where the index finger is on the seam and the thumb is pointing towards the west direction, so it forms a kind of a backwards L shape, you know what I mean Jake?
See the SLOB in the Manee's postWorld's newest slower ball The Projapoti, or Butterfly. Hard to grip but has zero or little rotation on it:
YouTube - Projapoti "Butterfly" by Catherine Dalton
In the 'how to be a better bowler' video low down on the page, they had catherine dalton who goes to my school and is in my year and is actually pretty rubbish, but they had a fella named BASIL, who plays south England, and who I faced when trialling for Essex, quickest bowler in the age group for the South of England, at the time, I was around 16, he hit me once (I'm not really a batsmen) he then hit me again, was told to slow his pace down and proceeded to bowl me a bouncer... A very talented dickheadSee the SLOB in the Manee's post
Catherine Dalton is one of the world's fastest female bowlers, plays men's cricket at Loughton and is on the England Academy as an opening batter. To describe her as 'pretty rubbish' makes you look stupid:In the 'how to be a better bowler' video low down on the page, they had catherine dalton who goes to my school and is in my year and is actually pretty rubbish, but they had a fella named BASIL, who plays south England, and who I faced when trialling for Essex, quickest bowler in the age group for the South of England, at the time, I was around 16, he hit me once (I'm not really a batsmen) he then hit me again, was told to slow his pace down and proceeded to bowl me a bouncer... A very talented dickhead