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How to measure how fast you bowl?
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Ah, indeed. Doubt he'll be the out-and-out quickie Tait is, though.
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Any method where you have a human timing a delivery with a stopwatch is going to have a huge margin for error that renders the practice largely a waste of time. It simply impossible for a human to accurately measure the exact moment the ball passes the stumps other than by sheer luck, and with the calculations to translate a time into speed a couple of tenths here or there can make it look like you are bowling much quicker/slower than you are. The only decent way other than a radar gun would be a video.
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In my experience the police regularly demonstrate selective accuracy in their use of these mechanisms.
superkingdave
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I used to get Bonnie Tyler to measure my bowling and afterwards she used to sing about it.
Himannv
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Faster than the Speed of Night? Or perhaps Two Out of Three Ain't Bad.
As long as its not If You Were a Woman and I were a Man
Neil Pickup
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I would probably ignore the extreme measurements. I've timed 10 year olds at 80mph before... and as much as I'd like to believe that my kids are going to scare the pants off everyone we play, that just ain't happening.
I found that it took a good degree of practice to get reliable measurements: it is easier when there's a batsman in to give you a sound/vision trigger rather than hitting the back of the net - you can end up coming up with over-quick times as you can't figure out when to hit the stop button. You can pretty much guarantee you are 120-130, though. If I am honest, now I typically do it all by eye - I have done so much of it I can tell to a good degree of accuracy where somebody is on the speed gun. This is always useful at County trials when you find 20 children telling you they're fast bowlers when they aren't even medium...
Migara
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Even a 0,1s difference (reaction time) will change the results drastically. Best way is to calculate using videos. It has 20 frames per second (25 in some cameras) and you can calculate it to the nearest 0.05s