100mph and rising: The science of fast bowling

[Dravid_TheWall]

/ Is that you talking or Sreeshanth?

Santh has a beautiful action. I can't replicate it. Seam is kept bolt upright and smooth run up, the way he uses his non bowling arm to guide the delivery is great :two_thumbs_up:

[ChanaLal]

Santh has a beautiful action. I can't replicate it. Seam is kept bolt upright and smooth run up' date=' the way he uses his non bowling arm to guide the delivery is great :two_thumbs_up:[/quote'] He loses his front arm though? It kinda just falls down looking at it. His bowling arm doesn't pull back straight either. It sort of points to the umpire. The article above is about producing 160 kph bowlers and Sree bowls 138 or so. Good seam but just has to at that pace.

[Dravid_TheWall]

He loses his front arm though? It kinda just falls down looking at it. His bowling arm doesn't pull back straight either. It sort of points to the umpire. The article above is about producing 160 kph bowlers and Sree bowls 138 or so. Good seam but just has to at that pace.

Yeah but what he does with his non bowling is very unique. It falls down because it quickly tries to guide the bowling arm. It works, because when in form, the seam is so straight.

[goggi]

The day an Indian bowler crosses the 100mph barrier in a Test match he should be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. If he lasts more than 5 matches bestow upon him the Bharat Ratna, for he will have reached a hundred 100s quicker than Tendya.

[ChanaLal]

Yeah but what he does with his non bowling is very unique. It falls down because it quickly tries to guide the bowling arm. It works' date=' because when in form, the seam is so straight.[/quote'] So you keep a straight seam with your non-bowling arm that isn't holding the ball and not your bowling wrist? Curious. I am no expert but I was taught the grip and wrist kept the seam upright

[Dravid_TheWall]

So you keep a straight seam with your non-bowling arm that isn't holding the ball and not your bowling wrist? Curious.

Bowling arm and fingers obviously key but I think the way he points with his non bowling arm (and quickly falls), it helps him land the seam straight. I bowl side on, seam rarely lands straight.

[ChanaLal]

Bowling arm and fingers obviously key but I think the way he points with his non bowling arm (and quickly falls), it helps him land the seam straight. I bowl side on, seam rarely lands straight.

I have never heard that before. Pointing with your left arm helps you to land the seam straight. I thought it was the release of the ball that mattered. Cool

[Dravid_TheWall]

I have never heard that before. Pointing with your left arm helps you to land the seam straight. I thought it was the release of the ball that mattered. Cool

It is all in the release but for some people the non bowling hand "guides" you. For these people if they don't use their non bowling hand the release will be messed up.

[vvvslaxman]

rkt you have another id as well (cricket_tragic) :hmmm:

[ChanaLal]

It is all in the release but for some people the non bowling hand "guides" you. For these people if they don't use their non bowling hand the release will be messed up.

I note Broad, Finn, Bresnan and Anderson all 'lose' their front arm. Imagine how much better they would be using the technique you suggest by pointing their hand like sights on a gun at the batsman. England would be unbeatable! great stuff

[rkt.india]

So you keep a straight seam with your non-bowling arm that isn't holding the ball and not your bowling wrist? Curious. I am no expert but I was taught the grip and wrist kept the seam upright

No. It is all about wrist position. If non-bowling arm had mattered to keep the seam straight then Tanveer couldn't have done that.

[ChanaLal]

No. It is all about wrist position. If non-bowling arm had mattered to keep the seam straight then Tanveer couldn't have done that.

What is Dravid_TheWall talking about then? :headshake:

[rkt.india]

What is Dravid_TheWall talking about then? :headshake:

Right arm does play an important role, but in giving direction and pace. Right hand won't matter if one does not have wrist behind the ball.

[Dravid_TheWall]

No. It is all about wrist position. If non-bowling arm had mattered to keep the seam straight then Tanveer couldn't have done that.

If you read about I meant for "some" people it's very important but you can do it without it. From a young age we were taught to use the non bowling arm and wrist position-both help keep the seam straight.

[rkt.india]

If you read about I meant for "some" people it's very important but you can do it without it. From a young age we were taught to use the non bowling arm and wrist position-both help keep the seam straight.

We are taught to use non-bowling arm so that we dont lose pace and can generate optimum velocity behind the ball and can direct it accurately. You lose the pace and direction when your non-bowling falls too early or is not used well.

[ChanaLal]

We are taught to use non-bowling arm so that we dont lose pace and can generate optimum velocity behind the ball and can direct it accurately. You lose the pace and direction when your non-bowling falls too early or is not used well.

You have excellent knowledge of pace bowling and you should be a coach! How do you know so much? Where does your knowledge come from?