Bowlers from South - Front on action, Can any body explain

[renjith]

Yes I agree... combination of side-on and round-arm helps to generate maximum speed.

[amiret]

.....does that mean man from south have softer throwing muscle or resemble more like girls? ..... on I can go on and on but these are some whom I know, with more front on action it is very difficult to generate speed and no wonder why most of the bowlers from south are trundlers you can get more accuracy though,

[Vilander]

Its actually a point of debate :) In my opinion, speed completely depends on smoothness of action rather than wat type they use apart from strength, ... In that sense we cannot say a particular type bowler will be more faster than other type coz there are numerous other factors which decides the speed. But if we remove all other factors and just consider type of action. In my opinion, round-arm slinging action is the best option for generating raw pace. Bowlers like malinga, waqar, thompson, .. Round arm bowlers are more side-on than front-on. May be thats why you said side-on can generate more pace. In my opinion pure side-on action (not round-arm) (example kapil dev, heath streak, southee, ...) which helps to point the seam towards first-slip effecting out-swing are the slowest of all types. Front-on action (example srinath, bret lee, ...) which helps to point the seam towards leg-slip effecting in-swing are more quicker than the above category. north indians are considered to be stronger than south indians. that can be one of teh reasons why north indian bowlers are more quicker even though srinath is a execption.

i find this funny...Indians are considered physically weak everywhere in the world too.Evn our muzzies who went to Syria to fight with isis were made to dig trenches as they were considered too weak to fight. IN TN construction workers from Bihar who migrate there are considered little men because they are usually 5 ft tall. :haha:

[admin420]

i find this funny...Indians are considered physically weak everywhere in the world too.Evn our muzzies who went to Syria to fight with isis were made to dig trenches as they were considered too weak to fight. IN TN construction workers from Bihar who migrate there are considered little men because they are usually 5 ft tall. :haha:

Those Bihari construction workers are genetically closer to you Dravidians than to Northern Indians.

[bulbul]

Those Bihari construction workers are genetically closer to you Dravidians than to Northern Indians.

Outsider :woot:

[Yantra]

@ Vilander, this is not a rant it is a fact that most of the southies are front on just show another yesterday Ravi Kiran from Hydrabad, don't take it personally buddy we all know that most of the Indian are not very strongly built except few in Punjab, Haryana or Rajasthan, but having said that there are exception every where when the parents are right match and right mood and 9 months later you have exceptional kids :desiman::wink_smile:

[vvvslaxman]

Flintoff, harmison, Ntini are southies

[vvvslaxman]

Sreesanth modified his action to be slightly more side on to gain more pace also swing.