Cricketers have been holding their bats wrong, say scientists

[Trichromatic]

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Overturning generations of teaching, scientists found batters who wield their willow the "wrong" way may in fact have a stunning advantage.

Youngsters are traditionally taught from school age to place their dominant hand at the bottom of the handle with their weaker hand at the top.

 

 

But the new study found batters who hold their bats the other way round have a far better chance of reaching first class and international standard.

It suggests right-handers generate more power if they bat in the stance usually taught to left-handers, and vice versa for left-handed players.

The study points to superstars like the big-hitting West Indian Chris Gayle and England all-rounder Ben Stokes claiming one reason they are so successful is because they bat the “wrong way”.

It found professionals are seven times more likely to adopt a reversed stance than the rest of the population.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/03/23/cricketers-have-been-holding-their-bats-wrong-say-scientists/

[sandeep]

*Yawn* 

 

Old news.

[mancalledsting]

I've always thought this. Orthodox Batting is a game of the top hand and if your right handed, it should be used as the top hand ie 'left handers' grip 

[Tibarn]

I'm looking forward to the day when we see a batsman with different stances for different formats. The traditional method definitely feels correct, but batting the wrong way to generate more power makes sense. We may see a player who bats the correct way in Tests, where power is less important, but who bat the wrong way in limited overs to generate the extra power.

 

Are players allowed to change handedness in the middle of an innings? Imagine Kohli batting rightie during the middle overs of an ODI and then switching to leftie in the powerplay.  

[sourab10forever]

I already had a thread for this.