Last week I was asked to run a one-to-one coaching session with an experienced seam bowler who wanted to learn how to bowl finger spin.
The player was already a competent bowler, so I had no issues with his basic action. But he had no real idea of how to bowl spin.
So I had 55 minutes to introduce the basic techniques of finger spin, to help the bowler to understand what was involved in delivering the ball with high revs (no point aspiring to be a “roller”, I thought), and to leave him with enough insight into the finer arts to be able to coach himself over the next few weeks.
I had to concentrate on no more than two or three key points of technique, then allow the player the chance to experience the act of spin bowling.
But how to resolve the mechanics of finger spin bowling into a coaching session that lasts just 55 minutes? (more…)
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