A bowler is struggling with consistency – two or three good balls, followed by several wayward deliveries.
He is getting distracted by the bad balls, with the result that he will become increasingly less consistent.
One approach to remedying a loss of concentration is to introduce a simple pre-delivery routine, with the intention of allowing the bowler one small, still moment to focus on one thing, and one thing only – delivering the ball.
Back in November, David Hinchliffe proposed a novel way of getting the most from net practice, with what he described as the “horror movie” approach. I suggested adding a camera, to give the Blair Witch net session.
I have been looking for more ways to make net practice more competitive, and more realistic, but I don’t think our 1st XI will take kindly to “consequence” nets (5 press ups if you get bowled), and if we implement “if you are out, you’re out” net practice might finish rather early!
So we have been trying the “head hunter” net – setting the bowlers the task of identifying and ruthlessly exploiting any weakness they can in the batsmen. And the results so far have been interesting. (more…)
David Hinchliffe started a LinkedIn discussion on what he calls “horror movie” net coaching.
…watch your players [in the nets] closely…say little but…log the information as you go…
Then, after the quiet, you pounce on your victim and give the key feedback after he or she has batted.
I have just recently started winter nets with our club 1st XI, and have adopted a similar method (saying little/nothing when a batter is in the nets, but saving any comments until after the session), with the addition of a camera to capture video.
Given my rather shaky camera technique, perhaps I should call this the “Blair Witch Project” net coaching method… (more…)
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