In spite of its title, and the striking cricket ball seam graphic on the cover, The Book of Pace by Shahbaz Choudhry from The Pace Journal isn’t really a book about fast bowling.
It is a story of personal discovery, of failures and successes, of a striving to achieve. A cautionary tale, in many ways.
And all the better for not being another technically prescriptive “this is how to do it” guide to bowling faster.
It is so much more than that!
(more…)Will Macpherson posted a fascinating article ($$) the other day on the latest iteration of the ECB’s project to develop more quick bowlers for England international teams.
It is an intriguing insight into the development philosophy at the ECB, but it does pose some interesting questions.
This week’s ECB Coaches Association “Practice Time” email highlighted a bowling game with a twist — bowlers have to compete against a team of runners, to restrict their scoring by hitting the stumps when they bowl.
I do like bowling “drills” with a bit of added jeopardy — see “knock ‘em down”, for example — but I also like to spend as much time as possible on cricket-like activities. What follows are a couple of variations on the ECB CA game.
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The Teesra 