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Cricket: Bowling Delivery Stride

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Two cones a long stride distance apart.
Standing behind one, facing the other, step the leading foot of the delivery stride to the opposite cone
Drag through the back foot on the back cone encouraging the back knee to drive through straight towards your target

COACHING POINTS

Focus on extending the delivery stride.
Adjust the distance of the cones depending on age and ability level.

PROGRESSION

Once the stride is perfected, focus on encouraging a strong chest drive.
Using a tennis ball, once the cone has been dragged through, tennis bal is to be driven straight into the ground.

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Corridor Bowling:

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Using a wall, set up a line of cones about a foot from the wall to create a narrow corridor
Bowl along the wall (not releasing the ball)
Bowl in both directions as one direction encourages front arm to align straight and other direction encourages bowling arm to align straight.

Fast and spin bowling

Bound Up & Drive:

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Bowler begins with take-off foot on the box.
Bowler pushes up with take-off foot into the delivery stride towards the crease.
The ball is bowled at the stumpst and follows through straight down the wicket.

Fast and spin bowling

Hitting a Target:

The practice should be setup as shown. Have one player as a wicket keeper and another as fielder.

The bowlers take it in turns to bowl, with the fielder calling if the ball was a good line (pitched in the cones) or a good length (pitched level with the red hoop).

If the ball pitches in the hoop then the ball is both a good line and length.

Fast and spin bowling

Bowling Relay:

All the players need a ball except for the wicket keeper.

The first player in line takes a couple of steps before bowling the ball at the wicket. After bowling the player should follow their ball towards the wicket.

The wicket keeper should gather the ball and gently throw it to the player who has just bowled before joining the back of the line.

Fast and spin bowling

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