Cricket Batting Tips – Foot Work by: Ian Canaway Recently I was asked, “is ‘foot work’ really that important?” When batting in cricket it is essential to have excellent footwork. As good foot work is the basis for achieving excellence in cricket and is the foundation for good batting technique. Foot work is absolutely necessary as all successful strokes start with effective footwork. If you watch Brian Lara, Michael Vaughan, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, all of these amazing batsmen have outstanding footwork, often when these types of players don\'t perform it is simply due to lack of footwork. Good footwork allows you to time the ball well and place the ball in gaps. It gets you in the optimum position to hit the ball, so you can hit it where you want and with ease. If you have been struggling to play a particular shot for some reason it could be due to poor footwork causing bad timing and body positioning. With faster bowlers it is even more essential to have excellent fast and precise footwork, so that you can get into a balanced position, in-line with the ball, so you can play the ball with control. Getting quickly into position through footwork therefore is very important. The more you practice your footwork against both fast and slow bowlers the easier you will gradually find it. Many players do what we call trigger movements just before the bowler releases the ball, this helps get the feet moving into position and into line much quicker and easier, especially against faster bowlers. Next time you watch a game on TV watch the batsmen’s feet really closely as the bowler is about to deliver you’ll see these small ‘trigger movements’ About The Author Ian Canaway Discover amazing cricket tips and tricks at that you can use today to explode your cricket results! Visit: http://www.cricketsecrets.com/bonus.html. ian.canaway@gmail.com |
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