Ashes 2019

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I was lucky enough to be involved in a coaching course many years ago...during which we had a guest talk from Sir Garfield Sobers.  I don't think even then that I appreciated how special that was !  Anyway, his thoughts on technique were very interesting at the time , particularly regarding playing short balls.  The traditional theory is that Cricket is a side on game....particularly batting.  His thoughts were that a batsman trying to stay side on to a short ball limits the height that their front arm can be raised & also limits the options & range of movement of an attacking (pull/hook) shot (Try it yourself).
If a batsmen moves across & back with a more front on (2 eyes towards the ball) stance, the front arm can reach far higher for a defensive shot, your range of options for an attacking shot become far greater, you have a far better view of the ball, you can quite easily just duck under a ball that is too good.

Even with my limited batting ability I could see the sense of what he was saying....and any advice from a  bloke who (up until recently) was the greatest batsman outside of Bradman should be taken extremely seriously !

cheers

Well bugger me Malo, guess who one of my junior coaches was? The same person I was talking about when I discussed being coached to get one arm high and get my other elbow behind the bat, Sir Gary! (He hated being called Sir, if you called him Sir..... he'd reply "Call me Gary" in that gruff voice! ;D )

I can tell you it works a treat? ;D