12-10-2016, 03:58 AM
In the context of fast bowlers changing their actions, did anyone see Doug Ackerly's interviewed about the impact of the front foot rule?
Apart from the ongoing calls for the rule to be changed to make umpiring easier, Ackerly's study provides compelling evidence to revert to the back foot rule.
It was fascinating to compare the actions of bowlers prior to 1963 with those of post-1963 bowlers.
Quote:This, Ackerly argues, changed everything.
"What I found was that it shortened the delivery stride ... and a jump appeared in the gather, which is the preparation before the delivery stride for fast bowlers," he said.
"[Now you get] lumbar stress fractures and front foot stress fractures with five to eight times your body weight going through that front foot."
Australia's list of pace bowlers has been dogged by stress fractures in recent years, with James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Peter Siddle all suffering.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-05/no...s'/8092284
Apart from the ongoing calls for the rule to be changed to make umpiring easier, Ackerly's study provides compelling evidence to revert to the back foot rule.
It was fascinating to compare the actions of bowlers prior to 1963 with those of post-1963 bowlers.
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