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| Home :: Cric
Coaching :: Batting :: Batting
Shots ::
Back Defense |
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Back Defense |
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To what sort of ball:
A ball that pitches just short of a length and bounces about waist height.
Backlift:
Swing the bat before the bowler releases the ball in line with the middle and
off stump.
Head and shoulder movement:
 Head
and shoulder move back and across directly behind the line of the ball.
Keep
your head steady, eyes level alongside the leading shoulder.
Foot movement:
Back
foot moves back and across, just inside the line of the ball parallel with the
batting and bowling creases.
Draw
front foot back to your back foot with the front foot acting as a balancing
agent with its toes slightly
resting on the ground.
Weight transfer and body position:
Aim
your front elbow and shoulder at the ball with hip pointing at mid-on.
Front
elbow pointing upwards (vertically).
Chest
faces cover point.
Weight
should be firmly on the back foot acting as a counter balance.
Bat swing:
The
bat swings down perpendicularly from the top of the backlift with a bent front
elbow pointing upwards.
Almost
brush the side of your back leg with be bat and play as close as possible to
your body.
Make
contact as close as possible underneath the eyes forming a vertical through the
eyes and contact point.
The
bottom of the bat must remain behind the contact point.
The
bottom of the bat must remain behind the handle of the bat with the top in
control and the bottom hand
changing in a
forefinger and thumb grip.
The
bat ends up along your back foot with no follow through.
Keep
right elbow tucked into body leaving no gap between bat and body.
Common Faults
1. Not stepping far enough back with back foot and not moving far enough over
to get on to the line of the delivery.
2. Not lifting the hands up high enough in the back lift.
3. Not keeping sideways to the line of the stroke.
4. Not keeping the head and balance of the body forward when making contact
with the ball.
5. Not making the top hand control the bat.
6. Not keeping the top elbow high enough.
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| Here we describe the following batting shots: |
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| Forward
defense
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| Straight
drive |
| Pull
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| Back
foot Drive
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| Square
cut
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| Click
here for an interacitve animated explanation |
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