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Archive for January, 2010

Spin bowling tips for off spin bowlers:

• Spin the ball as hard as possible. This is not only to make the ball turn on the pitch, but also to make the ball drift in the air due to the Magnus Effect.

• Bowl the ball just short of a driving length. This gives the ball enough time to turn but does not give the batsman enough time to react.

• When bowling a quicker ball deliver the ball from very close to the wickets. This will help you get more LBW decisions.

• Recognise that there are two distinct ways to bowl the Doosra and learn to bowl them.

• Learn to bowl an arm ball, a Doosra, a slider and a top spinner. Variation in your deliveries will always keep the batsman thinking.

• When the batsman starts hitting you bowl it fuller and faster and into his pads. This will cramp him up and make it difficult to get the ball way.

Spin bowling tips for leg spin bowlers:

• Learn to bowl the Googly, the top spinner, the flipper and the slider.

• Develop two Googlies. One that is difficult to spot and one that is easy to spot. Once you done this find out how to use them to completely fool the batsman.

• When bowling the normal leg spin delivery snap your non bowling hand fingers to make it sound like you are bowling the flipper.

• If you bowl late in the game then try and bowl the right hand batman around their legs. The pitch will be worn in this area from the bowler’s footmarks and make the ball turn much more.

When practising variations one of the best spin bowling tips is to never practise any one delivery on its own. Doing that might result in you losing the ability to bowl the other deliveries. Always mix up the deliveries when you practise. This is to ensure that you develop all your variations at the same time.

During the previous season, these three year old’s progressed at very different rates as two year old’s. The main reason to not back two year old’s at odds on due to this variability is still apparent early the following season. Betting on horse racing can be really tough unless you are receiving top class inside stable information, you are likely to be vulnerable to this lack of current form or knowledge to any individuals well being.

The bookmakers will price up the horses based on information that is not only out of date but unrealistic AND THEY KNOW THIS! How can the prices reflect the cold hard truth seven or eight months later? If two first season athletes were both off the track for over six months, it is fair to assume unless a world beating champion was involved not too many people would even consider betting on the outcome as one may well of trained on better than the other.

So why is it, that based on hype and the bookmakers mind games are we any more prepared to back one horse over another, especially in this medium? Be careful to make your own calculations and make your own mind up based on more than just bookmakers prices.

Some trainers are known to be good at readying this type of horse to do itself justice first time out however certain trainers have almost certainly left a little if not a lot to work on! These are great races to witness paddock side on the day of the race. By being at the racetrack you will be able to gauge not only one horses development from another’s but their relative fitness as well.

Mark Johnston’s runners can be fairly easy to gauge just watching the market. If the early prices in the morning were chalked up and his first time out three year old showed at around five to one or less and attracted good market support in the last thirty minutes before the off, you know your horse will be running well. On the other hand, if the price is five to one or bigger and started drifting before the race, you almost know with certainty that it would not be winning on this day.