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Cricket: Off Spin Throw

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DESCRIPTION

Place a few cones in line with the off-stump at both ends of the wicket, going down the pitch.
Players get into pairs, roughly about the length of a wicket away from eachother.
Players use the off-spin grip to hold the ball.
Player throws the ball to their partner and using their wrist and body, they are aiming to spin the ball from the left hand side of the cones to the right - replicating as off-spinners delivery.

COACHING POINTS

This drill encourages players to produce as much spin as possible using a throwing action.
They should be using their wrist to produce the revolutions and should to encouraged to rip it hard with their wrists.
Players should their front foot as a pivot.

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Off Spin - Grip:

The off spin moves the ball from a right handed batsmans off stump towards their leg stump. The spin is generated from the index finger, this causes the ball to alter its direction and bounce through.

The ball is held by the joints of the index and middle fingers which are spread along the seam. The spin is then generated by turning the wrist in a anti-clokwise direction.

Techniques

Off Spin - Generate turn:

For this drill you need a wicket-keeper and a queue of bowlers at both ends of the wicket.

The first player takes their run up and bowls an off spin ball on one side of the cones down the middle towards the opposite stumps. Ideally the spin generated should make the ball cross over the line of cones and bounce up for the wicket-keeper to take.

Once the bowler has bowled they continue their run to the back of the queue on the other side and the drill repeats with the bowler at the other end.

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Bowling Delivery Stride:

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Two cones a long stride distance apart.
Standing behind one, facing the other, step the leading foot of the delivery stride to the opposite cone
Drag through the back foot on the back cone encouraging the back knee to drive through straight towards your target

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Loop Spin Bowling:

Player 2 bowls the ball over the front set of stumps to try and hit the back set.

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