Front Foot Batting - Progression Feed Drills

DESCRIPTION

3 Different Front Foot Drive Drills -

1. Hitting Front Foot Drives (Off, Strait and On Dives) off a tee looking specifically at the foot placement and having a strait back swing.

2. Upgrade from the ball on a cone to a drop feed by the coach, maintaining the same foot placement and bat swing

3. Upgrade again to a dart feed still trying to maintain the same foot placement and bat swing

4. Possible further upgrades...

• Overarm Feed 
• Sidearm Feed 

COACHING POINTS

• Batting Stance –

  1. Feet – Your feet should be positioned so they face down the wicket. Your front foot should not be in front of your back foot (creating a closed stance).
  2. Backswing – Your backswing should roughly be between the keeper and 2nd slip.
  3. Head / Eye Position – Your head should be level meaning that your eyes are level and that you are balanced. If your head is falling over to the offside then your shots will not be played from a balanced position and you are more likely to miss time the ball

   

  Front Foot Shots –

  1. Front Foot Placement – Your front foot placement is very important and you should always try and get the front foot as close to the pitch of the ball as possible.
  2. Head Position – Your head is one of the heaviest parts of the body it is important that your head is over the line of the ball and remains level.
  3. Body Weight –
  4. Hands – Your hands should come through the line of the ball strait to make sure that a good connection is made, if the bat comes through in a curved line then there is more chance of miss timing the ball or missing the ball completely
  5. Bat – Try and make sure that the bat comes through as straight as possible and the face of the bat is facing the bowler at the point of contact, if your hand positioning is good then this should come very naturally.