Your Cricket How do you get yourself out of a bad patch of batting form?

[Hooper]

I don't know, but I'm guessing the standard that he's playing means that the bowlers aren't going to be able to consistently pitch it where they want which means bowling short pitched ball after short pitch will always leave you with at least one boundary ball an over.
Plus there are probably rules which limit the number of short pitched balls an over?

This is where you have to learn patience and be able to leave alone the good ones and hit the bad ones. I meant more that you don't have to completely cut out pulling but you need to learn when to use it and in your case at the moment its probably easier to avoid playing it unless you're 100% certain (in your mind) that you're going to be able to score from it.

It may be a low standard but trust me, all the opening bowlers are capable of bowling bouncers regularly.

There are no limits, its just that if the ball sails over the batsman's head it is called a no-ball.

Thanks for the help, I'm going to take all these things into consideration when pre-season starts soon

 

[manee]

Perhaps try to take an initial movement back into your crease like Mike Atherton did, this gives a vital half yard more to react and allows you to stay on the backfoot for the short ball. It also results in front foot shots being played with the most elegant weight transfer around, and resulting good drives. The problem which Atherton displayed with it is going forward to good length balls that zip along the surface, but I do not think you will encounter that.

 

[hollandcricket]

Manee has made a very good point.

If you are expecting a bouncer or a shorter ball from a bowler, try to use the depth of your crease. Maybey not by making a pre-shot movement, but by adjusting the depth of your stance in the crease. If you expect the short ball to come, get your front foot in your stance at about popping crease height. So you are pretty deep in your crease. This allowes you to have a more time to play the shorter ball.
If you're expecting a yorker, get your stance towards the bowler. That means your back foot around the popping crease. It will probably have the result that the yorker ends up as a low full toss, which is easier to play.
So use the depth of your crease smartly, it is their for a purpose.

If you want to practise hooking, pulling and/or ducking, get yourself throwdowns. It works very good for me. I was all bad at cover drives, but after 4 hours only coverdriving throwdowns in the nets, I improved a lot. So get a friend or coach, put on a helmet and some gloves and I prefer to only use cricket balls for throwdowns. No tennis balls, simply because you won't face them in a match.
First, get some underarm fultosses that you can easily hook or pull without being afraid to get hit. Then, move on to some quicker fultosses. To finish, get your friend/coach to throw the balls hard overarm, with one bounce. No bowling, just overarms while he's at around half way down the pitch.
If you want to improve your shot selection: use tennis balls and a plastic bat. Get somebody to throw them to you AND shout "hook/pull" "duck" or "defend". This will help too.

Last tip: get yourself in line. It will look pretty daft if you're backing away to leg side. Don't be afraid! (For me, I like batting with the arm guard on, just beacuse it gives me more confidence to hook or pull the short ball.)

This are some things my coach has told me and I hope it helps you.

P.S. I think you had a pretty good overall season with the bat, TBH.

 

[Simbazz]

I'm lazy, ill take a look through the thread in a while.

Best way to get out of a bad trott is to bat, bat bat bat bat bat...Get what i'm saying?

Get into the dam nets as much as you can, and only finish when your hands are blistered, sore and your ready to kill the next batsmen to play a more attractive coverdrive than yourself

Basically, if your losing loads of confidence from bodyhits, either get some lads to send down a load of uppish legside humphs into your ribs, shoulder, hip, nose, ear etc. and you hit em, either ground them, block them or send 'em on there way for a boundry. If you get hit, get back up, shack yourself off, and think to yourself, "You're gunna pay for that mate," and make dam sure he does, send him all round the ground!

Take confidence from the hits, it shows that the bowler is a little bit intimidated at times and is bowling straightish in hope of not getting smacked, well give him his worst nightmare

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Simbazz has hit the nail on the head there. I only play tennis ball cricket, but when I can't score, I just go out there an promise to bat the whole innings, even if it means I score only 1 run in 10 overs. And after I manage that, bang wham wallop and boom, your back in form

 

[sd92]

Jordan i have been having the same problem as you...
I normally open, but decided that i would bat at 3 to see if it gave me time to concentrate, our openers made an opening stand of about 10 lol, and i had to go in and it was really tough out there, i just concentrated extra hard, and was defiant that i would not get out, i had to retire on 25, and it took me ages, but an innings like this, made me realise that i could do it, and i was really happy with myself, it gave me that extra confidence to take into the mens league which i play in at the weekend.

 

[Chimp132]

just go in the nets and have throw downs or people bowling at you and bat for ages, that does it for me

 

[Animator!]

If you play in Australia you should be able to cut and pull like an absolute dream.

 

[Hooper]

Thats a pretty stupid way of thinking and a terrible stereotype. Thats like me saying " If you play in Englan you should be able to dance down the wicket and whip fast bowlers through mid-wicket".

 

[Almost_Austwick]

Before this turns into something else can we remember that the topic was tips for regaining batting form.

 

[Chimp132]

If you play in Australia you should be able to cut and pull like an absolute dream.

i kinda agree with that though, you get hard pitches and if you have been playing for atleast 2 or 3 years or even longer, then you should be used to balls around your chest... i know you havnt said anything about not beoing able to play the pull shot or hook but just thought id say

all i can say is go in the nets and bat for ages and just watch the ball hard and get all your feet movement correct

 

[mattfb]

Mate, delete 2 of those posts.
Anyway i have this ball on a string that i hang on a tree. I spend hours with that, gets my eye in and that lead my to my highest score 1 week which was 20 and the next week i beat that with a 21 opening.
I was happy with those scores but they were my last 2 bats for the season so i hope i can continue this form into my next season.

 

[Cricketman]

Well, you know your weakness now, right?
What are your strengths?
Now, think about those things.
See, in any sport, at least half of the battle is the mental one-not with the bowler, or the other team, but with yourself.

You keep telling yourself "Oh no, another fast bowler, I have a problem against the bouncer and i know he's going to bowl one right now..."
That's like accepting defeat to that battle before it even commences.

The hard part is knowing and accepting that you have a weakness. But don't let that bog on your mind. Don't let yourself think that your in bad form. Think your Sachin Tendulkar- or in your case Ricky Ponting, and your the greatest batsmen in the world and in the greatest form of your life and no pooping bowler is going to shake you up.

Bat to your strengths. You good at driving? Do it. You fast? Get some singles.

Keep the score board ticking- It keeps you bogged down and frustrated and to an extent "scared" when your facing a fast and furious bowler with his tail up. Don't always look for the fours and sixes.. ones and twos are just as important. They keep the runs flowing, and more importantly keep the pressure off.

If you see a bouncer, just duck. And let the bowler know-or at least think- that you know what your doing. If you get one thats not as fast, or not as high, try your best to punish it.
When ducking, try to do it as early as possible and keep your bat low.
Hope that helps!

 

[aussie_ben91]

i kinda agree with that though, you get hard pitches and if you have been playing for atleast 2 or 3 years or even longer, then you should be used to balls around your chest... i know you havnt said anything about not beoing able to play the pull shot or hook but just thought id say

all i can say is go in the nets and bat for ages and just watch the ball hard and get all your feet movement correct

You are aware that those sort of quality pitches that you see on television here in Australia are only found in Tests, ODI's, Domestic Matches & probably 1st & 2nd grade matches. That's it.

Do you really think that the producers would put so much effort in for a junior pitch when they aren't getting paid?

 

[Monty57]

The best advice i can give you from a personal point.Is when you go out to bat forget what you got in the last match even if it a good score just wipe that clean and think about the ball thats coming to you. Personually the nets are nothing like batting in a match when you have fielders all around you and you only have one chance. Just keep to the simple thing such as keping your eye on the ball dont go to too much into serious technique unless your playing first class or international cricket