The Fast Bowler's Bible

by Pont, Ian; Gough, Darren; Irani, Ronnie

• ISBN13: 9781861268518
• ISBN10: 1861268513
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: The Crowood Press

Summary

This fascinating book reveals the secrets of fast bowling and explains how it is possible to simultaneously bowl fast, straight, and accurately. It is a very practical, easily accessible bowling manual that any seam or swing bowler playing at any level can understand. Additionally, it contains explosive new information being used by the world's best cricketers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	6	(1)
Foreword	7	(2)
Darren Gough
Introduction	9	(1)
Ronnie Irani
How to Use this Book	10	(1)
What's Wrong with Coaching?	11	(2)
One for the Ladies	13	(1)
Blowing the Lid off Fast Bowling	14	(3)
Fast Bowling Coaching Made Easy	17	(34)
Accuracy	51	(2)
Seam Bowling -- Line and Length	53	(7)
Swing Bowling -- Risk and Reward	60	(5)
Awesome Reverse Swing -- Your Unfair Advantage	65	(5)
Slower Balls -- What You Need to Know	70	(8)
Yorkers -- The Sand-Shoe Crusher	78	(3)
Bouncers -- The Head Hunter	81	(4)
Cross Seam -- Deliberate, Scrambling	85	(1)
Bowling No Balls -- What's the Point?	86	(3)
Accelerated Learning	89	(2)
How to Approach Practice	91	(3)
Mental Approach -- Applying What You've Got	94	(9)
Twelve Things You Never Knew About Fast Bowling	103	(1)
Ten Legal Tricks to Fool the Batsman	104	(2)
The Prevention of Injury in Fast Bowlers	106	(20)
Making the Most of What You've Got	126	(1)
Index	127