Practical On-the-day Solutions to Bowling Poorly
Checklist
Here are a range of measures or ideas that can help you if you’re not bowling as well as you are capable of. There will be times when for whatever reason it just isn’t happening for you but on most occasions, you can try things which may help improve your bowling performance:
- Change ends
- Run up faster
- Run up slower
- Change grip
- Focus on line and length
- Specific technical focus ie: more front arm, standing taller, looking where you’re bowling
- Vary angle of run up
- Bowl round wicket
- Bowl to more defensive field
- Break time bowl-downs
- Are you trying to do too much with the ball?
This list is not exhaustive but provides some food for thought in trying to bowl better and there’s certainly no harm in giving one or more ideas a try.
