I was listening to Allan Donald during the mid innings break during the micro max mobile tournament in Zimbabwe yesterday. Mike haysman asked him different questions regarding how to be a fast bowler. It was really interesting to hear some really helpful comments.
During his interview, he talked about different fast bowlers like dale steyn, brett lee and Mitchell Johnson. He said the most common thing among all the fast bowlers is this that they all are natural athletes; have flexible muscles, they are physically strong and have a very good rhythmic run up.
He first talked about dale steyn, look how fit he is. He bowls around 150kph at regular interval. He is the South African spearhead for some time now. He is the fittest player in the team. He is a natural athlete with good body shape. He further said he works extremely hard on his fitness, he is a stretching maniac, even in his hotel room, he does stretching of his muscles and he also Trains hard in gym.
He then talked about brett lee. The most beautiful thing about brett lee is his smooth and attractive run up. He has injuries problems from the last 3 years or so, works extremely hard on his fitness. He is a gym fanatic. If you look at the picture attached with the blog, you can see the flexibility in his body, the front foot landing, the power in his hand, everything is just perfect.
During his interview, he talked about different fast bowlers like dale steyn, brett lee and Mitchell Johnson. He said the most common thing among all the fast bowlers is this that they all are natural athletes; have flexible muscles, they are physically strong and have a very good rhythmic run up.
He first talked about dale steyn, look how fit he is. He bowls around 150kph at regular interval. He is the South African spearhead for some time now. He is the fittest player in the team. He is a natural athlete with good body shape. He further said he works extremely hard on his fitness, he is a stretching maniac, even in his hotel room, he does stretching of his muscles and he also Trains hard in gym.
He then talked about brett lee. The most beautiful thing about brett lee is his smooth and attractive run up. He has injuries problems from the last 3 years or so, works extremely hard on his fitness. He is a gym fanatic. If you look at the picture attached with the blog, you can see the flexibility in his body, the front foot landing, the power in his hand, everything is just perfect.
Any new bowler who is trying to become a fast bowler can learn from what allan Donald said. Allright, let’s have a revirew and summarize what allan Donald said what you need to have to be a fast bowler,
• You must be a natural athlete
• Flexibility is the key, u must stretch your muscles as much as you can
• You must be physically very strong
• Gone are those days when you just had to do running, now you must work hard in gym to gain physical strength
• Nice, easy and smooth run up is important
• How you land your front foot is very important to generate pace
• Foot wear is a key for every bowler, sort out what suits you best
• Must do training, even if you are not playing, do it in gym or wherever you like, continuous and consistent training is important.
• To remain down to earth is also an important element to be a fast bowler.
Well if any new bowler follows these points, then he can become a great fast bowler.
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This is all from my side, would love your comments.
