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Skills: Cricket - batting
Description
The Know the Game Skills series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player.
Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills they need to start enjoying their sport - by giving plenty of simple practice drills and showing how the star players do it.
Cricket: Batting aims to teach the basic skills needed to become successful with the bat. It teaches young players how to:
- Control the bat
- Face a bowler
- Play all the shots
- Read a bowler
- Understand the field
- Run between the wickets
Clearly illustrated and written by a professional coach, this book will give every player all the skills they need to enjoy cricket.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Equipment
Perfect preparation
Front foot defence
Back foot defence
Leaving the ball
Front foot driving
Back foot driving
The square cut
The pull
The leg glance
The sweep shot
Good running
Equipment
Perfect preparation
Front foot defence
Back foot defence
Leaving the ball
Front foot driving
Back foot driving
The square cut
The pull
The leg glance
The sweep shot
Good running
Product details
| Published | 10 Jan 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 32 |
| ISBN | 9781399402439 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Sport |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Series | Know the Game |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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