| How to bowl a ball in a game of cricket is a lot easier | | | | slow step's or you can actually run in it doesn't mater. |
| than what most people think. There is a lot of | | | | When you run in you have to release the ball past |
| different ways to bowling and that is what this article | | | | your ear when you are a 4ft (1.2 metres) in front of |
| is all about. There is spin bowling were you can spin | | | | the wickets. |
| the ball or swing bowling were the ball swings in the | | | | Spin bowling |
| air and finally there is fast bowling were the ball rips | | | | Now this type of bowling can be the hardest form of |
| through really fast. So you will bowl the beat that | | | | bowling but don't let that stop you if you perfect this |
| you can it is a good idea to test out each of the | | | | type it can be lethal to the other team. To do this |
| different types of bowling and find which is the one | | | | you do all the steps shown in the paragraph above |
| you are best at. Also in this article all the different | | | | but you will have a slower run up this helps spin the |
| techniques of bowling and what affect they have to | | | | ball. Spining the ball one way is called leg spin and the |
| you and to the other players. | | | | other is called off spin. The thing that makes a |
| Basics to all bowling | | | | batsmen play good to a spin ball or bad is their ability |
| Before you go to into all the different types of | | | | to read the spin so when bowling spin you might |
| bowling you have to establish some skills that are | | | | want to bowl a wrongun which is bowling the |
| used in all forms of bowling. The first thing is that | | | | opposite spin bowl to what you usually do. |
| you have to bowl with a straight are you usually | | | | Swing bowling |
| start it beside you or in front of you that bring your | | | | This type of bowling is were the ball swing through |
| bowling arm (usually your dormant hand or which | | | | the air and makes the batsmen think it is going to go |
| ever you fell most comfortable) around beside you | | | | straight but it swings and tricks them. The bowler |
| keeping it beside you at all times this is crucial | | | | holds the ball with a slight off centre seam (were the |
| because if you don't do this you could give the other | | | | ball is joined) this makes the air pressure change the |
| team points and you don't want that to happen. | | | | direction of the ball. To bowl this ball you will have to |
| When you bring your bowling arm around to near | | | | have a moderately fast run up. This gives the ball |
| past your ear this is were you realise the ball how | | | | enough speed to move through the air. |
| you realise the ball can determine whether the ball is | | | | Fast bowling |
| spinning or swinging the realise for a fast bowler is | | | | Fast bowling is as it says it is fast this can be a lethal |
| basically straight but not for the others. The next | | | | and hurt the other players because it is going so fast. |
| step is your run up this gains speed and helps with | | | | Although it is against the rules to deliberately hurt |
| your accuracy even spin bowlers bowl off a run up | | | | another player. When this bowl is bowled properly it |
| (spin bowling is the slowest form of bowling) the run | | | | can trick the batsmen by making them not be able |
| up can be any were from no steps to the length of | | | | to react fast enough. When bowling this ball you will |
| the field it is recommended that you don't have a | | | | need a long and fast run up to get the speed |
| length of the field or no run up. The run up can be | | | | needed to bowl a fast ball. |