| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations. |
| Series |
Know the game |
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Know the game (Bloomsbury Sport (Firm))
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| Summary |
The Know the Game Complete Skills series is a perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Compiled from the individual Know the Game Cricket titles, the book will teach young players the basic skills they need to start enjoying the sport "by giving them plenty of simple practice drills and showing how the star players do it. In this book, players will learn : Batting:How to: control the bat face a bowler play all the shots 'read' a bowler understand the field run between the wicketsBowling: Profile of a bowler bowling to a plan Bowling actions the run-up and release swing bowling seam bowling spin bowling and variations Fielding: The field and field placings the ready position close catching catching in the deep overarm throw intercepts retrieving the ball the long barrier wicketkeeping skills. Clearly illustrated and written by a professional coach, this book will give every young player the all the skills they need to enjoy cricket. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 4, 2015). |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Part One: Batting; Introduction: Profile of a batsman; Equipment: Bats, pads, gloves, helmets; Perfect preparation: Practise your grip, stance and backlift; Front foot defence: Rock solid defending; Back foot defence: No way through: playing back foot defence; Leaving the ball: How and when to leave the ball; Front foot driving: Dynamic drives to attack full-length bowling; Back foot driving: How to play brilliant back foot drives; The square cut: Learning to punish short and wide deliveries; The pull: Attacking the short ball. |
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The leg glance: It's all in the timingThe sweep shot: A weapon against spin bowling; Good running: Running well and improving your game with good communication and awareness; Part Two: Bowling; Introduction: Profile of a bowler; Bowling to a plan: Line, length and pre-match preparation; Bowling actions: Side-on, front-on and mid-way actions; Breaking it down: The run-up, the bound, the coil, the release and the follow through; Swing bowling: In swing and out swing; Seam bowling: Variations; Spin bowling: Off spin, leg spin and left-arm spin. |
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Spin variations: The floater, the googly and other spin variationsPart Three: Fielding; Introduction: Profile of a fielder and field placings; The ready position: Getting ready to react; Close catching: Top tips for fielding close to the wicket; Catching in the deep: How to take a safe high catch; Overarm throw: Learn to throw with power and precision; One-handed intercept: Attacking the ball and stopping singles; Two-handed intercept: Saving runs in the outfield; Crow hop: Moving into a throwing position at speed. |
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Retrieving the ball: Learn how to chase and return the ball as quickly as possibleThe long barrier: A safe way for fielding in the deep; Wicketkeeping skills: Profile of a wicketkeeper; Wicketkeeping standing up: How to keep to slow bowlers; Wicketkeeping standing back: Effective technique for keeping to fast bowlers. |
| Subject |
Cricket -- Training -- Juvenile literature.
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Cricket.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Sports & Recreation -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sellers, Luke. Know the Game: Complete skills: Cricket. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2015 9781472919588 |
| ISBN |
9781472921574 (electronic bk.) |
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1472921577 (electronic bk.) |
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