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• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• CHAPTER ONE: THE BASICS
• Terminology
• Line
• Length
• Other terms
• Long hop
• Bouncer
• Short of length
• Good length
• Half-volley
• Yorker
• Full toss
• Beamer
• CHAPTER TWO: BASIC BOWLING
• Introduction
• The grip
• The bowling action
• Side-on
• Front-on
• Mid-way
• Stationary bowling
• The jump and pre-delivery
• The delivery stride
• The follow-through
• The run-up
• Spinner’s run-up
• How do I stop no-balling?
• CHAPTER THREE: ADVANCED BOWLING
• Medium-pace and fast bowling
• Pace bowling
• Physical, preparation, fitness
• Medium-pace (fast-medium, medium fast)
• Seam bowling
• Swing bowling
• Reverse swing
• Contrast swing
• Out-swing
• In-swing
• Variations for swing bowlers
• Off-cutter (out-swing)
• Leg-cutter (in-swing)
• Other variations
• The bouncer
• The yorker
• Slower ball
• Back of the hand
• Ball deep in the hand
• Off-cutter and leg-cutter
• Thumb from bottom to top of seam
• Split fingers
• Slower ball bouncer
• Fast-medium bowling tactics
• Opening the bowling vs change bowling
• Sledging
• Bowling to left-handed batsmen
• Using the crease and changing the angle of attack
• Bowling around the wicket
• CHAPTER FOUR: SPIN BOWLING
• Introduction
• Key terminology
• Off-break/finger spin
• Variations for the off-spinner
• The arm-ball (floater)
• Top-spinner
• Doosra
• Leg-break/wrist-spin bowling
• Leg-spin variation – googly
• Top spinner
• Flipper
• Left-arm spin
• Left-arm orthodox
• Variations
• Arm ball
• Top spinner
• Left-arm unorthodox/Chinaman
• CHAPTER FIVE: LIMITED-OVERS BOWLING
• Introduction
• Basic principles of one-day bowling
• Bowling to an aggressive batsman
• Death bowling
• Setting the field
• CHAPTER SIX: THE MENTAL SIDE OF BOWLING
• Kit
• Pre-match preparation for bowlers
• Post-match evaluation
• Fitness
• The dreaded yips
• Changing your thought process
• CHAPTER SEVEN: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
• Introduction
• Planning your winter and summer
• Net practice
• The future
• Advice for coaches
• Player and coach relationship
• Appendix
• Modes of dismissal
• Miscellaneous