Post by Someblokecalledave on Oct 24, 2012 18:03:22 GMT -5
Yeah I've done similar, hit my kids on the head before, but not the wife as yet, and yeah that wouldn't go down well if I did! 
Yeah that's a good approach - that's exactly what I did with the Top-Spinning version. Initially I couldn't get it to work at all - partly put off by both Ashley Mallett and Terry Jenner both disputing whether it was possible - Macca has written to Mallett about this as I recall and even now he disputes it (Mallett). I suffered stressed tendons early with it and then eased off with it giving it a break and resumed a few months later flicking a tennis ball around mastering the action and then once I'd done all the stretching and muscle building with the tennis ball I moved on to the kids size cricket ball and eventually a full size ball. The process included having to work slowly to the full length, I recall it took a few months.
Having stopped bowling it, I'd have to re-do all the strength building and stretching again.
With regards the history and Grimmett, the story goes that of all the variations that he tried, it was the Top-Spinning one that he only ever used in 1st class cricket and it was Bradman that called it and Grimmett refused to confirm that he was bowling anything other than a Leggie until years later - possibly in conversation with Mallett. Even then, Mallett, didn't believe Grimmett because of his own belief that such a ball was physically impossible to bowl.
I think that's the story - you'd have to check it out in Malletts book on Grimmett and read Bradmans books for his take on it.
Yeah that's a good approach - that's exactly what I did with the Top-Spinning version. Initially I couldn't get it to work at all - partly put off by both Ashley Mallett and Terry Jenner both disputing whether it was possible - Macca has written to Mallett about this as I recall and even now he disputes it (Mallett). I suffered stressed tendons early with it and then eased off with it giving it a break and resumed a few months later flicking a tennis ball around mastering the action and then once I'd done all the stretching and muscle building with the tennis ball I moved on to the kids size cricket ball and eventually a full size ball. The process included having to work slowly to the full length, I recall it took a few months.
Having stopped bowling it, I'd have to re-do all the strength building and stretching again.
With regards the history and Grimmett, the story goes that of all the variations that he tried, it was the Top-Spinning one that he only ever used in 1st class cricket and it was Bradman that called it and Grimmett refused to confirm that he was bowling anything other than a Leggie until years later - possibly in conversation with Mallett. Even then, Mallett, didn't believe Grimmett because of his own belief that such a ball was physically impossible to bowl.
I think that's the story - you'd have to check it out in Malletts book on Grimmett and read Bradmans books for his take on it.
