25 thoughts on “Cricket: How to bowl leg-spin like Shane Warne

  1. So many of these leg spin tutorials don’t actually show how to release the
    bull using the full action. As a result, I really can’t figure out what
    direction my arm and wrist is meant to be facing mid-action, and exactly
    when the ball gets released. Shane says “back of hand facing you” but that
    means nothing unless you know when the release is meant to happen and what
    direction your arm is meant to be facing. It’s frustrating for beginners
    like me.

  2. RIP Terry, I wish I had the chance to meet you, but the circumstances
    didn’t arise :’-(

  3. @chasrat As a spinner your goal isnt to hit the stumps, but to force the
    edge and catch.

  4. @jawscricket – me too, quite a handy delivery every now and then, but not
    six balls per over.

  5. i bowl fast usually, but i can and want to bowl leg spin, is it advised to
    change? help

  6. @jawscricket I had this problem. You’ve cocked your wrist backwards where
    the back of the hand is facing the batsman (creating a googly); instead
    have your back-hand facing towards your face when you bowl. Don’t have the
    seam directly aiming at the batsman, it would just be a top-spinner.
    REMEMBER to leg-break, you need your back–hand facing your eyes. All the
    best,,it took me two weeks, everyday bowling at stumps for 4 hours.

  7. Good on ya TJ – You helped a wonderful bowler, Shane Warne, become the
    great he was – . RIP Terry Jenner

  8. @pondo6754 in what why do you want to be like shane warne. You might want
    to rethink bud =].

  9. A true pro I bowl leg-spin Of course no 1 will never be able to bowl like
    warnie did tho wud be gud if he’d showed u the variations Wud actually like
    shane warne to release a video explaining how he bowled WE WILL NEVER NO

  10. @rad0ri ….The cocking of the wrist,not choking the ball too far back in
    the hand and the back of the wrist facing down at your face from your above
    right combined with the pivoting of the front foot to pull your body around
    from right to left at release. See my above comments.

  11. that wasn’t a legbreak, it was a topspinner…and i think an australian
    test bowler and shane warne’s coach knows what he’s talking about.

  12. @someblokecalleddave1 cheers, yeah, im still working on it. i went ok in my
    first game…1/20 off 6 overs + a a dropped catch and a missed stumping 🙁
    the next match was a one dayer and they attacked me a bit more. its still a
    work in progress i guess. thanks for asking though 😉

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