How To Grip The Ball To Bowl Offspin

How To Grip The Ball To Bowl Offspin

Grip The Ball To Bowl Off spin. A good spinner can be the difference maker in your cricket team, and off spin is the most popular spin type. Here's how to become a better cricket off-spinner.

Step 1: You will need           

• A cricket ball
• A wicket to aim at
• A measured pitch

Step 2: Gripping the ball

The grip for spin bowling is very different from seam bowling.
The seam turns from vertical to horizontal in the grip

Step 3: Finger position

The middle joints of the index, middle finger and third finger are well spread across the seam.
The little finger and thumb are not involved

Step 4: Spinning it

With offspin you are looking to rotate or spin the ball from your forefinger to your third finger

Step 5: Release

The fingers rotate as the ball exits the hand - almost like turning a doorknob as you release it from the front of your hand

Step 6: Aim

You should aim to bowl the ball outside the off stump. If you bowl too close to the stumps the batsman may dispatch your ball to the boundary on the leg side

How To Grip The Ball To Bowl Leg Spin

           Step 1: You will need 

• A cricket ball    
• A wicket to aim at
• A measured pitch

Step 2: Gripping the ball

The grip for spin bowling is very different from seam bowling.

The seam turns from vertical to horizontal in the grip

Step 3: Finger position

The middle joints of the index, middle finger and third finger are well spread across the seam. 

The little finger and thumb are not involved

Step 4: Spinning it

With leg spin you are looking to rotate or spin the ball from your third finger to your forefinger

Step 5: Release

With leg spin the ball is released from the back of the hand 

Flick the wrist so that the palm of the hand finishes facing downwards

Step 6: Aim

You should aim to bowl the ball outside the off stump. If you bowl too wide of the leg stump the batsman may dispatch your ball to the boundary on the off side. It is often described as wrist spin because, unlike off spinners, the revolutions of the ball are generated by the wrist rather than the fingers. Your bowling arm should remain straight throughout the release - if your arm is bent it will be deemed illegal and a no-ball will be called
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Equivalencies
Both finger spin and wrist spin bowler use a range of different angles of spin to confuse the batsman and dismiss him. Many of these variations have direct equivalents in the other discipline, but the names used for the various deliveries may be different.

Analogous concepts and terminology
Description	Finger spin	Wrist spin
A delivery in which the ball spins towards the batsman to produce dip and bounce.	topspinner	topspinner
A delivery in which the ball spins in the opposite direction to the stock delivery ( the "wrong 'un").	doosra	googly (aka bosey)
A delivery in which the ball spins away from the batsmen, scrambed seam.	backspinner (aka teesra)	slider (aka zooter)
A delivery in which the ball spins away from the batsmen, seam upright to produce swing.	arm ball	also the slider - rarely used
A delivery in which the ball is squeezed out of the fingers with backspin.	no real equivalent	flipper
A delivery in which the ball spins horizontally on its axis to produce drift but no turn.	undercutter	no real equivalent