Front Foot Defence : Batting skills by Sumer Singh

Front Foot Defence is a vertical bat stroke played to a good length or short of good length delivery ...
Key points :
▪︎Lead with head & front shoulder ...
▪︎Front knee is bent to transfer the body weight ...
▪︎Bat brought down from short backlift to make contact with the ball which is right under the Head/Eyes (Impact is under the Head/Eyes) ...
▪︎Bat decelerates in downswing & is close to the front pad almost brushing it ...
▪︎The heel of the back foot will lift to allow the body weight to move forward ...
▪︎Front knee is bent as the back leg straightens ...
▪︎Shoulders rotates vertically ...
▪︎Top hand grip (with high elbow) is firm & bottom hand grip is relaxed with index finger,middle finger & thumb controlling.Hence top hand controls & bottom hand lends support ...
▪︎With full bat face figure '9' to be maintained ...
▪︎There is no follow through ...
▪︎Head still & eyes leveled ...
▪︎Hands are ahead of the front pad & let the ball come (Playing with soft hands) ...
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