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Ive never watched your channel before, but as a Brit this was great to watch. No bluster, no arrogance, just a real effort to learn and get better. Great job!
Back in the 1990s when I was a young journalist in Toronto, I got assigned to cover a cricket All-Star match. I didn't know anything about the sport at all, but my former roommate was Pakistani and his dad was a big fan. So the night before the game, I went over to his dad's house and he had about 1000 cricket games on Betamax videotapes - we spent four hours watching them and he pointed out the things I needed to know. I went to SkyDome the next day, and a bunch of very nice Indian journalists sort of talked me through everything as it was going on. That day I became the world's biggest cricket fan, and I will never miss a match. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS!!!
The Pakistanis and Indians would find more pride in beating each other's cricket teams that winning a legit war. They adore the game. If you are Internet savvy, Indians do this T20 league you can watch. Instead of games that last 5 days, it's 20 overs so you can't play defensive. You have to take chances and swing for the fences. I spent almost a decade working in the USA. I think you could easy get an Indian Cricket League fan club going with keystone and BBQ 😂
Brit here, hats off for doing the hardest thing, taking part with an open mind! Honestly, the limited overs and short form of cricket is tailor-made to become big in the US, as it encourages big hitting! Keep it up, love to see if you play around even just for fun in more videos.
As an Australian that plays both cricket and baseball, it’s really cool to see the dedication put into the sport of cricket. Plus the form is just way to funny to watch 😂
@zwhazey It's hard to unlearn muscle motions. If you've spent the last 20 years being told how to throw or swing it isn't going to change in a couple of hours.
@kyroplasticsYou’re so true! This wasn’t meant as a dig but I can see how it come across like that. I suck at pitching in baseball cos I’m used to bowling in cricket. I respect the hard work they put in. Sorry if that came across poorly
@zwhazey No, I think you have a perfectly valid point. It's just the nature of these types of challenges. I manage to be terrible at both cricket and softball (we don't really have baseball where I live). I'd be happy to be good at least one of them 🤣
No. The blonde girl is 100% correct. Hitting it on the ground is better. A lot of lower order batsmen go for 6's and get bowled or caught but openers or night watchman chase 4's and they are out there for hours. ( Unless it's t-20). Good insight blonde girl.
And her batting was honestly the best looking technique straight up. Her on drive looked pretty good. She was the only one even close to waiting for the ball. Needs a bit more Milo coaching book! And what we did as kids - just play it all weekend, all evening and all lunch time! Heck if I was in the States I’d defo be in.
She highlighted the problem with the baseball guys approach to batting - they were trying to hit every ball for 'six' with zero batting technique. No footwork and no balance, just wild swipes at the ball irregardless of length. Cricket batting isn't about brute strength, it is timing and touch so understanding that batting in cricket is 360º, not just the 90º in front of you is essential.
As kids we play cricket in the streets of Chennai purely for the fun of it. I miss those days. Great to see these guys trying something new and having fun with it.
This should absolutely be your next challenge that Momentum documents. If it's something you want to add to your personal journey, don't ever hesitate to do so. Then, document and use it for motivational purposes for your audience. Good luck fellas.
Cricket is a game of honour. It's something you learn as a child. The courage to face down a hard heavy ball moving at over forty MPH as a ten year old, is pretty demanding and forces you to man up, or get out. Or even worse, get hurt.
I worked the Cricket games at the Oakland Coliseum this year as the replay operator. It was so much fun, also witnessed Cricket history by Finn Allen with 19 sixes (homeruns) in (T-20) one game
@alexanderviolette5764I was still really new to cricket and didn’t think of it at the time, during the game I asked my director who was a part of an Australian production for the tv broadcast if it was normal and he just looks at me and goes “No, this is absolutely not normal. This is history, not just Major League Cricket, but in Cricket history”
This is a great video. I'm an American who fell in love with Cricket like 4 years ago. It really is a fun sport and personally I like it much more than Baseball, but I don't want to turn this into the typical tribalistic Baseball vs Cricket discourse which I often see online. Both sports have their place and one can be a fan of both! I would love to see this sport grow in the US.
Absolutely. Impossible to directly compare just because there are some superficial similarities. Both great games! I'm pretty sure if the USA takes cricket seriously, they'll do really well.
@ArjunPakrashi Yeah I agree, they are definitely different enough. I tend to prefer Cricket cause it has a better game flow imo. I feel like Baseball has a lot more dull moments with too many foul balls being one example. I love that in Cricket you can play the whole field and how devastating wickets can be. Some people may still prefer Baseball though and that's ok. I think it's important we don't talk down to Baseball fans and vice versa. People in general have been cool here, I just see a lot of stupid people arguing usually on Jomboy's Cricket breakdowns. I could see a lot of Americans loving Cricket if it is marketed well. I wouldn't even tell them about Test Cricket. I think it's best to get them hooked on T20 first and not to scare off anyone with mentioning Test. I think the whole 5 day narrative can scare off potential watchers. If they get addicted to T20 and want to see the game at its most hardcore and strategic level , let them discover Test later. I personally prefer to watch T20 cause of the time investment, but I still respect Test a lot and I think it's the type of format I would rather watch in person if I ever have the opportunity.
Cricket is one of those things that you’re either born really good at or you train hard to be good. I played for 12 years and I trained my ass off every day, skipped school to go to the nets and train and it took me at least a solid 7 of those 12 years to find my groove completely whereas some of the guys I played alongside didn’t have to work hard at all to be good. What I’m saying is, it’s a sport that can be taught and with enough effort and willingness to put the work in, it could truly be a world sport
I’m Australian and did the reverse. I started playing cricket and went to baseball. Not sure why they are telling you to hold it up like a baseball bat though. Seems all of their batting advice was offensive. The reason to hold the bat basically facing the wickets at about waist height is so you can play offensive and defensive shots. If you’re holding the bat up at your shoulder and they bowl a Yorker (straight at your toes on the full), there’s no shot you are getting your bat down to defend it.
Sounds like they’re going to be playing something like the Hundred and not even T20, but I’m not sure, it does seem a bit odd keeping the bat baseball style - maybe they figured they’d work on that later a bit like the bowling
@bct8881 Nobody has heard of that . Btw I am a cricket fan and I am not into baseball at all. Just wanted to know the opinion of someone who has played both sports out of curiosity
Former pro-cricketer here. Hitting someone in the ribs as a pace bowler is a good thing. I've definitely played with worse than both guys in village cricket. Austin should for sure try wicket-keeping and instead of trying to hit the leather off the ball, build himself as more of a nurdler. Watch the ball closely and hit it calmly into gaps, then take runs. Damien should keep trying to go orbital.
@QuietTourist Jesus, how bad is County cricket in England if there are guys worse than these dudes? lol. These guys would be the worst players on a 3rd grade club cricket team in Australia.
I saw the thumbnail and thought this might be interesting, with the hind thought that you might just be doing it for a laugh. The fact that you all came with a learning attitude and put in so much effort was refreshing.
@NACCPro I'm subscribing just on that basis even though you've got no content yet and try keep these Baseball dudes with you, they're great to watch and like the coach said - give it 6 months and they might show some proper progress.
My dad used to play cricket for a local team here in England, at the time the rules stated that a player had to play so many matches in the lower leagues before playing for the bigger counties and he had to face a top Sri Lankan bowler doing this. He said the first 100 mile a hour ball to whizz past him scared him to death
Cricket has a long tradition in the US. Up to the late 19th century there was a strong cricket scene but eventually baseball took over. As a Brit Im glad that cricket is having a revival in the US. I hope I live long enough to see a test match between England and the US!
Really appreciated the guys' respect for another sport, and their application. They might not have the techniques down right now, but with that kind of positive attitude, I'm convinced they could nail it. Good job 👏👏👏
It'll never happen, Americans can't guarantee they'll win so they won't let it go professional and have a "World Series" (limited to America teams only).
cricket can be a little off-putting / confusing / slow / strage for a new spectator - but it's just so much fun to play! we just need to get bats and balls into kids' hands and the sport will grow!
Kiwi here, like that fella at the training camp. I used to play high level club cricket. And was a National Champion in Indoor Cricket (an even faster but very different version of the game played on a Basketball court with nets all around it including the roof...) 1/ I would forget about the bowling, Most teams have 4 or 5 specialist Batsman, 3 or 4 Specialist Bowlers, and then the rest filled out by All Rounders who do both and a Wicketkeeper (Who usually is also a Batsman these days). 2/ Not enough talk about footwork in the coaching for me, it left you reaching for the ball a lot and trying to hit everything straight. You need to be able to utilize most of the 360 degrees of the field to score. Learning to hit along the ground is essential, even in T20 cricket. Lots of 1s, 2s and 4s add up compared to a 6 or two then getting out. It's also important to know you don't have to try hit every ball, a good leave can be the best shot you play. 3/ I would be setting up to practice specific shots with the ball machine. Cut shots, Hook shots, and front foot drives. Trying to hit them all hard but along the ground. Would love to get on a call and help if you guys were serious about this.
I'd add one more point. Don't try to hit the ball too hard. If you watch some of the power hitters in the game, they all have one thing in common, they make it look effortless as it's controlled aggression.
A P.E teacher from South Africa showed the class how to play cricket 🏏 in the 90s. I love it till this day, it's a combination of just fun games we all do separately. But they put it all in one.
Lifelong cricket fan here. Long haired dude could make it as a finisher if he put time into learning cause that dude was getting none if the ball and it was still GOING. Other guy if he gets consistent with a slinging action he could also kill it because two of the better death bowlers ever had that action. Im going to subscribe in the hope you guys chase the dream because i think itd be really cool to watch, even if you don’t reach those lofty heights because the potential is genuinely there
Also they looked like they were Pacers, maybe teaching them spin would slow the action down a little and Short Haired guy can be American Murali with a bent arm action LOL. Long hair guy had talent though he has to learn to catch gloveless. He should've taken been taking those catches deepthroated. Also if any of the 2 were catchers maybe they could learn keeping.
Cricket’s a mix of power, intelligence, and elegance. You’ve got to think, read the ball, and place your shots based on the field and conditions. In baseball it’s all about power, pick the right pitch and send it out of the park. In cricket, sometimes you go big, but other times it’s about timing and finding the gaps for singles and doubles.
@TomMarvancricket bowling has multiple varities from fast and spin and each has a set of different bowling options, and pitches weather conditions likely to play. Also the batsman has only one chance of getting out. Considering all this, batsman have to be sensible all the times unless you given a flat pitch to bat on
@Somm_RJ Yeah true, I haven’t watched much baseball but from what I’ve seen the mechanics are completely different. Cricket has way more variables every ball like pitch, swing, spin, weather and field setup. It’s a different kind of thinking game.
Watching from New Zealand: If there's one thing I will admire the United States for - it's their capacity for enthusiasm and loving something earnestly. Growing up, we all played cricket/rugby/what have you and until T20 I'd always seen Cricket as kind of stuffy, maybe even posh? Not really for me. Kudos to you boys for reminding me that cricket is fun! I don't know much about the game, I stopped pretty early but I believe a "Close" enough analogy for "Hitting tanks" would be "Slogging it". I know that slang to be "attacking the cricket ball with a reckless abandon - in the hopes of finding the boundary". I could be wrong. Point is, thanks for the fun watch. The vibes are phenomenal.
Yep! My neighbourhood has a pretty strong Indian/Cricket nation community and those dudes are always putting me to shame. These legends are absolutely letting it fly at the local batting nets as I'm stumbling around my afternoon "jogs". The love goes both ways!
@marcopolo100-q9dit's our main summer sport I'd say. Rugby (Union and League), Cricket, Football/Soccer and maybe basketball were the most popular in my school. We had that super over world cup final with England one or two tournaments ago. A few Kiwi have played in IPL. I'm not the biggest fan of cricket in the country but we all have a vague awareness of it because it's so loved. Everyone loves a bit of back yard cricket 🤣
That was fun as an Englishman that has followed base ball and loves cricket. Impressed just how joyously you went into learning. Too many would be like "bah! Meh! not going to bother" - But you guys seemed to genuinely enjoy yourselves. Well done!
Couldn't believe I saw that. It's a little rhythm thing that as you said, gets your grip right, also puts the face of the bat in your batting position. But above all it's a rhythm thing.
Yeah he's totally wrong. Lines up guard, forces a relaxed chest and shoulders, sets up a rhythm for your trigger movment, helps a routine, forms part of a functional movement chain so your body is already moving before the ball is released.
I was surprised to hear that. All of the other stuff the coach said I thought was creative, but this came across as a pet peeve out of nowhere. Why mention it to a beginner? Thousands of runs have been scored by world class players tapping the ground as the bowler comes in.
Avg American thinking that it doesn't do anything, Idk how are they gonna market cricket, hope cricket don't loose it's culture due to Americanization.
As a cricket loving Aussie, this was fun to watch and I’m sure with some more professional training, you guys will give it a real shake. I did notice you guys were trying to muscle your way through the batting and bowling, whereas if you grow up playing cricket, you quickly learn that it’s mostly about timing, footwork and momentum. That way, you don’t get so tired and there’s far less stress on the body. Keep at it though lads, for complete novices, you did commendably well and your enthusiasm was top notch. More power to you, great stuff.
Honestly these boys fit the spirit of cricket pretty well, and the channel could help make the sport more popular, so I'm really hoping they actually put in the work and make a team.
Bizarre seeing Mark Ramprakash pop up in a Momentum video... And like 99% of the people reading this will have no clue who Mark Ramprakash is without google
robinlinhprobably only important to people from England. Basically a guy who was a really promising and skilled minor league player but was not up to major league standards but was persisted with by the England national team.
@SpecialistNumber10Bat poor analogy, he’s one of if not the best domestic English red ball batsman of all time, not promising or just ‘skilled’ haha, literally one of the best ever.
robinlinh he is British Indian and was a core part of English team in the 90s and early 2000s. Was immensely talented but then it was 90s and the English Board at that time was hellbent in destroying talents in pursuit of the next "Botham" (one of the world greatest).
21:30 No one seemed to tell you to move your feet from the beginning. Thats the most fundamental thing about batting. You guys would have taken to it so much quicker. Please keep this series going if you can! In South Africa we have many cricket players who have found a home in baseball where their skills can be put to use. It would be great to see something similar in the states. After all, there are so many people playing both games and not everyone makes the team.
As a former college baseball player I find two things help with cricket. 1) when you start learning to bat, never follow through. Always meet the ball with a flat bat-face and keep it there after contact. You will likely need this drill if you ever play test cricket (you will never play a test match). 2) when bowling, imagine a ball that is heavy, like lead, and it’s pulling your hand away from your shoulder/body due to inertial forces. Your job is to let it force your wrist/hand into that arc. Don’t concentrate on where your lats, chest, or elbow is. Oh, and you have no biceps. Now go have fun.
That’s called blocking (defending your wicket) and while a cricket ball is heavier than a baseball, it isn’t like lead. You bowl with your arm (over arm) and use your wrist to impart spin. Very important you concentrate where your lats, chest and elbow are and your form. Significant bending of the elbow is considered a throw.
Growing up playing cricket, noticing the BIGGEST thing nobody pointed out to you was ur hips and front foot. Baseball players pivot the front foot keeping it straight and the power coming through the hips while leaning somewhat back. Crickets the opposite, you want to be over the top of the ball at all times batting so you have 10x more control.
Sorry but that is rubbish...go and look at the Japanese style where many, including Sadaharu Oh, the greatest home run hitter of all time, have a pronounced "hitch" of the front leg to accentuate the transfer of weight to the front foot. The power comes from the hip pivot and the weight transfer as does the pull stroke (horizontal bat) in cricket. But like cricket, baseball is not all about smashing the ball over the fence. A visit to a batting session before most elite baseball games will show you how batters practise the placement of the ball as it will be called for in a game where advancing a baserunner is needed. They also practise their bunting which is sometimes called for in given situations.
As an indian, it's very lovable to see this guy's genuinely trying to learn and adapt how to play.... You should make a series about road to cricket from baseball, you guys gonna stunn by a view's and comment spams..... ❤
At 11:03, his action is correct. There only two rule for bowling, the arm should not bend more than 15 deg and your swing should be above the shoulder. It doesn't need to be close to your head. Look at how one of the greatest Malinga bowls and that should help.
Boys you got to turn this into a series… I don’t watch cricket and I wasn’t subscribed but I’m now subscribed because of this video and I’m hoping you post more videos of you guys trying to go pro…. I’d definitely watch a weekly video of your guys journey.
That transferring of skills is something experienced in Australia for a very long time. There's good reason to suggest it is the reason why Australia are so strong at cricket, partially due to baseball. The link goes back to pre MLB days (1903). More recently Cricket Australia contracted the national baseball coach and since that happened he has done same work with a number of Test status nations, ECB, PCB, BCCI / IPL, NZ amongst them.
Respect! As an Aussie watching this I can tell you what you’re doing with the bowling especially… teaching your brain not to “Throw” is way harder than if a cricket bowler switched to baseball. Great video! It’s fascinating to watch professional athletes learn a sport we take for granted.
Was thinking the same, bowl not throw, will be really hard to accustom to as a baseballer. The batting as well, different stance different batting style.
I never even thought about it before but I get a feeling most of us don't even remember learning any of this. Everyone in our street had a better technique than this before 10
To learn to bowl, make a windmill with your arms and eventually, do it holding a ball. Your muscle memory will kick in eventually and you will start to master it.
As an Aussie, one of the things that I got taught to get used to the bowling movement was to face the stumps, put the ball in your dominant hand, stretch both arms out at shoulder height and see-saw between your back and front foot, then point to the stumps and roll your arm over fully. Your bowling motion starts on your back foot and you transfer your weight with the ball towards your target
Back in the 1990s, we village kids in Odisha (India) used to make our own fun version of baseball using stuff straight from nature! We'd take the big fan-like leaves from the Talgachh (Palmyra palm / Borassus flabellifer) and roll/fold them into a tight ball (we called it ପେଣ୍ଡୁ or just ball). Then from the strong leaf stalk (the ବାହୁଙ୍ଗୀ / arm part), we'd craft our own makeshift baseball bat - super sturdy and perfect for hitting! We played full-on baseball matches right in the village fields with those homemade gear. Pure desi style, zero money spent, full masti! 😄 But by the late 90s / early 2000s, this whole tradition almost completely disappeared 😔. Kids stopped playing baseball altogether and switched 100% to cricket (thanks to TV, heroes like Sachin, and the whole cricket craze). Because of cricket dominating everything, interest in hockey, football, volleyball, and especially our own local games just vanished from the villages. Many other traditional ଗାଁଇ ଖେଳ (village games) also got wiped out. Now with heavy school pressure, TV, mobile phones, RUclips, reels, and endless cricket matches - almost no other games are left in Odisha's rural areas. Kids barely go out to play anything except maybe gully cricket. Feels kinda sad yaar… that simple, creative, nature-based childhood is gone forever. Anyone else remember playing with talgachh leaf ball & bat?
Can I just say again that I really appreciate all the effort you guys go through for these videos. Anyone who writes hate comments must genuinely be that miserable in their lives & I pray that they can find a level of joy that will stop that. And they can also just stop watching but here they are again. Can’t fix stupid. You guys carry the youtube content torch just fine, keep it up.
I completely agree. The hate comments are ridiculous. These videos take shit ton of effort to create. And instead of just not watching these people feel like they need to shit on everybody.
@stonebone316every time I watch I get so annoyed seeing those comments and one time I said “Just don’t watch it isn’t rocket science” but some guy came along and was being an a-hole saying freedom of speech we can say whatever. It’s just comment nice or not at all
Came here to say this 😂 these "dudes" are incredibly arrogant as fuck and I'm being very lukewarm with what I've seen just until now. Makes me not want to watch more content regarding the sport and I'm sure they don't care either way because they've been a pro at 6 😂 ok good for you
Awesome video. You guys did great considering you only learned for a day or two. The left-armer at about 22:30 had a pretty good bowling technique. In Australia's Big Bash (pro) league a few years ago, there was a baseballer who had only recently learned on one of the teams. Don't remember his name but his bat speed was off the charts. Also, you don't have to belt the cover off every ball. Sometimes just a well-timed easy swing can race to the boundary in just seconds. Well done. Would love to see this story develop and see how good you guys can get!
Great Thomas and make sure you enjoy what you are playing. Look up a letter the great Victor Trumper wrote to a youngster well over a century ago. Victor was asked for advice on how to improve the youngsters game. He was told to play baseball in his off season to help with his fielding. Apart from being one of Australia's greatest batsmen ever Victor was a first grade and State baseball player as ell as a foundation member of Rugby League in Sydney where he alsoplayed first grade RL. www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/society_art/cricket/trumper/trump-letter.html
This. Is. Awesome! I'm a cricket player who recently got into baseball (while cricket sleeps through the Winter in the UK) and it's so cool to watch you guys learn cricket!
Great Potential for Cricket to expand and get free from Corruption and become the Evergreen Gentlemen Sport Game that it is. Thankyou for doing this video and spreading the word.
I'm old now but in my youth I played 3rd Division cricket in the Guyana, (part of the West Indies cricket team) where the pace bowlers are already breaking your bat and spinning it in your hands with the force of their deliveries. Timur Mohammed the West Indies Test player was our St. Stanislaus school boy no. 3 batsman and we learned timing from him. Good timing in batting in cricket is everything and many batters find that tapping the bat on the ground is a function directly related to proper timing of hitting the ball accurately. The concept is to contact the ball at the exact required angle for the particular incoming ball on the natural down, up or through stroke of the tap.
You guys and girls were really having a lot of fun, learning the basics of cricket , I’m Aussie , I played both outdoor and indoor from my childhood into my early 20’s before retiring , loved it
The bat tapping doesnt serve a purpose anymore but I think many do that to just make sure their stance is right and also as a timing mechanism. If you tap in that position before the pitch you make sure that when you play you open the face of the bat and come down onto the ball instead of doing a baseball like swing.
@ChampChamp2024 Absolutely. A cricket ball is a shade smaller than a baseball, a shade heavier, and a shit ton harder. Real chance of getting hurt without all the right gear.
As a village player in the UK who is going to a county auditions, their bowling form was actually really good for someone who just started, try to keep your back straight as your releasing you'll have more control over the ball. For batting if a ball is coming for you at different positions (e.g. To your left) try to get your front foot to it to achieve more power instead of trying to spin as you swing. Overall very good for brand new players
It would be fun to watch, but pretty obvious they can’t. Definitely not as batters. If you haven’t started batting and getting coaching by 12 years old you can’t compete. The muscle memory of the guys who have faced tens of thousands of balls in the nets and on the field is so far ahead they can’t catch up. And this isn’t a superiority thing. A cricket pro can’t become a baseball pro either. They are very different sports. They are all very difficult. The pros are extremely good.
Hey There, I am a Cricket PRO and I can see a potential in you guys it will be easy for you to crack into PROFESSIONAL CRICKET, hope your journey continues............
As someone who is from india which is like a cricket capital and playing cricket since 15 years, it feels so good to see people from other countries... specially north america taking interest in cricket, best of luck. keep practicing and hope to see you guys playing in an actual cricket match soon.
@dansmart76bro India is single handily keeping cricket alive. 90% of money flowing in cricket today comes from India. I know the strong urge to be racist which is ok but please don’t be a complete moron
With all honesty, Damien has a 100% chance of becoming a pro because he's just naturally gifted at this. His bat swings were amazing and his bowling action was on fire! With the right training he could be one of the fastest bowlers and a really good batter. Damien should seriously train for this.
I am 11 and i cant stop myself from laughing bcs im from sri lanka and we play cricket from day one. Cricket and football are my favourite sports. And seeing your reactions to the rules almost killed me😂 but you guys are improving fast
I live in Pakistan where cirket is everywhere in streets ground s colonies and in towns Villiges fast bowling is difficult so you can try spin bowling and for new players it is best who know cirket after USA defeated pak in world cup and spin bowling is more dengoures than fast bowling you can consed less runs and take more wickets .If you become pro in spin you even don't need to bat ,because in cirket every team has two genuine spinners
Given that it's not necessary to be a bowler to be on the team, I can imagine Damian having a role to play in a decent cricket team. He's clearly got the power to rattle off boundaries - I guess that the challenge would be figuring out if he has the endurance/shot selection to get those boundaries at an efficient rate. Enjoyed the video, and it's be cool to see a video of y'all in a game. While the bowling would likely be sketchy, behind the crease/in the field I'm sure you'd do alright.
Listen to what our coach, Jamie Lloyd, had to say about how far Damian hit that ball. It hit the light post 2/3 of the way up and was still on the rise when it hit.
@NACCPro Any decent bowler would have them figured out within a couple of overs, they're hitting the ball to the same place each time and would be caught very quickly after they've clothed one. Or just clean bowled by anyone who could bowl at the stumps, they miss you hit as they say . Trying to hit the leather off everything isn't how you play cricket, not enough was said about playing defence.
@jmweatherill Anyone who plays cricket knows a batsman isn't limited to a few days of training. In 6 months both would have the fundamental knowledge needed for most bowlers. Slow spin bowling would be their main issue.
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Bro if you guys came to India you guys would actually have a good chance to Improve india is the best place to learn cricket
Telling you to not tap your bat on the ground is absolute sacrilege.
i feel like that guy had absolutely no idea!
Ponting did it, Steve Waugh did it, Hayden did it, Tendulkar did it. I don't recognise the guy saying not to do it.
right ot helps tempo yr hits
I think he's just conscious of how weird that is for baseball players. Plenty of t20 players who hold the bat up baseball style these days
yep, it helps to get in the zone...
Ive never watched your channel before, but as a Brit this was great to watch. No bluster, no arrogance, just a real effort to learn and get better. Great job!
As 🇳🇿🇭🇲I am actually engaged.
More Please 🙂
It was full of arrogance? Rocking up in jeans thinking he's gonna be a pro what you talking about 😂 loud and incredibly obnoxious
@MrBen367 and then immediately admitted it was fun and difficult. And put in loads of effort to try and improve.
Which video did you watch? This was embarrassing to the sport of cricket, but totally expected from Americans.
@MrBen367Its called confidence and spirit. You need it to play a completely new unknown sports.
Back in the 1990s when I was a young journalist in Toronto, I got assigned to cover a cricket All-Star match. I didn't know anything about the sport at all, but my former roommate was Pakistani and his dad was a big fan. So the night before the game, I went over to his dad's house and he had about 1000 cricket games on Betamax videotapes - we spent four hours watching them and he pointed out the things I needed to know. I went to SkyDome the next day, and a bunch of very nice Indian journalists sort of talked me through everything as it was going on. That day I became the world's biggest cricket fan, and I will never miss a match. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS!!!
Where are you from originally? Canada?
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CSK is a pretty good team.
@carlmanvers5009 best team in the IPL
Please make more cricket videos. This is one of the most interesting things you guys have put out in months.
The Pakistanis and Indians would find more pride in beating each other's cricket teams that winning a legit war. They adore the game.
If you are Internet savvy, Indians do this T20 league you can watch. Instead of games that last 5 days, it's 20 overs so you can't play defensive. You have to take chances and swing for the fences.
I spent almost a decade working in the USA. I think you could easy get an Indian Cricket League fan club going with keystone and BBQ 😂
Yeah this is super, will watch until you are in the league!
@andycopland3179 Are you talking about The IPL ?
@princewrarYea, it's good stuff
@andycopland3179I agree it's really fun .
21:07 ain't no way that ball is going over a cricket stadium. That won't even be a six in most of the Australian stadiums.
Yes
Just go to the G
I guess north american stadiums are small. Since its a game nobody plays there
maybe a 4 at north Sydney oval
That is not even a six. Forget out of stadium.
Brit here, hats off for doing the hardest thing, taking part with an open mind! Honestly, the limited overs and short form of cricket is tailor-made to become big in the US, as it encourages big hitting! Keep it up, love to see if you play around even just for fun in more videos.
It was played in America centuries ago, but to further themselves from Britain they stopped playing it and explored other sports.
How did the ashes go? 😂
@ChampChamp2024probably why they invented baseball similar to Cricket, but also completely different at the same time
As an Australian that plays both cricket and baseball, it’s really cool to see the dedication put into the sport of cricket. Plus the form is just way to funny to watch 😂
man I thought I was a bad bowler, the form was wild
Honestly, I've tried to teach non-cricketers cricket, their form was perfectly okay 😂
@zwhazey It's hard to unlearn muscle motions. If you've spent the last 20 years being told how to throw or swing it isn't going to change in a couple of hours.
@kyroplasticsYou’re so true! This wasn’t meant as a dig but I can see how it come across like that.
I suck at pitching in baseball cos I’m used to bowling in cricket. I respect the hard work they put in. Sorry if that came across poorly
@zwhazey No, I think you have a perfectly valid point. It's just the nature of these types of challenges. I manage to be terrible at both cricket and softball (we don't really have baseball where I live). I'd be happy to be good at least one of them 🤣
No. The blonde girl is 100% correct. Hitting it on the ground is better. A lot of lower order batsmen go for 6's and get bowled or caught but openers or night watchman chase 4's and they are out there for hours. ( Unless it's t-20).
Good insight blonde girl.
And her batting was honestly the best looking technique straight up. Her on drive looked pretty good. She was the only one even close to waiting for the ball.
Needs a bit more Milo coaching book! And what we did as kids - just play it all weekend, all evening and all lunch time! Heck if I was in the States I’d defo be in.
The GOAT batter hit most of his shots along the ground
She highlighted the problem with the baseball guys approach to batting - they were trying to hit every ball for 'six' with zero batting technique. No footwork and no balance, just wild swipes at the ball irregardless of length. Cricket batting isn't about brute strength, it is timing and touch so understanding that batting in cricket is 360º, not just the 90º in front of you is essential.
Viv Richards says if you hit it in 15 feet the air, There are no fielders there.
@cr0mag732 who would that be?
Every crickter felt soo happy when you did first legal ball,,
This needs to be a series! I think Austin and Damian could crack in to the league with practice
Easily
I want to see it happen. Playing pro in 2 sports is not accomplished often.
UNLIKELY
@dragonslayer42069 not easy at all
We are currently working on a series. Trying to get a network like Netflix or Amazon to pick it up.
As a South African, i agree with the comments that this should be a series as a young boy growing up playing Cricket and Rugby was my internet.
I am QDK fan❤
Same here as an Aussie, backyard or street cricket/rugby was my childhood
Bro my childhood was going to parks and play cricket with friends but sadly my friends Can't do that
As kids we play cricket in the streets of Chennai purely for the fun of it. I miss those days. Great to see these guys trying something new and having fun with it.
Guys pls make this into a series, this is so fun to watch.
This should absolutely be your next challenge that Momentum documents. If it's something you want to add to your personal journey, don't ever hesitate to do so. Then, document and use it for motivational purposes for your audience. Good luck fellas.
Im up for it.
@Seaby41 Bruh....
Cricket is a game of honour. It's something you learn as a child. The courage to face down a hard heavy ball moving at over forty MPH as a ten year old, is pretty demanding and forces you to man up, or get out. Or even worse, get hurt.
I worked the Cricket games at the Oakland Coliseum this year as the replay operator. It was so much fun, also witnessed Cricket history by Finn Allen with 19 sixes (homeruns) in (T-20) one game
Dude i saw that match it was amazing!
@alexanderviolette5764I was still really new to cricket and didn’t think of it at the time, during the game I asked my director who was a part of an Australian production for the tv broadcast if it was normal and he just looks at me and goes “No, this is absolutely not normal. This is history, not just Major League Cricket, but in Cricket history”
yeah majority of time a plyer hits only 3-5 six in a match
finm allen is a kiwi, like me
Finn Allen is rated 21st in t20i cricket right now so im not surprised he battered the poor Americans around the park😂
This is a great video. I'm an American who fell in love with Cricket like 4 years ago. It really is a fun sport and personally I like it much more than Baseball, but I don't want to turn this into the typical tribalistic Baseball vs Cricket discourse which I often see online. Both sports have their place and one can be a fan of both! I would love to see this sport grow in the US.
Bowling to wicket what makes cricket better,,running full speed all day,,
I agree, both games are great. I'm an Aussie and one thing I loved about baseball is all the stats. Because cricket is the game of stats!!!!
Absolutely. Impossible to directly compare just because there are some superficial similarities. Both great games! I'm pretty sure if the USA takes cricket seriously, they'll do really well.
@ArjunPakrashi
Yeah I agree, they are definitely different enough. I tend to prefer Cricket cause it has a better game flow imo. I feel like Baseball has a lot more dull moments with too many foul balls being one example. I love that in Cricket you can play the whole field and how devastating wickets can be. Some people may still prefer Baseball though and that's ok.
I think it's important we don't talk down to Baseball fans and vice versa. People in general have been cool here, I just see a lot of stupid people arguing usually on Jomboy's Cricket breakdowns.
I could see a lot of Americans loving Cricket if it is marketed well. I wouldn't even tell them about Test Cricket. I think it's best to get them hooked on T20 first and not to scare off anyone with mentioning Test. I think the whole 5 day narrative can scare off potential watchers. If they get addicted to T20 and want to see the game at its most hardcore and strategic level , let them discover Test later.
I personally prefer to watch T20 cause of the time investment, but I still respect Test a lot and I think it's the type of format I would rather watch in person if I ever have the opportunity.
You're absolutely right brother
Cricket is one of those things that you’re either born really good at or you train hard to be good. I played for 12 years and I trained my ass off every day, skipped school to go to the nets and train and it took me at least a solid 7 of those 12 years to find my groove completely whereas some of the guys I played alongside didn’t have to work hard at all to be good. What I’m saying is, it’s a sport that can be taught and with enough effort and willingness to put the work in, it could truly be a world sport
I’m Australian and did the reverse. I started playing cricket and went to baseball. Not sure why they are telling you to hold it up like a baseball bat though. Seems all of their batting advice was offensive. The reason to hold the bat basically facing the wickets at about waist height is so you can play offensive and defensive shots. If you’re holding the bat up at your shoulder and they bowl a Yorker (straight at your toes on the full), there’s no shot you are getting your bat down to defend it.
Sounds like they’re going to be playing something like the Hundred and not even T20, but I’m not sure, it does seem a bit odd keeping the bat baseball style - maybe they figured they’d work on that later a bit like the bowling
I think they are just helping these guys to just set in the game, once these guys are settled they can get to the more complex part
What sport do you think is the best?
@KasumiYuri-dr9pb The world has already answered that question.
Ever heard of the baseball world cup ?
@bct8881 Nobody has heard of that . Btw I am a cricket fan and I am not into baseball at all. Just wanted to know the opinion of someone who has played both sports out of curiosity
Former pro-cricketer here. Hitting someone in the ribs as a pace bowler is a good thing.
I've definitely played with worse than both guys in village cricket.
Austin should for sure try wicket-keeping and instead of trying to hit the leather off the ball, build himself as more of a nurdler. Watch the ball closely and hit it calmly into gaps, then take runs.
Damien should keep trying to go orbital.
Great to have pro input! Just curious, where did you play?
@柯梦泽kmezzi England, Ireland and a short European winter stints in NZ and SA
@AussieCricketEdits County seconds and as a club pro abroad. Ultimately, not quite good enough.
@QuietTourist Jesus, how bad is County cricket in England if there are guys worse than these dudes? lol. These guys would be the worst players on a 3rd grade club cricket team in Australia.
@QuietTouristthat’s valid
I saw the thumbnail and thought this might be interesting, with the hind thought that you might just be doing it for a laugh. The fact that you all came with a learning attitude and put in so much effort was refreshing.
This is so interesting to watch, need a series on this
We are working on it!!
@NACCProsubbed
@NACCProWhen is your next tournament and will it be streamed anywhere?
@NACCPro I'm subscribing just on that basis even though you've got no content yet and try keep these Baseball dudes with you, they're great to watch and like the coach said - give it 6 months and they might show some proper progress.
What is not interesting is West Indies playing poorly in India!
6:00 nah bro, you were supposed to imagine fielding the actual cricket ball😂😂😂
I'm pretty sure they could get few bones broken if they play with the leather ball 😂
@chip_chips_xoxunlikely
@Notsaying-ij2jw very much likely. That ball is harder than a rock.
@chachafeinonly when you have a £2 one which is brand new
It's pathetic to watch them play with a soft ball. wimps.
Never seen a player say thankgod after getting out😂😂
15:01 why is Maxwell playing 😅
😂😂
My dad used to play cricket for a local team here in England, at the time the rules stated that a player had to play so many matches in the lower leagues before playing for the bigger counties and he had to face a top Sri Lankan bowler doing this. He said the first 100 mile a hour ball to whizz past him scared him to death
Bro who Tf is bowling that fast the fastest ever cricket ball recorded was 100.1 mph
@bdoopshiny 85 mph for non professional is 100 mph bruh..
Only professionals can play such fast bowls
@Physics_scholar69 99% of pros cant even get close to bowl that fast they'll also 85mph for is usually pro standard
Who's bowling 100mph in club cricket?
@violationz4842yeah, bet majority of us can't play bowls faster than 75 mph
Would love to see a 6 month series of road to pro cricket
3:00 Damian running to first😂
Old habits die hard 😂
Yep
These guys were incredible to work with. We can teach them to be cricket superstars.
Cricket has a long tradition in the US. Up to the late 19th century there was a strong cricket scene but eventually baseball took over. As a Brit Im glad that cricket is having a revival in the US. I hope I live long enough to see a test match between England and the US!
Test cricket for usa is tbh, a very farfetched dream..
But sounds good for sure😃😃
Prove it
@michaelbuckley6397 read "History" on the USA Cricket website
@michaelbuckley6397
The first modern-day international match of any sport was a cricket game played between the US and Canada in 1844.
@IkeOkerekeNews that's just wrong, the first international match of any sport was a soccer match between Scotland and England in 1872
Really appreciated the guys' respect for another sport, and their application. They might not have the techniques down right now, but with that kind of positive attitude, I'm convinced they could nail it. Good job 👏👏👏
As a Aussie who has played cricket most of his life i cant wait to see this game go huge in America Pro league village cricket!!!!!!!!
Same
Yeah and once they learn how brutal test matches can be they’ll actually love it.
It'll never happen, Americans can't guarantee they'll win so they won't let it go professional and have a "World Series" (limited to America teams only).
cricket can be a little off-putting / confusing / slow / strage for a new spectator - but it's just so much fun to play! we just need to get bats and balls into kids' hands and the sport will grow!
@anonymouslyopinionated656 and also teach em you can't go from bat to ball
Kiwi here, like that fella at the training camp. I used to play high level club cricket. And was a National Champion in Indoor Cricket (an even faster but very different version of the game played on a Basketball court with nets all around it including the roof...)
1/ I would forget about the bowling, Most teams have 4 or 5 specialist Batsman, 3 or 4 Specialist Bowlers, and then the rest filled out by All Rounders who do both and a Wicketkeeper (Who usually is also a Batsman these days).
2/ Not enough talk about footwork in the coaching for me, it left you reaching for the ball a lot and trying to hit everything straight. You need to be able to utilize most of the 360 degrees of the field to score. Learning to hit along the ground is essential, even in T20 cricket. Lots of 1s, 2s and 4s add up compared to a 6 or two then getting out. It's also important to know you don't have to try hit every ball, a good leave can be the best shot you play.
3/ I would be setting up to practice specific shots with the ball machine. Cut shots, Hook shots, and front foot drives. Trying to hit them all hard but along the ground.
Would love to get on a call and help if you guys were serious about this.
agree with all of this. I was shocked when the coach told him to try the sling bowling style over trying to drill the proper technique into him.
Indoor is crazy, seen plenty of very good cricketers struggle indoors
I'd add one more point. Don't try to hit the ball too hard. If you watch some of the power hitters in the game, they all have one thing in common, they make it look effortless as it's controlled aggression.
A P.E teacher from South Africa showed the class how to play cricket 🏏 in the 90s. I love it till this day, it's a combination of just fun games we all do separately. But they put it all in one.
Lifelong cricket fan here. Long haired dude could make it as a finisher if he put time into learning cause that dude was getting none if the ball and it was still GOING.
Other guy if he gets consistent with a slinging action he could also kill it because two of the better death bowlers ever had that action.
Im going to subscribe in the hope you guys chase the dream because i think itd be really cool to watch, even if you don’t reach those lofty heights because the potential is genuinely there
"two of the better death bowlers ever had that action."
Malinga and?
@harryeast95 Bumrah, He also does a slinging motion from time to time.
@harryeast95 Sean Abbot the real OG Death Bowler.
@michael1205 surely, the other one is Tait
Also they looked like they were Pacers, maybe teaching them spin would slow the action down a little and Short Haired guy can be American Murali with a bent arm action LOL. Long hair guy had talent though he has to learn to catch gloveless. He should've taken been taking those catches deepthroated. Also if any of the 2 were catchers maybe they could learn keeping.
aussie lady here, i’m enjoying this! Should be noted cricket is a huge huge sport world wide
Cricket’s a mix of power, intelligence, and elegance. You’ve got to think, read the ball, and place your shots based on the field and conditions. In baseball it’s all about power, pick the right pitch and send it out of the park. In cricket, sometimes you go big, but other times it’s about timing and finding the gaps for singles and doubles.
Tony Gwynn would beg to differ.
@TomMarvancricket bowling has multiple varities from fast and spin and each has a set of different bowling options, and pitches weather conditions likely to play. Also the batsman has only one chance of getting out. Considering all this, batsman have to be sensible all the times unless you given a flat pitch to bat on
You haven’t watch a lot of baseball I see.
Australian who played cricket as a kid......................I think you nailed the explanation.
@Somm_RJ Yeah true, I haven’t watched much baseball but from what I’ve seen the mechanics are completely different. Cricket has way more variables every ball like pitch, swing, spin, weather and field setup. It’s a different kind of thinking game.
Watching from New Zealand:
If there's one thing I will admire the United States for - it's their capacity for enthusiasm and loving something earnestly. Growing up, we all played cricket/rugby/what have you and until T20 I'd always seen Cricket as kind of stuffy, maybe even posh? Not really for me. Kudos to you boys for reminding me that cricket is fun! I don't know much about the game, I stopped pretty early but I believe a "Close" enough analogy for "Hitting tanks" would be "Slogging it". I know that slang to be "attacking the cricket ball with a reckless abandon - in the hopes of finding the boundary". I could be wrong.
Point is, thanks for the fun watch. The vibes are phenomenal.
New zealand! You've got a great team yeah. Pretty decent history of cricket. Love from India.
Yep! My neighbourhood has a pretty strong Indian/Cricket nation community and those dudes are always putting me to shame. These legends are absolutely letting it fly at the local batting nets as I'm stumbling around my afternoon "jogs". The love goes both ways!
Shut up jeet. Cricket is jeet sport not european
@eevee_p is cricket popular that much in nz? Like kids or teens play cricket normally in ground on their own?
@marcopolo100-q9dit's our main summer sport I'd say. Rugby (Union and League), Cricket, Football/Soccer and maybe basketball were the most popular in my school.
We had that super over world cup final with England one or two tournaments ago. A few Kiwi have played in IPL.
I'm not the biggest fan of cricket in the country but we all have a vague awareness of it because it's so loved. Everyone loves a bit of back yard cricket 🤣
That was fun as an Englishman that has followed base ball and loves cricket. Impressed just how joyously you went into learning. Too many would be like "bah! Meh! not going to bother" - But you guys seemed to genuinely enjoy yourselves. Well done!
15:48 Not completely true it helps with the grip of the bat helps to calm nerves and sometimes distracts bowlers
Man that part ticked me off
Couldn't believe I saw that. It's a little rhythm thing that as you said, gets your grip right, also puts the face of the bat in your batting position. But above all it's a rhythm thing.
Yeah he's totally wrong. Lines up guard, forces a relaxed chest and shoulders, sets up a rhythm for your trigger movment, helps a routine, forms part of a functional movement chain so your body is already moving before the ball is released.
I was surprised to hear that. All of the other stuff the coach said I thought was creative, but this came across as a pet peeve out of nowhere. Why mention it to a beginner? Thousands of runs have been scored by world class players tapping the ground as the bowler comes in.
Avg American thinking that it doesn't do anything, Idk how are they gonna market cricket, hope cricket don't loose it's culture due to Americanization.
As a cricket loving Aussie, this was fun to watch and I’m sure with some more professional training, you guys will give it a real shake. I did notice you guys were trying to muscle your way through the batting and bowling, whereas if you grow up playing cricket, you quickly learn that it’s mostly about timing, footwork and momentum. That way, you don’t get so tired and there’s far less stress on the body. Keep at it though lads, for complete novices, you did commendably well and your enthusiasm was top notch. More power to you, great stuff.
Honestly these boys fit the spirit of cricket pretty well, and the channel could help make the sport more popular, so I'm really hoping they actually put in the work and make a team.
Bizarre seeing Mark Ramprakash pop up in a Momentum video... And like 99% of the people reading this will have no clue who Mark Ramprakash is without google
robinlinhprobably only important to people from England. Basically a guy who was a really promising and skilled minor league player but was not up to major league standards but was persisted with by the England national team.
I know him, former English Batsman, but where was he in the video, didn't notice him..
@SpecialistNumber10Batslander, he was elite at the national level, just never transferred that to the international game
@SpecialistNumber10Bat poor analogy, he’s one of if not the best domestic English red ball batsman of all time, not promising or just ‘skilled’ haha, literally one of the best ever.
robinlinh he is British Indian and was a core part of English team in the 90s and early 2000s. Was immensely talented but then it was 90s and the English Board at that time was hellbent in destroying talents in pursuit of the next "Botham" (one of the world greatest).
23:10 baseballers are better off trying malinga or jadhav style bowling like this , itd be more effective
As soon as I saw that my first thought was malinga
Someone who is not aware of side arm, three quarters and submarine pitching.
21:30 No one seemed to tell you to move your feet from the beginning. Thats the most fundamental thing about batting. You guys would have taken to it so much quicker. Please keep this series going if you can! In South Africa we have many cricket players who have found a home in baseball where their skills can be put to use. It would be great to see something similar in the states. After all, there are so many people playing both games and not everyone makes the team.
As a former college baseball player I find two things help with cricket. 1) when you start learning to bat, never follow through. Always meet the ball with a flat bat-face and keep it there after contact. You will likely need this drill if you ever play test cricket (you will never play a test match). 2) when bowling, imagine a ball that is heavy, like lead, and it’s pulling your hand away from your shoulder/body due to inertial forces. Your job is to let it force your wrist/hand into that arc. Don’t concentrate on where your lats, chest, or elbow is. Oh, and you have no biceps.
Now go have fun.
That’s called blocking (defending your wicket) and while a cricket ball is heavier than a baseball, it isn’t like lead. You bowl with your arm (over arm) and use your wrist to impart spin. Very important you concentrate where your lats, chest and elbow are and your form. Significant bending of the elbow is considered a throw.
Growing up playing cricket, noticing the BIGGEST thing nobody pointed out to you was ur hips and front foot. Baseball players pivot the front foot keeping it straight and the power coming through the hips while leaning somewhat back. Crickets the opposite, you want to be over the top of the ball at all times batting so you have 10x more control.
But if you want to be a power hiter or finisher.. Base ball techniques are much helpful.. And many cricketer use those..
@Mr.AniStreamerthat power can come later once you know how to hit a cricket ball properly though
Sorry but that is rubbish...go and look at the Japanese style where many, including Sadaharu Oh, the greatest home run hitter of all time, have a pronounced "hitch" of the front leg to accentuate the transfer of weight to the front foot. The power comes from the hip pivot and the weight transfer as does the pull stroke (horizontal bat) in cricket. But like cricket, baseball is not all about smashing the ball over the fence. A visit to a batting session before most elite baseball games will show you how batters practise the placement of the ball as it will be called for in a game where advancing a baserunner is needed. They also practise their bunting which is sometimes called for in given situations.
@flamingfranciswhat drugs are you on because i want some.....
As an indian, it's very lovable to see this guy's genuinely trying to learn and adapt how to play.... You should make a series about road to cricket from baseball, you guys gonna stunn by a view's and comment spams..... ❤
4:38 the worst any player can do to relax at the dugout and give chance to next batter😂
At 11:03, his action is correct. There only two rule for bowling, the arm should not bend more than 15 deg and your swing should be above the shoulder. It doesn't need to be close to your head. Look at how one of the greatest Malinga bowls and that should help.
Honestly this needs to be a series. Please go as far as you can.
Boys you got to turn this into a series… I don’t watch cricket and I wasn’t subscribed but I’m now subscribed because of this video and I’m hoping you post more videos of you guys trying to go pro…. I’d definitely watch a weekly video of your guys journey.
We are definitely working on it
Dude, if momentum lets you keep it going, I’d love to see you guys make a Pro cricket team
I love Seppo's taking a genuine interest in cricket. They seem genuinely excited about transfering their skills to another sport.
That transferring of skills is something experienced in Australia for a very long time. There's good reason to suggest it is the reason why Australia are so strong at cricket, partially due to baseball. The link goes back to pre MLB days (1903). More recently Cricket Australia contracted the national baseball coach and since that happened he has done same work with a number of Test status nations, ECB, PCB, BCCI / IPL, NZ amongst them.
@flamingfrancis Very well said!
Respect! As an Aussie watching this I can tell you what you’re doing with the bowling especially… teaching your brain not to “Throw” is way harder than if a cricket bowler switched to baseball. Great video! It’s fascinating to watch professional athletes learn a sport we take for granted.
Was thinking the same, bowl not throw, will be really hard to accustom to as a baseballer. The batting as well, different stance different batting style.
I never even thought about it before but I get a feeling most of us don't even remember learning any of this. Everyone in our street had a better technique than this before 10
To learn to bowl, make a windmill with your arms and eventually, do it holding a ball. Your muscle memory will kick in eventually and you will start to master it.
As an Aussie, one of the things that I got taught to get used to the bowling movement was to face the stumps, put the ball in your dominant hand, stretch both arms out at shoulder height and see-saw between your back and front foot, then point to the stumps and roll your arm over fully. Your bowling motion starts on your back foot and you transfer your weight with the ball towards your target
Back in the 1990s, we village kids in Odisha (India) used to make our own fun version of baseball using stuff straight from nature!
We'd take the big fan-like leaves from the Talgachh (Palmyra palm / Borassus flabellifer) and roll/fold them into a tight ball (we called it ପେଣ୍ଡୁ or just ball). Then from the strong leaf stalk (the ବାହୁଙ୍ଗୀ / arm part), we'd craft our own makeshift baseball bat - super sturdy and perfect for hitting!
We played full-on baseball matches right in the village fields with those homemade gear. Pure desi style, zero money spent, full masti! 😄
But by the late 90s / early 2000s, this whole tradition almost completely disappeared 😔. Kids stopped playing baseball altogether and switched 100% to cricket (thanks to TV, heroes like Sachin, and the whole cricket craze).
Because of cricket dominating everything, interest in hockey, football, volleyball, and especially our own local games just vanished from the villages. Many other traditional ଗାଁଇ ଖେଳ (village games) also got wiped out.
Now with heavy school pressure, TV, mobile phones, RUclips, reels, and endless cricket matches - almost no other games are left in Odisha's rural areas. Kids barely go out to play anything except maybe gully cricket.
Feels kinda sad yaar… that simple, creative, nature-based childhood is gone forever. Anyone else remember playing with talgachh leaf ball & bat?
16:46 "I gotta get way lower to the ground"
That's why you DO tap the bat on the ground when the bowler is running in.
Finally learned how to play cricket through this! Was fun watching you guys learn, please continue the journey
at 10:10, batting without pads and helmets to a fast throw bowl, real guts you got sir
13:48 bro spitting absolute fax
Can I just say again that I really appreciate all the effort you guys go through for these videos. Anyone who writes hate comments must genuinely be that miserable in their lives & I pray that they can find a level of joy that will stop that. And they can also just stop watching but here they are again. Can’t fix stupid. You guys carry the youtube content torch just fine, keep it up.
I completely agree. The hate comments are ridiculous. These videos take shit ton of effort to create. And instead of just not watching these people feel like they need to shit on everybody.
@stonebone316every time I watch I get so annoyed seeing those comments and one time I said “Just don’t watch it isn’t rocket science” but some guy came along and was being an a-hole saying freedom of speech we can say whatever.
It’s just comment nice or not at all
Came here to say this 😂 these "dudes" are incredibly arrogant as fuck and I'm being very lukewarm with what I've seen just until now. Makes me not want to watch more content regarding the sport and I'm sure they don't care either way because they've been a pro at 6 😂 ok good for you
Using that band for bowling practice is genius
Its a standard practice in cricket though, also for batting as well! And throw downs for fielding too!
100% make this a documented journey! would be great to follow along with this
Awesome video. You guys did great considering you only learned for a day or two. The left-armer at about 22:30 had a pretty good bowling technique. In Australia's Big Bash (pro) league a few years ago, there was a baseballer who had only recently learned on one of the teams. Don't remember his name but his bat speed was off the charts. Also, you don't have to belt the cover off every ball. Sometimes just a well-timed easy swing can race to the boundary in just seconds. Well done. Would love to see this story develop and see how good you guys can get!
Are you thinking of Travis birt?
Thanks a lot for explaining cricket in layman/baseball terms. The sport looks like fun!
Hey I am Thomas I have been playing cricket for four and a half years I am glad to see you guys enjoying my favorite sport
Great Thomas and make sure you enjoy what you are playing. Look up a letter the great Victor Trumper wrote to a youngster well over a century ago. Victor was asked for advice on how to improve the youngsters game. He was told to play baseball in his off season to help with his fielding.
Apart from being one of Australia's greatest batsmen ever Victor was a first grade and State baseball player as ell as a foundation member of Rugby League in Sydney where he alsoplayed first grade RL.
www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/society_art/cricket/trumper/trump-letter.html
This. Is. Awesome! I'm a cricket player who recently got into baseball (while cricket sleeps through the Winter in the UK) and it's so cool to watch you guys learn cricket!
Great Potential for Cricket to expand and get free from Corruption and become the Evergreen Gentlemen Sport Game that it is. Thankyou for doing this video and spreading the word.
I'm old now but in my youth I played 3rd Division cricket in the Guyana, (part of the West Indies cricket team) where the pace bowlers are already breaking your bat and spinning it in your hands with the force of their deliveries. Timur Mohammed the West Indies Test player was our St. Stanislaus school boy no. 3 batsman and we learned timing from him. Good timing in batting in cricket is everything and many batters find that tapping the bat on the ground is a function directly related to proper timing of hitting the ball accurately. The concept is to contact the ball at the exact required angle for the particular incoming ball on the natural down, up or through stroke of the tap.
You guys and girls were really having a lot of fun, learning the basics of cricket , I’m Aussie , I played both outdoor and indoor from my childhood into my early 20’s before retiring , loved it
The bat tapping doesnt serve a purpose anymore but I think many do that to just make sure their stance is right and also as a timing mechanism. If you tap in that position before the pitch you make sure that when you play you open the face of the bat and come down onto the ball instead of doing a baseball like swing.
Remember you were playing with a soft practice cricket ball, not a match ball.
Yeah, pathetic isn't it.
That’s tennis ball not cricket ball ..
@poruatokinwhy hate on them? Least they’re trying it.
@ChampChamp2024 Main reason is 'cuz they're 'muricans.
Plenty of other reasons too.
@ChampChamp2024 Absolutely. A cricket ball is a shade smaller than a baseball, a shade heavier, and a shit ton harder. Real chance of getting hurt without all the right gear.
Guys i really think u should make this a series
We need part2 for this
Bro I loved this so much. More cricket!
These guys are a good sport. Keep up the good work! With good spirited athletes like these we can see a good USA team in next 5-6 yrs.
Always happy to see more countries play cricket.
I'm English and loved the enthusiasm of those players. So glad they had fun.
As a village player in the UK who is going to a county auditions, their bowling form was actually really good for someone who just started, try to keep your back straight as your releasing you'll have more control over the ball. For batting if a ball is coming for you at different positions (e.g. To your left) try to get your front foot to it to achieve more power instead of trying to spin as you swing. Overall very good for brand new players
This needs to be a thing. I want to see if Damien and Austen really could make it to a pro cricket squad.
It would be fun to watch, but pretty obvious they can’t. Definitely not as batters.
If you haven’t started batting and getting coaching by 12 years old you can’t compete. The muscle memory of the guys who have faced tens of thousands of balls in the nets and on the field is so far ahead they can’t catch up.
And this isn’t a superiority thing. A cricket pro can’t become a baseball pro either. They are very different sports. They are all very difficult. The pros are extremely good.
Im an australian who this year got super into baseball. Its fun watching it the orher way round
Plz make this a series this was so fun to watch I didn’t want the video to end
We are working on it
This needs to become a series on the channel your way to the cricket show!
As a South African this put a big smile on my face. I genuinely believe America has so much talent that they could be great at a lot of sports
Hey There, I am a Cricket PRO and I can see a potential in you guys it will be easy for you to crack into PROFESSIONAL CRICKET, hope your journey continues............
One throw in 2 balls with a hard one all excitement vanished
@LEGEND_DEMON_GAMING😂😂
everything was good, but please do tap the bat on the ground.....it has a purpose and it really helps maintain the tempo with the ball and the swing.
As an Aussie who loves cricket AND baseball, this is priceless to watch!
As someone who is from india which is like a cricket capital and playing cricket since 15 years, it feels so good to see people from other countries... specially north america taking interest in cricket, best of luck. keep practicing and hope to see you guys playing in an actual cricket match soon.
Cricket capital?? Yeah for corruption maybe 😂😂😂
@dansmart76corruption or not but you have to understand that cricket will not be such a popular and profitable sport for every country without india.
@dansmart76bro India is single handily keeping cricket alive. 90% of money flowing in cricket today comes from India. I know the strong urge to be racist which is ok but please don’t be a complete moron
Also imagining how hard 6 year old Indian kids would be sledging these guys!
Please admit there were benefits to British Raj
With all honesty, Damien has a 100% chance of becoming a pro because he's just naturally gifted at this. His bat swings were amazing and his bowling action was on fire! With the right training he could be one of the fastest bowlers and a really good batter. Damien should seriously train for this.
lol he will not even touch the ball bowled by a real fast bowler
Fast let's bring a proper spinner he wouldn't be able to touch them too 😅@pawangupta7613
Definitely not , he was throwing the ball, not bowling it and batting he was facing about 50 mph.
Lol😂
Thanks for the laugh.
I love the joy you show when you get something right😀😀😀
Jomboy vs Momentum cricket match when?
Trevor would never work with jomboy
@TheWiffleHouseYT its the other way around.
@GSCcuponk7 maybe, idk either way it’s not happening lol
@GSCcuponk7 why not?
came here to ask this question lol
I am 11 and i cant stop myself from laughing bcs im from sri lanka and we play cricket from day one. Cricket and football are my favourite sports. And seeing your reactions to the rules almost killed me😂 but you guys are improving fast
Aussie here. That catch at 6:40 was seriously impressive for a first crack at it.
5:38 bro is really an "attacking bowler"💀
(Throwing ball like a stone)
I need more of this content!
As a cricket fan, I appreciate the excitement they have for being a part of the game!!
I live in Pakistan where cirket is everywhere in streets ground s colonies and in towns Villiges fast bowling is difficult so you can try spin bowling and for new players it is best who know cirket after USA defeated pak in world cup and spin bowling is more dengoures than fast bowling you can consed less runs and take more wickets .If you become pro in spin you even don't need to bat ,because in cirket every team has two genuine spinners
Right you spoke true
Brother you are right for new players spin is everything
True you must try spin
Given that it's not necessary to be a bowler to be on the team, I can imagine Damian having a role to play in a decent cricket team. He's clearly got the power to rattle off boundaries - I guess that the challenge would be figuring out if he has the endurance/shot selection to get those boundaries at an efficient rate.
Enjoyed the video, and it's be cool to see a video of y'all in a game. While the bowling would likely be sketchy, behind the crease/in the field I'm sure you'd do alright.
Listen to what our coach, Jamie Lloyd, had to say about how far Damian hit that ball. It hit the light post 2/3 of the way up and was still on the rise when it hit.
@NACCPro Any decent bowler would have them figured out within a couple of overs, they're hitting the ball to the same place each time and would be caught very quickly after they've clothed one. Or just clean bowled by anyone who could bowl at the stumps, they miss you hit as they say . Trying to hit the leather off everything isn't how you play cricket, not enough was said about playing defence.
@jmweatherill
Anyone who plays cricket knows a batsman isn't limited to a few days of training. In 6 months both would have the fundamental knowledge needed for most bowlers. Slow spin bowling would be their main issue.
Mate, it's great that you're taking an interest. We appreciate that in the UK