Recently I was asked, “is ‘foot
work’ really that important?”When batting in cricket it is essential to have
excellent footwork. As
good foot work is the basis for
achieving excellence in cricket and is the foundation for good batting
technique.
Foot work is absolutely necessary as
all successful strokes start with effective footwork.
If you watch Brian Lara, Michael
Vaughn, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, all of these amazing batsmen have
outstanding footwork, often when these types of players don’t perform it is
simply due to lack of footwork.
Good footwork allows you to time the
ball well and place the ball in gaps. It gets you in the optimum position to
hit the ball, so you can hit it where you want and with ease.
If you have been struggling to play
a particular shot for some reason it could be due to poor footwork causing
