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	Swing bowling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Swing bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling.
		The swing of a cricket ball is parallel to the axis of its rotation.
		Reverse swing is difficult to achieve consistently, as it relies on uneven wear of the ball, tends to occur mostly in hot, dry weather conditions, and requires bowling at high speed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swing_bowling (1128 words)

	Swing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Swing bowling, a style of bowling in the sport of cricket.
		A swing seat in Australia, a swing state in the United States or a swing riding in Canada is an electoral division that may "swing" from one party to another at an election.
		Swinging is a lifestyle choice involving recreational sex with people other than one's long-term partner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swing (325 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - Bowling Styles
		Swing is assisted by the asymmetrical wear and polishing of the ball.
		Reverse swing tends to occur late in the ball's flight, and be stronger than swing caused by the alignment of the seam.
		Flipper: This is bowled with the hand in roughly the same position as a top spinner, but the ball is released by squeezing it out between thumb and forefinger, rather than rolling it over the back of the wrist.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/bowling.html (2251 words)

	The Science of Swing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Swing is generated when bowlers, by accident or design, disrupt the flow of air over one side of the ball.
		swing is acheived by keeping one side of the ball polished smooth and shiny, and delivering the ball with the polished side forward, and the seam angled in the direction of desired swing.
		Normal swing is achieved by maintaining laminar boundary layer air-flow on the shiny side whilst creating turbulent flow on the seam side.
	www.soest.hawaii.edu /GG/STUDENTS/jfoster/swing.html (563 words)

	BOWLING
		The ideal action for bowling the outswinger is the classical sideways-on action where the right foot lands parallel to the bowling crease, the shoulders turn towards the on side and the front foot is placed slightly across the line of direction, i.e.
		As the shiny side of the ball is held on the opposite side to the direction of swing, the shiny side is on the left-hand side as the bowler views it.
		It is easier to bowl the inswinger from wide of the crease but this rather signals the intention to the batsman, and it also creates a sharp angle of approach to, the wicket which may persuade the umpire to give the batsman the benefit of the doubt in marginal lbw decisions.
	www.mochdrecc.freeserve.co.uk /Page96.htm (836 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| England \| What is reverse swing?
		Swing is all about aerodynamics, more of which is explained in the next section.
		In simple terms, the aerodynamics of bowling means the shiny side travels faster through the air, while the rough side acts as a brake, pushing the ball in that direction.
		The straighter the seam when the ball is delivered, the greater the chance of swing, especially when the ball is older with one shiny and one rough side.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/cricket/england/4155734.stm (938 words)

	Bowling Tips!
		After the thumb is released by your slide foot the fingers take over as you follow through the swing and the ball is propelled out onto the lane towards your intended target.
		The follow through is just a continuation of the arm swing outwards towards your target as the ball comes off your fingers.
		There is no right or wrong way to bowl and anything can work if you are able to repeat it often enough.
	www.angelfire.com /yt/bowlingtips (843 words)

	Swing Bowling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Being a part-time swing bowler myself (allegedly), I thought I'd explain the the art of swing bowling.
		Any professional bowler will tell you that some balls swing more than others, and that the ball is more likely to swing in cloudy, humid conditions than cloudless, dry sunshine - even though scientists deny, that conditions have anything to do with it.
		The secret of swing bowling is that the seam is pointing in the direction the ball is travelling as it goes through the air.
	www.members.tripod.com /oncc/new_page_2.htm (262 words)

	Bowling Tips To Improve Your Game! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A swing that is loose and always close to the body while going back and forward is the best way to repeat strong quality shots.
		When practicing or bowling a tournament we all have the tendency to stray from our game when things don't feel right or are going poorly.
		Ball speed can be generated by modestly lengthening the swing arc or by putting the ball into the swing a tad earlier to create a more rapid approach tempo.
	www.oasisbowling.com /bowling-tips (1897 words)

	BowlingCommunity.com: How to HOOK A BALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I mean, when you see a friend bowl his first 4 frames with all gutter balls because he has too much of a hook that gutters cuz he had to throw it too far right or it hooked too left.
		Having a free arm swing is optimal, but ensure that your are not gripping the ball because if you are, that gripping action will cause you to lose speed and revs regardless.
		I am playing bowling the last 10 years,the ball that I was playing these years was a ball from the bowling center.
	www.bowlingfans.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=000135;p=4 (3608 words)

	The Tribune - Magazine section - Windows
		Bowling wizards of the past are enthralled by his swing and seam method.
		It was in Pakistan that Pathan, as a ‘junior,’ cut his teeth, to proclaim the arrival of a swing bowler of unrivalled potential.
		But it was at the under-15 national camp that Pathan’s cricket profile was to change for ever, as the coach in charge noticed the boy’s ability to bowl fast, and swing the ball too.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040501/windows/main1.htm (1919 words)

	Seam and Swing Bowling
		It is impossible to trace the precise discovery and development of swing.
		With underarm bowling it could not have been of any consequence and we may safely say that it played no part in cricket before the legalisation of overarm bowling in 1864.
		But possibly the thing which gave swing bowling its greatest impetus was the experimental change in 1946, which permitted a new ball after 55 overs (six ball).
	orca.rsmas.miami.edu /~majumdar/cricket/cricket1.html (841 words)

	Bartlett, Stockill, Elliott and Burnett (1996) The biomechanics of fast bowling in men's cricket: a review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Specifically, it relates to those elements of the bowling technique which contribute towards a fast ball release, the aerodynamics and technique of swing bowling, and the association between fast bowling and lower back injury.
		With regard to bowling technique, no firm conclusions are drawn on the relationships between elements of the fast bowling technique and ball release speed.
		Systematic research to establish the essential aspects of the bowling technique which contribute to successful swing bowling is recommended, along with studies of the behaviour of the ball in games to ascertain the effects of ball asymmetries on ball swing.
	www.getcited.org /pub/103366502 (266 words)

	Bowlers need to swing into action - Sport - www.theage.com.au
		The art of swing bowling, once considered a skill close to magic, is slowly dying in the first-class arena.
		The magician who can swing the ball is a valued asset in any team whether in the park on Saturday afternoon or in backyard Test matches with a half-taped-up tennis ball.
		Fleming, who was one of the finest exponents of swing in the past 20 years, now works with the youth of the country at the centre of excellence in Brisbane.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/02/05/1107476846477.html (890 words)

	analyst: Movement in the air
		What is certain is that a shiny cricket ball does swing – the amount depends on the conditions, the bowler and the ball itself.
		He bowls predominantly outswing to the right-hander (also known as away swing), this is when the ball veers to the left).
		The swing seems only to take effect in the second half of the ball's journey and, to the batsman's horror, it ducks in past his flailing bat and rearranges his furniture.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/analyst/bowling/ana_74.html (452 words)

	Cricket World Forums: swing bowling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The reason the ball swings is that the heavy side (the side which you work on with spit or sweat) goes through the air slower than the side that is dry.
		It will swing a lot, probably more than a cricket ball, but it is a good way to mess around and understand how a ball swings.
		The new ball swings towards the rough side because the air flow on that side is resisted by the uneven surface.
	www.cricketworld.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=243&PN=1 (1767 words)

	BowlingFans.com: Kegler's Connection: February 7, 2000
		He'll be there to talk about the accident that broke his toe, his incredible swing despite that injury that includes two television appearances and a high cash, and his new fan club.
		The slide ankle is the anchor to the floor, and the bowling shoulder not being a perfect pendulum creates a pivot base somewhere between the shoulder and the base of the neck.
		So depending on the style of bowling, the swing pivot varies but identifying one or the other is important to approach and swing balance.
	www.bowlingfans.com /kegler/kc02072000.shtml (2102 words)

	9. Bowling
		To pitch means to bowl the ball at a particular spot on the ground.
		A ball which swings opposite to which it is intended, is called a REVERSE swing.
		Cutters are balls bowled by pace bowlers that changes its direction at an angle after pitching (bouncing on the pitch).
	members.fortunecity.com /learncricket/eng/bowlingtype9.htm (684 words)

	The Science behind the art of Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The basic idea about reverse swing that a bowler has to understand is that the ball moves in the direction of the shiny side or the heavier side (wet side), the other side of the ball being considerably rough.
		Bowled out - this is when the bowler bowls the ball, and it hits the wickets without the batsman hitting it, or the ball comes off the bat of the batsman's body and hits the wickets.
		The ball is bowled spinning in an anti-clockwise direction so that it bounces sideways across the face of the batsman after hitting the ground.
	www.vigyanprasar.com /comcom/feature72.htm (6125 words)

	Stop whining and start playing!
		Bracks has rediscovered his natural away swing to the lefthanders, thanks to some hard work with Geoff Lawson and, significantly, the man who was destined for greatness before injury cut his career short -- Bruce Reid.
		Swing bowling around the world seems to be a dying art and anyone who can move it through the air will be a wicket-taker.
		The dearth of swing bowlers may be because of the pre-occupation with trying to hit the wicket hard, or bowl a yard short of good length all the time, or, quite possibly, as a result of the fad of bowling front-on, which can make it tough to gain movement.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2003/nov/11steve.htm (785 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Having been brought up in an era where average length of pace bowlers was at least a yard further up than now, swing bowling had become a lost art because of this.
		Khan and Nehra are now restoring this most dangerous of all methods of new ball bowlers and their late in-swing is catching right-handers unaware as they are perishing leg-before or bowled.
		By electing not to try and swing the ball away from right-handers the left-arm bowlers can virtually bowl the same line whether they are trying to swing the ball in, or just pushing it across the batsmen.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030316/asp/sports/story_1771603.asp (977 words)

	BowlingFans.com: Rick Benoit's Expert Bowling Tips - Bowler Evolution
		The sport of bowling is all about matching up to the environments and conditions you are competing in - scores are relative to those factors.
		When a bowler decides to make bowling their profession, they need to amplify all of their research and skill levels because the only way to make money at bowling is to beat the opposition.
		As the ball swings back, it will swing and when the chest and shoulder have reached their limit of flexibility the upper body begins to rotate as well, when that happens the swing plane is redirected and in trying to realign it many things including hand position and release are effected.
	www.bowlingfans.com /tips/rick7.shtml (3291 words)

	Human Kinetics
		Pulling the down swing to bring the ball back in time at the finish often leads to pulling the ball left of the target.
		Allowing the ball to swing naturally is one of the key adjustments to fixing late timing.
		Do not help the ball into the back swing in a subconscious attempt to rush the swing to stay in the comfort zone of early timing.
	www.humankinetics.com /products/showexcerpt.cfm?excerpt_id=3569 (868 words)

	The Magnus Effect
		When a ball is bowled, with a round arm action as rules insist, there will always be some backspin imparted to it.
		The two piece ball is in general found to have better swing properties than the four piece ball.
		The swing properties obviously deteriorate with age as the seam is worn and the surface scarred.
	www.geocities.com /k_achutarao/MAGNUS/magnus.html (2103 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Tough, but... - Wednesday \| June 11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As naturally gifted as they are, the young West Indies batsmen are not accustomed to swing bowling much more to swing bowling the quality of Vaas.
		In the first match, it was Vaas and his swing bowling experts who, on a kind pitch, cut down the top order and exposed the rest to Muralitharan.
		One loss, however, was due to some brilliant swing bowling, the other was despite some brilliant batting.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030611/sports/sports4.html (416 words)

	BOLA Bowling Machines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Whilst the advantages of using a BOLA are plain to see for the professional players who use them as part of their regular practice and training schedules, they are not necessarily the players who can benefit the most.
		It is where the standards of net bowling are less consistent and plentiful at School, Club and Junior level that the BOLA comes into it's own.
		Whether you want to bowl a ball like a banana to emphasise a point or just move the ball gently in or away, the BOLA will do it and keep doing it.
	www.bola.co.uk /cricket.html (2170 words)

	Nothing is straight in the wobbly theory of swing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I began asking questions with the firm conviction that swing is merely to do with one side of the ball being shiny and the other side matt.
		When I got to the man of the moment, Dominic Cork, who had bowled superb out-swing for a couple of days at Lord's, he was surprised by the theory that a building could influence his swing but he did think that there were cricket grounds where some conditions helped.
		A bowling action is precious; the best bowlers in the world are always fine-tuning.
	www.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1998/RSA_IN_ENG/ARTICLES/LEWIS_ON_SWING_21JUN1998.html (745 words)

	BowlingFans.com: The Right Approach Volume 2, Issue 17, The 69th Edition
		But on this fall swing, bowling fans will be treated to televised bowling not once or twice, but three times a week.
		The highlight of this swing for the seniors is the winner of The Village Senior Tournament of Champions receives a home in the retirement community.
		It's easier for the kids to relate that someone who's barely five feet tall can still bowl well as opposed to emulate a bowler that is already different from 99.9% of the bowling populace.
	www.bowlingfans.com /approach/69.shtml (816 words)

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