No longer stumped: secrets of the skilled batsman
Though the discovery might have come too late to help Australia win this week’s Second Test match, a team of scientists from Down Under has revealed what techniques give skilled batsmen an edge over their less able teammates – and opponents. Hitting a cricket ball: what components of the interceptive action are most linked to expertise?http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14763141.2011.629303 Using two groups of adult male cricketers (one drawn from national and state sides and the other from local competitions), a ball-projecting machine, bats of different widths and some