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| Nikky Brett |
Most bowling coaches teach beginners to play bowls using the grip that they themselves use and the vast preponderance of them use a claw or finger grip in which the thumb on top of the bowl secures it from falling out of their hand on the back-swing. Many palm bowlers as a consequence of their less firm grip use little or no back-swing and push their bowls down the rink. There is an alternative. You can see the delivery by watching any of the Youtube videos of Nicky Brett. Stop the action by freezing frames during his delivery. Push start then stop as quickly as possible to get a clear picture of his technique.
You will see that his thumb is not on top of the bowl
but rests on the side in the palm grip. In his back-swing he employs the Bryant
twist (his palm turns inward and the bowl is prevented from dropping by resting
on top of the thumb. The ‘Bryant twist’ also enables the back-swing to go
straight back.
Nicky Brett is one of, if not the best lawn bowler in the world. You couldn’t have a better example!
Nicky Brett is one of, if not the best lawn bowler in the world. You couldn’t have a better example!
Really lucky that he's local to me. Plays for Warboys White Hart in summer and Huntingdon Indoor in winter. I've watched him play at our club here at St Ives and can confirm his delivery is text-book smooth. Hoping I'll play against him some time!
ReplyDeleteWatching Brett's delivery on video is even more instructive. In real life you can't stop the action every half second and examine arm, leg, hand etc.
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