Wrist Action
The wrist plays a vital role in bowling, whether pace or spin. Pace bowlers should aim to run in with their wrist cocked upwards so when they release the ball the wrist snaps down and imparts revolutions on the ball. These revolutions allow the bowl to swing and seam off the pitch. A drill to improve seam presentation and wrist position at release is to hold your bowling elbow then flick the ball down the seam using only your wrist. Eventually your wrist will learn to rip behind the bowl and you will gain pace and swing. Leg-spin bowlers need to cock their wrist in the opposite direction so if you held your arm out in front of you and cocked your wrist back, the ball would be facing you. When the leg-break is released, rotate your wrist and fingers anti-clockwise so the ball spins away from the batsman. To become a master of leg-spin, you should always be holding a ball in your hand and rolling your wrist and fingers over it from right to left. This programs your wrist and fingers into that motion so that the action repeats itself when bowling.