Batting Technique Quotes

I just try to make contact with the ball. It's obvious that I like to swing the bat. I'm not thinking of taking a lot of pitches.

Each bowler has his own pride when bowling in the nets but it's vital that you get ball on bat and then you are ready to use the opportunity when you are out in the middle.

I have my own batting style and don't want to be compared with Kohli.

If you're free of mechanical thoughts and free of knowing that your body and bat are going to be in the right position at the right time, you can freely focus on the ball. It's a great feeling.

The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it.

The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.

The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret.

I usually tried to stay in the net for 45 minutes, half an hour longer than most batsmen would stick at the county nets. There was a reason for this so-called gluttony of practice: it was a conscious effort to make myself concentrate for long periods of time in circumstances as close to the real thing as I could make them.

In Twenty20 it's not always about straight drives and high elbows. It's amazing how far you can hit the ball. I've always been able to hit the ball far but not consistently like I have in practice over here. I'm enjoying it so much.

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.

The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.

If I have a son and he decides to play cricket, I will want him to bat like Sachin Tendulkar.

The offseason after the 2014 season, I worked with hitting coach Damon Mashore. I always had power in batting practice but couldn't take it into a game consistently. We made a little adjustment with my hands, lowered them a bit to get a consistent path to the ball, a natural uppercut to elevate the ball and backspin some balls.

I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

In cricket, you should keep your wrist as straight as possible, unlike golf.

I couldn't throw, run, hit, or hit for power.

Sachin Tendulkar is the hardest batsman I've ever had to bowl to because he judges the length a lot quicker than anyone else.

Batsmen like Gary Kirsten, Boeta Dippenaar and Neil McKenzie have good techniques and can bat for long periods.

It's very important in international cricket to be able to hold a bat, not just hold up an end, but have the ability to score runs.

I've always felt that when I've been successful in red-ball cricket it has been because I've left the ball well and sometimes in cricket the shots you don't play are more important than the ones you do.

If I can bat against someone who is bowling 145 kph on a challenging wicket - that confidence is really important.

You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.