Pick the Length like Vivian Richards: A Superior Visualisation Process

By Nikhil Jain and Ankur Jain

Pick the length like Viv Richards: Perhaps the most brutal and powerful batsman ever to play the game, Viv had the capacity to demolish any bowling attack in the world on any surface. But why? Because he was a master at picking the length early, that’s why! In this book we go into minute detail about how to pick length and how to pick length to the level and standard that Viv the master would have
himself picked it. The book is relatively technical but can be easily be followed on by the child say 10 years and up and is something which can even benefit the accomplished international level cricketer also. Cricket is a game of length and picking the length is what decides between the greats and the average batsmen. If you can pick the length early then suddenly you put yourself in the box seat and can start to bully the bowling – just like Viv used to. In this book we teach you the full science you must know understand before you can start picking the length like the master Viv. Things such ideas from Euclidean physics and Snell’s law are key principles which are discussed within the book and will have you picking the length like Viv almost overnight, guaranteed!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
• Release date: Mar 11, 2024

Book preview

Chapter One

How do we determine the length and what is a good length and what is not?

They say cricket is a game of length and they don’t say that for no reason! They say the batsman must pick up the length early in order to be great and they don’t say that for no reason! They say bowlers must consistently pitch on a good length to trouble good batsman and they don’t say that for no reason!

It may seem quite simple on the face of it, judging the length that is, but unfortunately it is NOT! There is more to picking the length than just seeing where on the pitch the ball lands! The batsman must know where the ball is coming from, where on the pitch it is anticipated to land, how high it will rise by the time it comes closer to your bat and body, and to some extent, but not necessarily, the speed and time by which the ball reaches you and your bat or body. You might be saying well this is too difficult and cumbersome and such a tedious task to perform and how am I going to pick the length like Viv Richards, but do NOT worry – it is