Want to hit the ball further? Sure. And there are plenty of cyber coaches out there to help you.
A common piece of advice given to get that extra distance is to ‘transfer your weight to your left foot as you hit the ball’.
Now all this makes good sense. Transferring your weight on the downswing has the effect of speeding up hip and shoulder rotation.
But is this really good advice?
Want to return serve like Roger Federer? Is this even possible? Or has Federer just got a natural talent.
If it’s natural talent, you’re probably out of luck if you didn’t receive a good share of return-of-serve genes.
But is it really your genes or is it something else that’s holding you back from being the champion you deserve to be?
Don Bradman advised young cricketers to ‘keep their eye on the ball.’ And a long line of cricketing giants such as Geoff Boycott, Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer have also said it.
But there’s a problem.
The Don couldn’t do it. And neither could Boycott, Hayden and Langer.