Backlift

Backlift

Backlift is the term used in cricket, describing how a batsman lifts his bat in preparation for hitting the ball [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/skills/4173682.stm BBC SPORT | Cricket | Skills | Backlift and step ] ] .

While the bat should be raised as vertically as possible, coaching manuals often suggest that correct technique is for the bat to be slightly angled from the perpendicular; a common instruction is to point the face of the bat in the direction of first or second slip .

Some players (notably, in recent times, Brian Lara) [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/04/15/scwind15.xml West Indies set to axe Lara - Telegraph ] ] have employed an exaggerated backlift. Others, who have employed the more unorthodox open stance, such as Peter Willey, had a more abbreviated backlift.

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