This is a practical batting drill reference. For each flag CricMotion commonly surfaces in batting analyses, you'll find the specific drill, coaching cue, duration, and how to know it's working.
How to use this library
Find your root cause phase (almost always Downswing). Find your specific flag. Run that drill for 5 minutes before any live batting. Address downstream flags only after the root cause is stable.
Downswing drills — the root cause phase
Front-foot stride too short (target 35–55% of height)
The single most common batting flag. A stride of 16% when 35–55% is required limits both power and ball-tracking.
- Drill 1: Stride marker. Place a marker on the pitch at 40% of your height in front of your back foot. Every stroke should land your front foot at or past the marker. 5 minutes, 30 reps with throwdowns.
- Drill 2: Tee stride drill. Set a batting tee to force the correct stride. If you don't stride correctly, you can't make contact.
- Cue word: "Long stride, soft knee." The two cues go together.
Front-knee flex at impact (target 130–155°)
- Drill: Resistance band flex. Loop a light resistance band behind the front knee. Play forward defensive shots — the band encourages the knee to flex through impact. 5 minutes, 20 reps.
- Cue word: "Flex through" — not "land and hold."
Head outside front knee at impact (target −6 to +6cm)
- Drill: Plumb-line shadow batting. Hang a plumb-line from directly above your front foot landing position. In shadow batting, your head should be inside the plumb-line at imagined impact. Film from behind.
- Cue word: "Head over the ball."
"Three batting drills change the most scores: stride marker, resistance band knee flex, plumb-line head position. They target the three parameters that explain most downswing problems. Two weeks of consistent drilling typically moves a 20/100 downswing to 55–65. — Arjun Sir"
Stance drills
Stance width too wide (target 25–40% of height)
- Drill: Width marker stance. Place tape at the correct width (33% of height). Set up with feet on markers. Face 10 minutes of throwdowns in this stance.
No trigger step (target 5–15cm)
- Drill: Trigger-step shadow facing. Face throwdowns with an exaggerated trigger step — 10cm back then forward. 5 minutes. It will settle to 5–10cm naturally with time.
- Cue word: "Back and then forward." Two beats before the shot.
Backswing drills
Backlift height insufficient (target 95–115% of height)
- Drill: High-to-low shadow swing. In front of a mirror, shadow bat with an exaggerated backlift — bat reaches shoulder height or above. Hold at the top for 1 second before completing the swing. 5 minutes.
- Cue word: "Bat to the sky."
Follow-through drills
Important: If your follow-through flags are marked DOWNSTREAM, do not drill them directly. Fix the downswing first. Follow-through will improve as a consequence.