So what exactly should I be doing with my feet?

[gh2k]

Playing on PC with an xbox controller. I'm struggling with foot placement.

So, I played a couple of games on the default difficulty (amateur?) and wiped the floor with the opposition. On pro, I can win a 5-over match, but I'm 8-9 wickets down by the end and in T10 I'm constantly getting bowled out well before the end of the match.

I've been playing on the tutorial (practice on a ground, not in the nets) because it tells you how good it thinks your foot placement is. It's really easy to hit the ball in this mode, but the nets don't have a stat for foot placement.

On anything other than a short ball down the leg side (LS down and left, for RHB) I have 'poor' or 'very poor' reported for my footwork. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I've been trying to get forward to a full ball, backwards to a short ball, and moving the LS towards where the ball is going.

i,e. yellow 'C', up-left. green reverse 'C', directly right. green 'o', leave stick where it is. (assuming RHB)

My timing is always coming up as 'perfect', so it's nothing to do with that. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Ren]

Maybe it's when you're pushing the left stick rather than where you're pushing it; from what you're saying it sounds like you've got the direction sorted.

What I do is move the left stick a fraction of a second before the right, so it's like setting your foot before bringing the bat through. 2 movements rather than 1.

Try on pro or above in the match practice and see how you go.[DOUBLEPOST=1409229435][/DOUBLEPOST]

i,e. yellow 'C', up-left. green reverse 'C', directly right. green 'o', leave stick where it is. (assuming RHB)

Green circle, play on the front foot! Straight up on the left stick

 

[cricket_online]

I think you answered your question. It seems you have 'poor' or 'very poor' footwork leading to dismissals. Practice more with different footwork placement and see when you get 'good' or 'perfect' footwork feedback. I'm afraid practice is the only way to get better at batting.

 

[barmyarmy]

I play everything off the front foot. Set my footwork as the bowler runs in and then just worry about where the ball is going!

 

[Acid Burn]

Think Barmy need a few Bumpers in the grill to let him change his feetwork.

If only I could ever manage to get the bugger cornered online , but it seems he shuns this facet of the game.

 

[gh2k]

I think you answered your question. It seems you have 'poor' or 'very poor' footwork leading to dismissals. Practice more with different footwork placement and see when you get 'good' or 'perfect' footwork feedback. I'm afraid practice is the only way to get better at batting.

Gotcha. The thing is, there's no point practising bad footwork. I'm aware my footwork is bad, but my question was where /should/ I be putting my feet? It's clear that most of the time it's OK, but for for good length middle stump I need to get forward.

Is that true for all good length stuff? Sounds like it... ?

 

[Biggs]

Think Barmy need a few Bumpers in the grill to let him change his feetwork.

In defense of the "always on the front foot" strategy, you can still play most deliveries off the front foot, it's only the really short balls that you have to be lightening quick to judge to be able to late cut them over slips. I've only managed to do it a couple of times, I usually just leave anything really short or defend it.

but it seems he shuns this facet of the game.

...I've attempted a match with Barmy a while ago, but the connection was really bad. I blame @blockerdave.

 

[Ren]

I'm aware my footwork is bad, but my question was where /should/ I be putting my feet? It's clear that most of the time it's OK, but for for good length middle stump I need to get forward.

Is that true for all good length stuff? Sounds like it... ?

Yellow = full length. Get forward.
Green = good length. Get forward.
Red = short. Get back.

If the ball marker is green, get forward. If you can't pick the line just press left stick straight up. Line and swing determines whether you go forward + left or forward + right but the line is more important than whether it's swinging. For a RH batsman when you see a ball starting outside leg and the marker is ) there's still no point putting your feet outside off as it'll swing onto middle. Hope that makes sense.

For short balls you have a lot more time, most of my boundaries come off bouncers.

And remember it's ok to suck when you're learning

 

[barmyarmy]

Think Barmy need a few Bumpers in the grill to let him change his feetwork.

If only I could ever manage to get the bugger cornered online , but it seems he shuns this facet of the game.

Weekends are best tbh. Just PM me to arrange a game if you want.
As Biggs says you can play short balls off the front foot just fine. It's more dangerous trying to play full balls off the back foot!

 

[SpitfiresKent]

@zombieian would be all over this thread.