Watch: LSG’s Jonty Rhodes point out ‘throwing errors’ of spinners like K Gowtham during a correctional training stint

Ahead of their clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Friday, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fielding coach Jhonty Rhodes shared a few tips for the spinners in the team to enhance their fielding.
In a video shared on LSG’s Youtube channel, Rhodes can be seen giving advice to spinner Krishnappa Gowtham and helping him with his fielding technique..
During their training session, Rhodes pointed out the makes spinners in India usually make when throwing a ball during fielding.

The coach said that because the fielding time is only about 10 minutes and the bowling time is around 1-2 hours, spinners get accustomed to throwing balls in the same manner as they do when bowling.
“Because he’s a spin bowler and often the situation in India many of the batters, the all-rounders are spin bowlers as well, and when you bowl spin, you take a short step to pivot so when you throw because when we do fielding, it’s only for about 10 minutes, but we bowl for like an hour or two so his body thinks he’s still bowling so then he takes a short step, and he throws thinking that he’s bowling,” he said.

He further explained how bowlers can adopt a better tactic to avoid injuries and added, “So we are trying to make sure he’s making a big stride, and he’s using all of his power; otherwise, he has to force just his upper body, and we don’t get injuries.”