Classification of Movement Skills.

The amount of muscular involvement needed to play this shot is fairly small, it isn't used to hit the ball a long distance but to block the ball, therefore is a fairly still shot.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE

CLOSED OPEN

The environmental influences do affect this shot quite a lot. Depending on the pitch and the weather conditions can change the speed of the shot, the amount of movement or even whether u even play that particular shot. For example if the pitch is hard it will bounce more and come quickly off the surface.

PACING

SELF EXTERNAL

The playing of this shot depends completely on how fast the ball is bowled. You have to play the shot depending on the pace of the ball to hit it and therefore defend it properly or even hit the ball at all.

DIFFICULTY

SIMPLE COMPLEX

The forward defensive is one of the easier shots to perform in the game. It is a basic idea, but needs to be played properly to be effective and any use to the player. This shot is one that is always taught to the player first and is thought to be one of the main shots in cricket.

ORGANISATION

LOW HIGH

It takes a certain amount of organisation to perform this shot, but as it is fairly simple to perform it can be adapted to any situation and made into and easy practice technique.