Bowling Action varies one individual to other, some prefer bowling side on and some prefer bowling front on. Each action has it's own advantage and disadvantage. Alignment of the backfoot landing, front hip and the front shoulder will usually detemine the bowling action type.

There are basically three types of Bowling action exist like:

1. Side on Action.


2. Front on Action.


3. Semi Side on Or Mixed Action.

Side on Bowling Action.

Most of the bowlers in the modern day cricket have side-on Action and the coaches also incourage the bowler to bowl with side on action. Side on action hepls the bowler to swing the ball away from the righ hand batsmen.

Check list of a side-on action are:

• Backfoot should be parallel to the popping crease and the front foot should facing the batsmen or the fine leg region at the delivery stride.


• Non-bowling shoulder and the hips should be facing the batsmen and the bowler generally watches the target over his non bowing shoulder.


• Some of the bowlers to have the Side-on action are James Andreson.

Front-on Action or Chest-on Action.

Front-on action is opposite to side-on action. Front-on action helps the bowler to swing the ball in to the right hand batsmen.

Check list of the front-on action are:
• Backfoot and the front foot is usually facing the batsmen during the delivery stride.


• Open the chest so that the shoulder and the hips are parallel to the batsmen.


• The modern day bowlers who have front-on action are Andrew Flintoff, Makaya Ntini, Steve Harmison etc.

Semiside-on Action or Mixed Action.

Mixed action is usually the combination of both the side-on and the front-on action. Mixed action should be properly looked or else the bowler may end up getting injured.

Remember:
Hips and the shoulder should be always in the same line and if it is not in a same line then it means that the bowler is twisting his back which can result in the serious back injury.