Six hitting is physics. Here's how to train it
What do Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi have in common? A six needs exit speed and launch angle. Find the middle, then build bat speed in the right order: coil, straighten the front arm, release the wrists last.
Key points
- Rohit Sharma has over 650 international sixes; Abhishek Sharma hit 108 T20 sixes in a year.
- Around 35 degrees of launch clears the rope; too flat drops short, too high gets caught.
- The sweet spot sits about 17.5 cm from the toe of the bat: timing first, power second.
- Swing order: hips open first while the shoulders stay back, the front arm straightens, wrists go last.
Read the transcript
Do you want to become a six-hitter like Rohit Sharma, Abhishek Sharma or Vaibhav Sooryavanshi? What makes a six-hitting machine? It's physics, and you can train it. Rohit Sharma: over 650 international sixes.
Yuvraj Singh: six sixes in one over, off that high backlift. Abhishek Sharma: 108 T20 sixes in a year. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: the IPL sixes record at 15. Four styles, one recipe.
A six needs two numbers. Too flat, it drops short. Too high, it's caught. At 35 degrees, it clears the rope: exit speed and launch angle.
Step one: find the middle. The sweet spot is 17.5 cm from the toe. Timing first, power second. Step two: build bat speed.
Move one: coil. Hips open first while the shoulders stay back. Move two: straighten the front arm on the way down. Move three: wrists go last; release them at the ball.
All of it, in that order. Take it to the nets. Chalk the bat. Find your middle.
Coil before you swing. Hips first, hands last. Hit up, not flat. Don't swing harder; swing in order.
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