Do cricket practice facilities prevent the development of leg spinners?

I have been thinking about this over the last few months. Just to prove that old farts are not incapable of change, at the age of 61 I have decided to try my hand at leg spinning.

Now, not being as flexible as some, I have been forced to develop a sort of finger spinning, rather than wrist spinning, leg break. That is, I cant contort my shoulders like the marvellous Warnie did. Any attempt to do so results in a complete loss of control.

However, with my more limited delviery, I have been able to strike a reasonable degree of accuracy, and on some occasions, a lot of spin. I am not concerned about the amount of spin. Small deviations are more likely to be the wicket takers.

The thing that is really irritating me is not being able to achieve a lot of flight. Rarely can I pull the batsmen forward via a well tossed up ball. They predominately play me off the back foot.  Whenever I try to produce a well flighted delivery, it hits the net roof. So it is just me, or is it a common problem? Is there a case for saying the design of our cricket practice facilities is inhibiting the emergence of the next round of Warnies?

Tags: Developing cricketers, Over Sixties Cricket