Footwork & Guard
Another telling factor was the decisiveness of Bradman’s footwork. Bill O’Reilly noted that after experiencing turf wickets, Bradman significantly developed his back-foot play, which improved his defence and run scoring opportunities behind the wicket. Many photographs graphically demonstrate his ability to “use the crease” by either coming metres down the wicket to drive, or playing so far back that his feet ended up level with the stumps when playing the cut, hook or pull.
Bradman took a "two leg" guard at the crease, that is he aligned his bat along an imaginary line directly between the middle and the leg stumps. Bradman found with this guard it was "easier to be sure that a ball travelling towards your pads is outside the leg stump".
Read more about this topic: Donald Bradman's Batting Technique
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