Cricket and Breathing

[jabbar]

Over the years watching many great cricketers, I have noticed something common with successful cricketers and the way they breath.

In particular bowlers seem to show a pattern of holding their breath at the point of delivery. Glen McGrath did it, Peter Siddle does it - and many others as well:





Compare this to Shahadat Hossain, who indicates his breathing pattern with his loud grunts:



I think it is fair to say that Shahadat has some room for improvement. Would this be one of the things Stuart Law and his bowling coach are discussing with him?

Thoughts?

[BANFAN]

Having a control of Breathing at the point of delivery, is definitely related to better accuracy...but then it's so elementary ... If he hasn't learnt it in early days, it's hard to teach him now...