MS Dhoni recently lamented the lack of fast bowlers in India,

"We're going through a stage when we don't have the same firepower when it comes to the bowling department."

That has to hurt if you are an Indian fast bowler.

But it's true at club and school level too, it's not just an issue at the top.

A quick search of PitchVision Interactive's fastest bowler list reveals Indian bowlers languish in last place with an average speed of over 15kph less than the top side.

So what can a young Indian cricketer or his coach do to improve his speed and give Dhoni the firepower he desperately wants?

Do the right thing at nets

When it comes to pace, it's not always the case that bowling more will help you. This is because lots of bowling reinforces poor technique rather than improving bad technique.

You can spend hours in the nets bowling and make no improvements because you are not learning from your technical errors, you are just tiring yourself out (and increasing your injury risk).

So when you go the nets, spend time working on the key technical points of pace. That means drills without a run up, batsman or even a ball until you get the feel right of transferring energy into the ball for maximum speed.

Develop brutal strength and conditioning

Lots of nets also cause imbalances and weaknesses in the body.

Of course you need to bowl to get stamina for bowling, but you need to have a base of strength, mobility endurance and power to make sure you stay injury-free.

Sadly, most fitness plans are rooted in a philosphy outside of cricket, for example bodybuilding.

Your fitness training should be based on methods that allow you to be strong and bowl fast rather than just have good biceps for a show.

One super-simple way to navigate this is to use a plan that has been proven to work with other fast bowlers.

Steff Jones has developed a brand-new exclusive programme that delivers results for fast bowlers of all ages. The chances are you will have not seen anything like it in terms of your results. You will, simply, be way ahead of your slow peers. Steff calls it "brutal strength within your own bodyweight" and it works.

The evidence shows that Indian fast bowlers need to speed up.

You have your chance to make a name for yourself by using a proven plan that many in India just don't know about.

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