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Do you want to grow your cricket? Then PitchVision is the home of online coaching and self-improvement in the game. Bring your "growth mindset" to better technique, better tactics, more skill and a winning team. All these things are possible if you play the game to improve rather than prove.

Read, watch, listen, work, improve. That's the PitchVision way.

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Work With Your Wicketkeeper to Take More Wickets

Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Project. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here

As a spinner you have have the great advantage of taking wickets with stumpings. Shane Warne took 152 wickets with stumpings alone!

To make it work you need to have a good bond with your keeper.

Cricket Show 203: Competition Winner

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This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Darrell. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

The winning question was:

"What are the best pre game warm ups that to motivate the players?"

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

To enter your own question for the chance to win your choice of online coaching course send your questions in here [E].

Dhawan Demonstrates How to Reverse Sweep Effectively

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Of the many exciting things about Shikhar Dhawan's debut Test century against Australia, his reverse sweeping was a fascinating study of modern batting.

What can we learn from the Delhi Daredevil?

On the surface, it appears arrogant to reverse sweep in a Test. Coaches will tell you that cricket is supposed to be played with a straight bat. Youngsters playing it in nets are told to play "properly".

Cricket Show S4 Episode 10: Coaching Videos, Meetings and Motivation

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Mark Garaway, David Hinchliffe and Burners talk real-life meeting tips and facebook cricket videos this week as we announce the PV/VIDEO of the day over on the PitchVision Academy facebook page. Give it a like, if you like.

Quick Tip: Heavy Ball Bowling

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It's a special guest quick tip this time as fast bowling performance coach Steffan Jones answers this question,

"I have heard the discussion regarding the use of weighted balls to increase arm strength/speed, many coaches suggest weighted balls can upset timing and rhythm of action, and should never be used close and or during the season. Do you suggest weighted balls be only used during off season?" [E]

The Run Out Technique that Blasts Through Batting Orders

England's Paul Collingwood was a master at this throw, changing games in a matter of seconds with a direct hit.

It's called the Attacking Side technique. It works when the ball gets dropped into the cover point fielders attacking side (throwing side) and the fielder runs onto the slow moving ball at pace to throw the stumps down at the keepers end.

How to Practice Like a Finisher

Every batsman should have the skills of a finisher and be ready to chase a total down from any position in the batting order.

And who was better than that role than Australian International Michael Bevan?

In this exclusive video excerpt from Finisher - the streaming online batting coaching course - Bevan talks about practicing your finishing skills in nets.

Click here to view the video and interactive guide.

Cricket Show 202: Competition Winner

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This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Gurpreet. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

The winning question was:

"I am 16 year right handed middle order batsman. I have a problem with my backlift. My backlift is too high. I cannot bring my bat down on yorkers and I get out. Plz give me some tips to avoid this error in my batting."

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

To enter your own question for the chance to win your choice of online coaching course send your questions in here.

How to Run a Cricket Club: Facilities

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This is part of the How to Run a Cricket Club series on PitchVision Academy

From new pavilions to preparing the pitch, facility management is a huge and highly specific topic for clubs. Maybe you are looking to build an entirely new ground, perhaps your ambition is to have better wickets on which to play, or maybe you are somewhere between extremes.

This article is designed to help you consider the basics of,

  • day-to-day facilities
  • new projects

Cricket Show: S4 Episode 9

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Mark Garaway, David Hinchliffe and Burners discuss playing and coaching cricket as well as answering your questions in the world's best cricket coaching podcast.

This week on the show we talk about the role of University cricket, how to choose a cricket bat (Burners reveals the great cricket bat con) and the problem of too high a backlift.