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Healthy, tasty (and slightly badass) foods for cricket tea

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Despite reports to the contrary, it's quite possible to enjoy your club cricket tea, remain healthy and keep your performance levels up.

The mid-game meal is extremely important to cricket because, as Lucozade are keen to tell everyone, the right (or wrong) fuel can have a noticeable effect on your game.

Why you need self belief to succeed in cricket

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Today's guest post is by Liz Ward

What do you do batting in a situation like this?

Your team is 9 wickets down needing 43 runs to win. There are 9 overs left. How do you feel? Do you believe you can do it? Is it realistic? Although certainly not a walk over, it is not beyond the realms of possibility.

How to catch with soft hands


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Have you ever found yourself standing on the boundary waiting to see if the batsman's huge hit will clear you or land right on your head?

It's perhaps not the best time to start wondering how to catch the ball like you see the professionals do on the TV. When you watch a good slip catch or deep catch on Sky Sports it looks simple and relaxed.

Special report: How 3 day club cricket is thriving

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Today's post is a special report from Arvind Joshi, organiser of 3 and 4 day club cricket matches for Clintus CC in India.

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We recently played two thrillers which brought to the fore the immense content and thrill of the longer version of the game and reinforced my belief that this is the real learning ground for youngsters .Both games were 3 days with no limit to overs.

The isolation myth: Why your forearms don’t need training for cricket

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There is a popular toy that has been doing the rounds with club cricketers called Powerball. It claims to:

"dramatically increase the players ability to hit a ball further, straighter and with more authority as a direct result of this additional power in the upper body."


If you only buy one cricket fitness book this year, buy this one

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The Men's Health Book of Power Training may not seem to be the first choice for cricketers wanting to improve their cricket fitness. Delving under the cover reveals otherwise.

When I picked up the book from Amazon on recommendation I was worried. The book's cover made claims most cricketers would be put off by:

April in England: The best and worst time of the cricket season

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April in the UK means 2 great things and 1 frustrating thing for club cricketers.

Anticipation

Even when it snows (like it has been this season), spring is well on the way. You can feel the anticipation. Players are talking about getting outside for practice "as soon as we have some nice weather" and kit is being bought or dusted off in anticipation of the first game.

Beginners Skipping Exercises (Part 2)

 

Follow on from the last video.