Avoid This Unforced Cricket Tactical Error to Give Your Team a Better Chance of Success
Cricket - even limited overs - is a game that can be won and lost with tactics. Here's an example.
How to Bat During a Horrifying Innings Collapse
I know you don't like to think about it - nobody does - but there will be times where your innings has collapsed and you are at the crease. If you have the right approach, you can see this as your moment to shine.
Picture the scene in your mind: The let's say the score is 140-7 in 40 overs.
There are 10 to go and you are batting first. You know a winning score on this ground is close to 230. Numbers nine, 10 and 11 are all tail-enders who can hang about but are not going to score a match winning innings.
You have two options.
Remove the Queue from High Catching Drills
One of the most frustrating things in coaching is a line of cricketers standing in a queue waiting for their turn.
While watching other people play sport from the close vantage point of a queue can be fun, getting involved is much more productive and it also seems like a pretty good way to improve.
While a few areas of cricket have developed in this regard, one area that continues to see the queues build up is fielding practice. Not necessarily ground fielding, as there a lots of different fielding circuits that recycle the ball and can work without a coach at times.
Cricket Show S8 Episode 17: Torpedo Thompson
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Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe talk about batting, bowling and fielding. The team answer questions about red hot drives, bat speed and nets without nets.
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How the Jackson 5 Can Change Batting
Remember Josh, the little fella from last week who was working on hitting the ball harder with more control using a shallow rather than steep batswing?
How to Stop Being Just a Good Net Batsman and Start Being a Good Actual Batsman
Every team has a net player: The one with all the shots in practice and zero confidence in games. Can you prevent this?
How to Keep Rolling After a Big Cricket Win
On Saturday the team I coach won their game by 307 runs. Where do we go from here?