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Four Simple Ways to Take Fielding to the Next Level

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A few years ago, only the best fielders would be diving, throwing down stumps and catching everything. Now anyone who can't do it is seen as a passenger.

So, that means your training needs to go up a level too.

It's not enough to do a few catches before nets anymore. You have to recreate and repeat match intensity skills. Here are four simple ways you can put into action right away.

Coach of the Year: Geoff Tonya

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Geoffrey Toyana was the Cricket South Africa PitchVision Coach of the Year.

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Name: Geoffrey Toyana

Age: 41

Role: Head Coach, Highveld Lions

Playing Career: 84 first class matches, 3037 runs @ 24.49, 71 List A matches, 872 runs @18.95

Coaching Career: Easterns (2007-10), Emerging South Africa (2009), South Africa Under 19 (2012), Highveld Lions (2011-date)

PitchVision Academy caught up with the winner to ask him more about how he did it.

Cricket Show S6 Episode 24: Attacking Club Cricket

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With a transformation in one day batting adopted by professional teams, Mark Garaway, David Hinchliffe and Sam Lavery discuss how much your club or school team can follow. Do better pitches really make such a huge difference to scores? Get some tips in the show.

Plus, there is advice on how to take more wickets when you are having a lean season with the ball, and ways to play off the back foot when you fear getting out lbw.

Download the show and get involved.

How to Use Hypnosis to Become Swashbuckling Madmen in Limited Overs Cricket

I saw a tweet this morning relating to the 4th ODI between England and NZ in the unbelievable ODI series.

PV/VIDEO Weekly Highlights: Fire From the Young 'Un

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Welcome to the PV/VIDEO Digest, your highlights summary of the weeks best videos from PitchVision Interactive

You can share these videos by email or onto facebook, and post your comments right here: From serious analysis to Friday fun. Here are the top videos uploaded from PitchVision systems around the world this week.

PitchVision Coach of the Year Award: At the Heart of World-Class Cricket

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PitchVision and Cricket South Africa have teamed up to find the best coaches in the country, and give them the recognition they deserve.

Quick Tip: Take Control of Practice

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If you want your practice to go your way, you have to take responsibility.

One thing I often see at nets is the default having a hit: One person batting for 10 minutes with no purpose, and a range of bowlers. A good coach will do all she can to prevent this from happening but in a group setting it doesn't always work as planned.

So, you need to take a moment before, during and after the session.

 

Better Batting Goes Beyond Technique

Coach and Minor Counties Cricketer, Chris Watling, shares his experiences with another article on using your mind to get you out of bad form and back to run scoring.

When you're in a bit of bad form it's easy to be negative.

I'm sure you know the feeling of being stunted by in your mindset as you approach your next innings: You start to analyse how you’re getting out. You think about your technique. You want to correct those errors.

Stop the mistakes. Stop getting out.

This approach is hurting your game.

How to Practice Using Your Feet to Spin

Iain Brunnschweiler, top coach, has a great tip for those wanted to get better against playing spin.

If you want to be effective against spinners, it's really important that you are confident enough to use your feet and get down the wicket. Most spin bowlers know if they are bowling at a player who is confident in their footwork and decision-making, their margin for error becomes very small indeed.