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PitchVision: Improve Your Cricket

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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How to spin out a batsman set on defence

Picture the scene; you are playing in a English declaration game. The weather is set fair and after batting first you have enjoyed an excellent tea.

The opposition start well, but lose a flurry of quick wickets. With 6 over to go 22 runs are needed but numbers 10 and 11 are at the wicket.

So they shut up shop, batting out to save the draw.

The 5 immutable Laws of bowling success

Some say bowling is a 'god given' skill. Those rare few with the talent for it are the only ones who can succeed.

Those people are wrong.

Bowling ability isn't bestowed by a higher power at birth. It's the result of 5 simple things, all within the reach of anyone wanting to be successful with the ball.

Cricket Show 82: Adrian Shaw

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Former Glamorgan player and coach Adrian Shaw joins us on the show this week.

Adrian is the latest coach to join the esteemed PitchVision Academy panel and has developed a course called "The Game Plan: How to Build A Winning Cricket Team".

How to stop choking

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It was the 25th September 2004. The English summer had passed on and autumn was in the air. But an ICC Champions Trophy final still needed to be played.

It was to be the scene of one of the greatest chokes in cricket history.

The West Indies had got off to a poor start chasing England's 217. After 17 overs they were 72-4 and wickets tumbled further until a hapless 147-8 put England firmly in the driving seat, moments from victory.

Is your ego holding you back?

PitchVision elite coach Gary Palmer has coached a lot of players at different stages of their career and he has noticed how ego can get in a player's way.

In this exclusive video, Gary tells us why it's important to drop the ego if you want to be the best player you can be.

Can you benefit from an intense cricket training camp?

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PitchVision elite coach Ian Pont has announced the MCI International Cricket Camp in South Africa in December 2010 for talented players. It's the first time the camp has been open to non-professionals.

In this interview, Ian gives us the lowdown on why intense camps are so beneficial.

Cricket Show 81: Talking technique

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We get all technical this week as Sam Lavery of Pro Coach Cricket Academy joins Kevin and David to go over some bowling and batting questions.

We also learn about David's latest game and the tribulations of captaining a side who can't get runs in the top 6.

How deliberate is your bowling practice?

Recently I arrived early for a net session and a young left arm seamer was there alone bowling at the stumps.

I watched him for a few minutes and his length seemed to vary quite a bit. As I knew him quite well I wandered up and asked him where he was aiming to pitch the ball.

3 Ways to open the door of opportunity

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What do you do if you are not getting the chance you deserve in your cricket team?

It's a problem that happens every week in club, school and university teams. A few talented (or well established) players hog everything, leaving others to fight for scraps.

I'm sure you have seen or experienced a situation like this:

Win a personalised cricket coaching eBook from PitchVision Academy

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UPDATE: The competition is now closed. Please do not enter.

As I'm sure you agree, it's about time we ran another giveaway.

You see, we have come up with an idea for a new service to add to the PitchVision Academy on-line courses section, but before we start charging we want people to try it out for nothing.