Every cricketer who has nervously bitten his nails waiting for a turn to bat knows how important the mind is to playing well. Yet we spend little time working on this aspect of our game.

Mental training has a stigma around it. There's a web of myths that stop players working on their mental game. The truth is a mentally tough player can outperform a mentally weak one every time and toughness is a trait that can be trained.

So what are the myths and realities around mental training?

Free sample from PitchVision Academy

At the online coaching site PitchVision Academy, we have developed a course called "How to Use Mental Training to Boost Your Game". The course provides everything you need to teach yourself how to gain confidence and concentration with presentations, worksheets, audio files and an exclusive forum for posting your questions.

To help you learn more about whether the course is for you we are giving away Chapter 1. The chapter is an introduction to mental training that debunks the myths and gives you the realities.

The introduction is an online presentation. You can click here to view it now.

You can also download the presentation as an mp3 to listen to on the move. If you like to read rather than watch or listen the presentation can be downloaded as an eBook.

If you like what you see or hear and want the rest of the course you can buy it here.

If you view or listen to the presentation, we would like to know what you think. In particular we want to know:

• Do you prefer the presentation, pdf or audio format?
• Would you like to see more content like this or do you like the written articles more?
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