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Cricket Show 62: Senyo Nyakutse co-hosts

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The New Year edition of the show sees Senyo Nyakutse in the co-host chair. Gary Palmer gives the lowdown on batting again and David interviews former England analyst Mark Garaway about coaching in Ireland.

Finally we answer your questions. Topics in the show include:

The spirit of giving: Free cricket coaching from PitchVision Academy

As you know, PitchVision Academy coaching courses are the most comprehensive guides to improving your game featuring some of the best experts in their fields.

For a while now we have been giving away some free samples of what you can get when you invest in an online coaching course, so I thought it was time to collect all these free samples in one place for you to enjoy without having to search through the archives.

How to bat against spin

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This is a guest post by Laurie Ward from The Complete Cricketer Academy in Cape Town, South Africa.

A good spinner is an attacking bowler. He not only can reduce the run rate but pick up wickets. With the correct mindset, concentration and approach a batsman can put the pressure back onto even the best spinner and his captain.

Cricket Show 60: Ashley Metcalfe and our first guest co-host

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With Kevin away the show welcomes Peter Harold, video analyst from Ryan Maron's School of Cricket Excellence in South Africa as our very first guest co-host. David and Peter talk about coaching and answer your questions.

 

Do you make mistakes with your batting trigger move?

This is part 3 of a 3 part series on trigger moves by Gary Palmer. To go to part 1 click here, to go to part 2 click here

In this free video Gary Palmer shows you The common mistakes batsmen make when making a trigger move. Get it wrong and you can end up in a poor position that is more likely to get you out.

Cricket show 59: Secrets of success

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It's Kevin's last show of the year as he goes off for his holidays so the show is packed to the rafters. Gary Palmer is back with more batting tips and Alan Crouch, Head of Performance at Wiltshire cricket. We also answer questions on:

How to use a trigger move to bat against swing bowling

This is part 2 of a 3 part series on trigger moves by Gary Palmer. To go to part 1 click here.

You can use trigger moves to improve your batting technique against swing bowling as well as outright speed.

In this free video Gary Palmer shows you how to adapt your trigger move to the ball that is swinging and pitched up more.

Cricket Show 58: Clearing the front leg

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The highlight of this week's show is Gary Palmer talking about how to perform the fashionable technique of 'clearing the front leg' in Twenty20 cricket to hit the ball over midwicket. In the old days we use to call it the slog to cow corner.

Kevin tells us about his own team's 2nd day performance and we answer your questions. This week we look at:

Why the first ball of the over is more important than the rest

Teams that score the most runs from the first ball of the over are more successful than teams that don't.

That's a statistic that English, Indian and South African fans may have missed, but not by the international coaches in the new world of every statistical nuance being uncovered by laptop analysts.

How to use a trigger move to bat against fast bowling

This is part 1 of a 3 part series on trigger moves by Gary Palmer. To go to part 2 click here.

How do you pick line and length of fast bowling on quick wickets?

It's very difficult to do, and even more so if you are trying to stand still. One way to help with this is to adopt the 'back and across' trigger movement.