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4 ways to improve your cricket reactions

Your reactions will naturally vary from other peoples, but whatever your reaction time, you can improve it by practice.

The benefits to cricket are huge, giving you more time while batting and fielding, so reaction training should be part of your plan to improve your cricket.

Why you need your batting legs

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One of the critical elements in a batsman's fitness development is the strength of his legs.

They are often overlooked but�strong legs allow you to run faster, reduce your chance of injury and reduce your fatigue when batting for long periods.

So don't be one of those batsmen who ignore their legs.

9 ways to make indoor nets better

It's not long now until indoor nets start in the UK, which means the cricket season is fast approaching.

Great stuff!

It's very easy to waste this important practice time though: Especially at club level. So to help avoid that and make sure your pre season practice helps your in season form, here are my 9 tips to better indoor nets:

True great cricketers are true great students

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Celebrity interviewer and journalist Michael Parkinson was on the radio recently saying something that rings very true. He said that out of all the great sportsmen and women he has interviewed over the years, none were stupid.

What he was saying was this: knowledge is a vital part of sport performance.

Weekly Links 10th December 2006

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Why stretching is a bad idea

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Stretching before a game is one of those Good Things we have been brought up by PE teachers and coaches to do. Very often we feel guilty when they don't get done because they are dead boring.

Guilt no more: Stretching is a bad idea.

You see, research has been done into the effects of stretching on top athletes. Boffins compared 2 groups: One lot stretched as part of their warm up, the others didn't.

Cricket christmas present ideas

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Everyone loves a cricket christmas present, or at least the idea of a christmas present. I mean, potentially you could be getting a new bat but you end up with a clock made out of a cricket ball.

But as it's 'gifting season' now is the time to get everyone you love unique cricket presents. An especially good tactic if your family actually like cricket.

Do you worry about training too hard?

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Commitment, desire and hard work.

These are all valuable traits in a cricketer. Look at Steve Harmison. After a nightmare in the first Ashes Test he put in extra hours to sort out his action.

It stands to reason that he should do this. After all, the harder you train the more results you will get.

The simple way to get fit for cricket

I admit it. I throw a lot of information about cricket fitness at you. It can be confusing to know what to do next.

I even confuse myself sometimes.

But there is a simple way to get fit for cricket (apart from subscribing of course).

The secret is nothing more that this:

Just start

It doesn't matter if you have the right balance of exercises or how much rest you are getting. It's doesn't matter if you are running too slowly or if one exercise routine is better than another.

Example circuits for cricket fitness

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Cricket and circuit training are a good fit, especially for amateur players with less time on their hands to train. This is because circuits develop strength, mobility and stamina at the same time. Here are some example circuits you can add into your own training.

Base Building Circuit