As you know, I'm looking for someone to be the miCoach Case Study for 2009. With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to get some more informal views of how everyone is playing and preparing at the moment.

So how is your season (or off season if you are in the winter like me) going?

More cricket coaching questions answered this week by miCoach and Kevin. This week we cover:

• Kevin's successful week
• Bowling well under pressure
• Team unity and preventing cliques forming
• Strength, mobility and cardio training for older players
• What to do if you keep bowling no balls

If you have a question or feedback for miCoach drop us an email.

Back pain is surprisingly common. Yet in many cases it can be reversed easily, so why suffer?

My job involves a lot of sitting down: writing and travelling are big parts of my life. Combined with regular years of playing/coaching and a body in the 30's and you get a high risk of back trouble. It's true I have had the odd bout of taking anti-inflammatory pills for an ache over the years, but in recent times I have learned some simple ways to prevent it.

Its cricket fitness special this week as I interview Glamorgan CCC Strength and Conditioning coach Rob Ahmun.

We cover a wide range of performance enhancing and injury prevention tips for cricketers of all levels including:

Since I posted version 2 of the miCoach cricket fitness plan, a few questions have come up, mostly via email. I want to answer those questions today.

If you are using the plan and need to understand a little more about it you can leave your question here. I'll answer anything you need to know.

miCoach reader and cricketer is a 14 year old all rounder who has already played for the UAE Under 15's, Young Talent Cricket Academy and Talent Cricket Club. In the future he plans on a long and illustrious International career. Follow his progress here.

You probably under-appreciate your feet.

During a hard game you can be on them for 2-3 hours at a time, working with your ankles and legs to keep you upright, balanced and performing to your best. Every step you run generates a force that is 2.5x your body weight through your foot. If you are a fast bowler the impact at the point of delivery jumps up to 9x.

They take a lot. Yet many players give only short consideration to the boots they wear.

Are you a cramper? If you have ever cramped up on the cricket pitch you know how annoyingly distracting the pain can be from batting, bowling and fielding.

From experience I know it can put you off enough to get you out or prevent you from bowling.

Sports scientists know a lot about how cricketers get injured, but oddly there is no study on the prevention of injury.

That's left up to the coaches and players themselves.

You could turn to a gym to organise an injury prevention training plan, but often commercial gyms have little understanding of the needs of cricketers.

It sounds like one of those crazy fad diets, but body type training is grounded in science and growing in popularity.

Until we have genetic profiling, it's the best we can manage for personalised eating and training for cricket. You see you will react to different foods and training methods in different ways depending on your body type.