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The Little-Known Secrets to Cricket Fitness

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Cricket has always had a strange relationship with fitness. There is no one training method that fits all.

Literally.

The Easy Guide to Strength and Conditioning for Cricket

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Fear.

It’s a natural reaction to the unknown and a way of protecting yourself. But your job isn’t to live in fear of negative results, it’s to improve.

And that means learning some of the basics of general fitness alongside cricket skills.

Develop Faster Running and Better Fielding with a Stopwatch and This Drill

This simple drill boosts running and fielding confidence.

Middle Drill: Battlezone Cricket Helps Improve Batting, Bowling and Fielding

Last night, the team I coach ran an experimental practice drill to improve game sense and raise the intensity of net practice. Here's how it went.

Improve Your Fast Bowling Run Up Speed with These Drills

What do we want a fast bowler’s run up to achieve?

We already know from my last article that run up speed is a great way to bowl faster. So let’s look in more detail at the run up.

The Inside Track on Cricket Shoes

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You under-appreciate your feet.

Cricket Catching Agility Drill

This is a useful cricket catching drill for smaller spaces where you also want to improve athletic ability. 
 
The sideways shuffling allows you to develop speed and mobility, useful in a number of cricket situations. The catching just makes it fun!
 

How to Warm Up for Cricket

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How to Warm Up for CricketBy now we know that cricket warm ups are a great way to prepare your body for play and reduce the chance of injury.

Khyati Gulani: Preventing Injuries in Women's Cricket

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This is a guest article from new contributor, Khyati Gulani. Khyati is an ex-cricketer now coaching state and academy cricket in Delhi.

Women cricketers are more prone to injury than men.