Improving your game, or simply not getting worse is a matter of focus. You do the right practice and it pays off, that much is well established.

So how can 2 emails help with this?

Club, school and academy players are prone to "spinning the wheels". I'm sure you can recall a time where your practice was simply running in and bowling in an aimless way, followed by a bit of a 5 minute hit. It's mindless and unfocused.

To cut this out and stay totally focused, send the coach (or captain, or even yourself) 2 emails.

 One at the start of the week outlining exactly what you want to get done. If you play on Saturday I would suggest sending this on Sunday after you can review your match performance.

The second comes at the end of the week (Friday in our example) outlining exactly how you met those goals.

Suddenly you go from hoping to hitting.

It's all about focus.

Thanks to Robbie Abed for the basis of the idea.