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PitchVision: Improve Your Cricket

Do you want to grow your cricket? Then PitchVision is the home of online coaching and self-improvement in the game. Bring your "growth mindset" to better technique, better tactics, more skill and a winning team. All these things are possible if you play the game to improve rather than prove.

Read, watch, listen, work, improve. That's the PitchVision way.

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What Dolphins Teach You About Coaching

Jonny Wilkinson's kicking coach, Dave Alred talked to me recently about the experience that has shifted the way that he goes about his coaching.

Cricket Show S4 Episode 7: 200 Up!

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It's the 200th episode, so we theme the show around reaching the milestone from Jason Gillespie to the chances of scoring daddy hundreds in club cricket. Tears and laughter guaranteed with every listen!

And we take a stroll down memory lane with one of the earliest show contributors making a return.

Finally, we answer your questions on plyometrics for fast bowlers and form in nets, giving away another prize for the best question.

Ask Michael Bevan and Win a Prize

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Here's your chance to get your batting questions answered by the latest PitchVision Academy coach: Michael Bevan, and win a prize at the same time.

Click here to send in your question

Over the course of the next few weeks the "finisher" will personally answer questions from readers of PitchVision Academy.

CRICKET JOBS: International Teams Administrator - ECB (Lords)

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Closing date: 21st March 2014

International Teams Administrator 

Based at Lord’s Cricket Ground 

Salary £33,000 pa + benefits package 

Quick Tip: Bowling Fast for Weaklings

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I might be a bit harsh on Faiaz calling him a weakling, but here is what he said about himself,

"Can you teach me how to bowl fast? I am a weak person with not much strength so bowling short pitched deliveries and even good lengths seems a gift for batsman because they get ample time to hit me. It will be my pleasure if you give me few ideas about bowling fast being a weak person."

What Pune Warriors Teach Us About Avoiding Failure

Pune Warriors had two awful IPL seasons, finishing second last in 2011 then topping it with the wooden spoon in 2012.

There has been much discussion in Pune around the reasons (and excuses), but whatever the details, there are a few principles you can pick up for your own team.

Here's how to make sure you don't emulate Pune Warriors double IPL failure.

Cricket Show 199: Competition Winner

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This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Robin. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

The winning question was:

"I read the other day that Graham Thorpe of England uses elastic bands on cricket balls to make the ball bounce and jump to replicate spinning conditions in the sub continent. What other different techniques are elite coaches using?"

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

To enter your own question for the chance to win your choice of online coaching course send your questions in here.

Off Spin Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for When to Use A Slip

Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Project. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here.

Chances are you don't need a slip.

Cricket Show S4 Episode 6: Taking Guard

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The team discuss nets for Under 11 players and coaching players through a debut.

We also open the mailbag again. This week questions are on taking guard and Graham Thorpe's elastic bands.

Listen to the show to find out more, download or stream it right from your browser by clicking play.

3 Things Everyone Can Learn from the Women's World Cup

This week I have watched 4 live games from the Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. The standard of cricket has been excellent with some very tight tussles going down to last ball deciders.

What has this got to do with you as a coach?