This is part two of Mark Garaway's cricket coaching year.

Christmas is well appreciated in the Garaway Household. As with many families, its a time for getting everyone together, for over-indulgence and for reflection on the hectic 12 months that we have had in 2017.

One of the biggest perks of the job as a cricket coach is to see a young batter take on a challenge.

 "Spin it hard!"

The last week of November is one of my favourite weeks in the year. I get the opportunity to assess 16 ECB level IV Candidates undertaking their nerve wracking assessment alongside successful cricket coaches and eminent sports scientists.

The pupils at Millfield are lucky as we have fantastic guest coaches pop in.

Last week, we used constraints based practice to develop batting skills. It’s one of the tactics that I have used in a back foot phase.

It’s really cold outside so we are confined to the cricket bubble for the winter. We have reached the stage of the batting programme where we are developing our back foot options vs pace.

Film reference coming up!

“It’s the way I play!”