Are you a dreamer or a doer?

The dreamer thinks big. He may be years away, but he sees himself playing for India. He is desperate to pull on the jersey and feel the adulation of the crowd when he makes his first international hundred. It is his passion.

The doer is more granular. He thinks about the simple processes of playing cricket. He focuses on technique and tactical nous. He is thinking about the next physical action.

Neither of these approaches are wrong, but the both also miss a step if they are serious about planning for an international debut.

Someone has a big challenge to overcome, so they emailed in,

"I've got some cricket championships coming up, they're 50 over games played over 5 days. I'm a batting all-rounder, and I bowl leg-spin and batting around 5. What is the best way for me to play hard, but also conserve my energy for the week?"

This is a guest article from coach and PhD candidate Adam Kelly

Everyone says you should train hard but sometimes it's good to step back and ask a bigger question of ourselves.

What is the purpose of training?

We spend hours and hours in nets and on the field looking to enhance our performance. Drills are designed to improve our skills.

Logically we should train recognise which skill to execute and when to execute said skill.

What would a year on PitchVision Academy be without a good old-fashioned review of the year?

And where better to focus that review than on the cricketing super-power that is India? With the world's most populous and passionate cricket fans the premier domestic T20 tournament in the IPL, 2012 is another notch on the belt of India as the cricket superpower.

How did we see it on PitchVision Academy?

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

The winning question was:

"I have recently been working on my batting and have discovered that I am very flat footed and struggle to move my feet. I have a tendency to always push on to the front foot which means when the ball is back of a length I struggle to deal with it, often popping the ball up straight back to the bowler. Have tried to develop a trigger movement to keep me on my toes but it feels very manufactured. How can I improve my footwork at the crease?"

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.

Bonga is 12 years old and a friend of the site with a problem,

"I have a problem. I like bowling pace. My average speed is 90kph. My best bowling figures are 4-22 bowling pace and 2-20 bowling spin. What should I bowl?"

If Bonga can hit 56mph then that is a decent lick and it sounds like he can bowl well with either skill.

So what should he do?

Sam Perry of The Public Apology takes a wry look at playing Australian grade cricket in the guest article. Catch up with them on facebook and twitter

Let’s take a quick cultural glance at your typical grade cricket club, and have a look at how one might climb its ranks.

Firstly, any attempt to analyse grade cricket theatre calls for a glimpse at a player’s emotional cycle at season’s end. Typically, his relationship to the game will undergo a self-sabotaging appropriation of the seven stages of grieving: hate, relief, peace, restlessness, hope, optimism, love. This happens over a period of roughly four months. Once complete, he is ready for further pain.

Running between the wickets is often portrayed as a simple art, but it is done best by those who have a real understanding and trust in their batting partners.

In this video filmed at a recent Twenty20 tournament, I talk about the need to remain aware of your surrounds if you want to trust your batting partner.

If you can't see the video above, click here.

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

The winning question was:

"I'm 13 years old and I play men's cricket, the average speed for most of the men is around 130-140km/h (80-87 miles per hour). They've started bowling me bouncers, but I back away from them and just pop the ball up in the air. Please help me with this problem; I also have a fear of getting in behind the short ball at this pace and playing attacking shots."

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.

Serious Cricket continue with the tips. This time it's England's Chris Silverwood to talk swing bowling.

There are a lot of ways to grip the ball to make it swing. It varies a lot because different bowler's have different positions for the seam to match their action.

Plus, the condition of the ball varies.

However, one thing that you can rely on is your thumb position.