Relative unknown batsman Richard Levi broke two world records on his way to a Twenty20 hundred, making Chris Gayle look more like Chris Tavarè.

His hundred came in a record-smashing 45 balls and in total he smote 13 sixes; 3 more than the previous record. He trended worldwide on twitter.

Some people will put it down to natural talent. Others will say he just had a big slice of luck.

But really it’s the result of hard work built on some excellent physical skills.

Here are the 5 reasons Richard Levi can make six hitting look like a stroll in the park.

Here’s a bit of fun to show you PitchVision Academy isn’t always about serious high performance stuff.

In the video below a Dad decided to test PitchVision’s latest installation at the Cricket Asylum in Wakefield, England.

It didn’t quite go according to plan, but the PitchVision tracking system caught it all on video…

In our regular series of coaching questions PitchVision Academy put to Kevin Pietersen during the filming of Keep Calm and Smash It, we asked KP to explain his approach to left arm spin. He doesn't see a problem.

The video below explains it all, including demonstrating the way he scores.

Click play to watch it.

If you want to learn shortcuts to learning your own methods of batting success get Keep Calm and Smash It, the online coaching course that gives you instant access to videos, drills and worksheets.

Today’s article is a guest post on technology in coaching from Bala of criccube.com, republished with permission.

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

"We have a batsman who in game situations plays most of his shots from his back foot. How can we get him to play more front foot shots in games? What can we do during this winters nets to get him onto his front foot more without taking away his very good back foot shots? How can we progress this to better shot selection during games next season?" 

Listen to the panel’s 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. 

Cricket coach Darren Talbot has been thinking about how to make the most of a short English summer for kids still in school

The summer is far too short for colts cricket here in the UK and it’s causing a problem.

Matches start at the start of May and end when schools break up in mid-July. Kids are getting barely 3 months of competition. Certainly in my area this is unlikely to change anytime soon.

6 whole weeks of potential cricket, including the whole of August and how much is played? 

 There are as many different styles of coaching as there are cricket coaches. Some things are changeable based on your personality and philosophy as a coach, but there are 4 pillars for every coach. These are the things that you take to every session, without question.

After discussing the best trigger for pace bowling in part one, part two of this video sees Gary Palmer move on to spinners.

Yet again Gary’s goal is to make sure the batsman avoids the common technical problems with a simple move that is an adaption of the popular – and highly misunderstood – forward press.

Click here to view to video now.

If you are in the UK and play or coach club cricket, you can come at meet PitchVision at the Headingley cricket ground in Leeds this weekend (11^th February).

The Cricket Resource Show heading to Yorkshire and it’s going to be packed with ideas for you to use this coming season, including PitchVision.

There are sections to help you raise funds through your club, get vital training and ground equipment, playing gear and merchandise: everything under one roof so you can explore.

PitchVision batting coach Gary Palmer has been causing a bit of a stir.

After years of experimenting and developing he has come up with the ultimate batting session.

A batting session that is so effective and so complete he has been showing it to open-mouthed coaches at several first-class counties.

But here is the kicker; it teaches you to bat in a way that has never been taught before.

Gary calls it 4 Angles, and it’s the only session you will ever need as a coach or a player.