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

"I heard about associated state in your podcast but cannot find anything appropriate on the internet. Do you have any more information and links please?"

In part one of this two part video on trigger moves, Gary Palmer reveals the most effective way to trigger against swing and seam bowling.

There is much advice and discussion on trigger moves, but the method Gary Palmer teaches allows batsmen at all levels to stay balanced and aligned to the ball without getting closed off.

Click here to view the video now. 

If you are in the Birmingham area this Saturday (4^th February  2012) you can get entry to the UK’s biggest cricket trade show because we are giving away a limited number of free tickets.

The Cricket Resource show Midlands places major brands, suppliers of coaching, playing and administering products, equipment and services in front of cricket clubs and players.

Coach Darren Talbot laments a wasted chance in this article. To find out more about Darren Talbot Cricket Coaching click here.

Around preseaon clubs plan their senior and junior winter net training sessions.

Maybe you are doing it now.

One of the biggest issues is finding a venue as there are still nowhere enough indoor net facilities to cope with the demand from clubs, schools and individuals.

But why do we do nets? 

PitchVision Academy’s newest coaching panel member is Iain Brunnschweiler, former professional player and a coach at Hampshire and England’s Development Programme. In this article he gives an insight into a recent high performance camp he ran.

If you are in the UK and play or coach club cricket, this will be interesting to you.

The Cricket Resource Show is at the Oval this weekend (28^th January) 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.

Not being able to score runs is painful. I’m sure you have experienced something similar to Kevin Pietersen and his slump as England play Pakistan.

59 runs in 6 innings? Awful; especially when you decide the best form of defence is attack and hook straight down deep square leg’s throat.

So what are KP and his coaches Andy Flower and Graham Gooch going to do about it?

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

If you are coming to PitchVision for the first time from the Daily Telegraph, then welcome. You can start here to find your way around the site.

During a break in the filming of Kevin Pietersen’s coaching course, KP and I got to chatting about fitness training.

He said he spent a lot of his gym time working on his core. It wasn’t just so he could look good on the beach between Tests. He knows instinctively that the core is crucial to batting power.

That’s because timing and power with the bat are all based on the ability to transfer your weight from the ground, through your body and into the ball.