Your club needs young blood to run through its veins.

If you want first team superstars you need people in your club to support youngsters through the lower teams until they develop.

So often it’s left to the dedicated few ex-players who have moved into coaching. Rich clubs can provide decent facilities, but it’s time that is much more valuable than money.

Many young players dream of making it as a professional cricketer. How do you give yourself the best chance of making it to the top?

One simple way is to play with the intensity and enthusiasm of a player who is in an Academy.

You see, Academy players know that talent is a flexible thing. You can be born with great natural hand-eye coordination or you can learn how to improve it over time.

This is a guest post from regular contributor and club cricketer, AB.

There is something that so often makes the difference when keeping out a difficult delivery.

Yet it is a subject only rarely discussed or coached.

But using it in the right way, at the right time will give you a second; safe line of defence.

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I’m delighted to announce that your long wait is over.

As you know, A while ago we announced the JP Duminy was joining PitchVision Academy to produce his first ever (and exclusive) online coaching courses.

Now the courses, titled Hit the Ground Running, are available in the courses section of the site

This is a guest article by club cricketer Brian Wardle

I recently read Bounce: a book by Mathew Syed, who believes everyone has the ability to be successful.

The most successful article I ever wrote on PitchVision Academy is nothing to do with me: it was advice that you dear reader gave on bowling.

(It’s so good, the discussion is continuing even now, check it out).

I love how the site generates so much discussion so now I’m opening up the floor to those with a passion for batting.

Here is the question to stir your batting mind:

There is no surer sign that you are a badger, or cricket tragic, that you spend so long talking about the game you almost miss your train.

But it’s not all geeking out over which number 11 has the most Test runs. Becoming obsessed will also make you a better player.

I realise it’s in my interest to tell you that; but hear me out.

If there is one thing I have learned about the fast bowler’s union it’s this: there is a real passion, hunger and knowledge for bowling with pace.

But there is also frustration at the lack of coaching advice that helps you get quicker.

As Ian Pont often says; there is a terrible fear in the cricket world that really fast bowlers are also really injured bowlers. Coaches want to do no harm so they do no coaching to improve speed.

Gifted international batsman, athletic fielder and IPL superstar: JP Duminy even has a bit of a bowl.

There’s no doubt he is a thoroughly modern professional cricketer, and one that has worked hard to become successful. You could do a lot worse than emulate him.