As you know, South African supercoach Ryan Maron is a friend of PitchVision Academy.

And in 2011 he is giving the chance to PitchVision Academy readers to change their cricketing fortunes with 2 months in Cape Town.

Have you ever wondered how good you could be with the right coaching in top-class facilities?

The Cape Town International Cricket Academy is an intense cricket training experience in the hands of top international coaches. These coaches are:

Purpose: To develop better reactions and close catching technique. This is a simple but effective drill for any age or skill level to groove close catching skills.

Description: Fielders get into pairs facing the wall. The fielder furthest from the wall underarm throws the ball so it bounces off the wall for his or her partner to catch it.

This article is part 3 of the “How to use fitness training to make better young cricketers” series. Click here to go to part 1.Click here to go to part 2.

PitchVision Academy has been touring the UK giving real players the chance to get coaching and instant feedback using the PitchVision sensor system.

And someone had the bright idea of videoing it all. We forgot the old adage "what goes on tour, stays on tour".

 This article is part of a series designed to show you how to adapt cricket drills for your needs. In this part we look at ways of increasing the speed of learning new skills. To see the full list of articles in this series click here.

You don’t have to be a kid to learn a skill but frankly, mostly it is kids.

If I do say so myself, we are pretty awesome at PitchVision Academy. Where else can you find so many drills for every cricket skill?

But we are only so great because you are so great right back. You are not about getting fed exactly what to do. You want to learn why you’re doing something so you can improve on things yourself without our help.

That’s why we showed you how to design your own drills.

As a coach, I’m always looking for ways to improve my methods. One of the best ways to do this is by sharing knowledge.

One of the great benefits of our current tour, “PitchVision Academy Live!” is that I get to share ideas with coaches I would otherwise be unlikely to meet.

Here are three of the ideas that we shared at the Birmingham event PitchVision Academy Live!

Gary Palmer has been coaching batting for over 20 years and he knows how to do it right. In this article he discusses why the on drive is the easier shot to learn first.

What was the first drive you learned, or taught to someone else?

There is a fair chance it was the front foot off drive. The great looking signature shot of many great Test players.

This is part of the specialist fielding series of articles, for the full list of fielding positions covered click here.

Since we stopped doing the weekly PitchVision Academy podcast I’ve been constantly asked when it’s coming back.

The great news is that we are planning the new series right now and all the PitchVision audioheads can get their fix again very soon.