David Hinchliffe's Articles | Cricket coaching, fitness and tips

Warm Up to Throw (Part Two)

Part two of the “warm up to throw” programme is weighted ball work.

How to Coach Cricketers Who Have Loads of Coaches

Iain Brunnschweiler is England Development Programme Coach, and founder of Inspired Cricket

These days it seems like every player has a dozen coaches; teachers, club, rep level, school and parents are all chipping in to help.

Who do they listen to?

Video: Are You Bowling the Wrong Length?

Are you bowling the wrong line and length? This video shows a spinner who can change his target area and instantly get more wickets for fewer runs. Could you do the same?

Improve Your Batting Shot Selection by Knowing Your Zones

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This is a guest article from Fish Hoek Cricket Club Head Coach, Jamie Rood

We’ve all heard it before: A wild selection of meaningless shots played during a net simply because there is no consequence, resulting in the coach shouting from 25 yards away,

"What’s your game plan?"

Graphic: Three Standards for Excellent Fielders

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The fielding standards of excellent fielders. You can do that!

How to Use Your Phone to Improve Your Cricket Coaching

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Cricket coaches: Use the PitchVision app to record and analyse video on the fly, and pick up drills, skills and games to use at your sessions. Let players review their sessions too, all in the app and all for free.

Batting: How to Deal with Bad Form and Make the Most of Good Form

Jordan Finney is a cricket coach and sport psychology degree student. In this article he writes about how to get back to form and stay there.

How do you deal with this problem?

Fielding Drills: Realistic Infield Practice

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This drill is part of the PitchVision Academy fielding drills series, for more in this series click here.

Purpose: A very realistic stopping and catching drill, with a lot of flexibility to cover inner ring fielding. Can be done with 3-7 players.

Description: The ball is fed by a coach into the inner ring. Fielders attempt to stop or catch the ball before returning it to the feeder. Players change positions regularly. One or two fielders act as cover if the ball is missed.

Quick Tip: Take Quick Singles in Nets

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I've been encouraging the players I coach to be more single aware recently. That's a tough ask during indoor nets, and it shows.

Since starting a policy of recording every time a player looks for a quick single there have been 4129 balls bowled and 93 quick singles taken. Even taking into account other runs, wickets and play and misses, that's 2278 chances to pick up a single.

Video: Access Cricket Coaching by Signing Up to PitchVision (in 30 Seconds)

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Download the PitchVision app then join the fun in 30 seconds. This video shows you how!