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

Cricket Show 244: Competition Winner

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This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Sangeeta, who wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

The winning question was:

"Hello, I am running a club in India and we have decent group of players. We practice 4-5 times a week including batting, fielding and fitness. I wanted to know how we can practice high catching. We want to hit the balls to a considerable height, any methods to do this? We are not getting enough height with the leather balls so is there any alternative?"

Listen to the panels 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 [E].

Video: Make Cricket Coaching Easy with Drills from the Experts

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In this video Iain Brunnschweiler talks about how he bridges the gap between the enthusiastic dad coach and the professional arm of cricket.

The problem is that club coaches have plenty of energy and enthusiasm, but lack the skills and gear of the professional coaches.

So Brunchy talks about why he produced the Inspired Cricket Manual and Fun Size video drills: to make practice and match warm ups more fun and more effective through established tips and drills.

He also reveals an exclusive drill to improve the high catching of young cricketers!

Watch the video then click here to find out more about how Inspired Cricket can inspire your team to "EPIC" levels.

Turbo Boost Net Practice with Iain Brunnschweiler

If your nets have got a bit dull and lifeless, you need to fit a turbo boost, courtesy of England Performance Programme Coach, Iain Brunnschweiler.

Right now "Brunchy" is realising a 6 week series of coaching sessions that anyone can take to nets to make the sessions fun, exciting sessions that will lead to better cricket from you and your team.

The latest one is out today so click here to get this week's session instantly.

3 Lazy Ways to Score More Runs

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There's no doubt that learning the craft of batting is a long road. So why not take a couple of shortcuts?

Here are three simple, streetwise ways that you can score more runs without spending hours in the nets grooving your drives. Yeah they are a bit lazy, but things are tough enough, you can use a helping hand.

PV/VIDEO Weekly Highlights 26: What a Way to Go

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Welcome to the PV/VIDEO Digest, your highlights summary of the weeks best videos from PitchVision Interactive

You can share these videos by email or onto facebook, and post your comments right here: From serious analysis to Friday fun. Here are the top 5 videos uploaded from PitchVision systems around the world this week.

4 Simple Steps to Having a Stellar Cricket Season

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This is an exclusive excerpt from the Countdown to Summer eBook available for instant download on PitchVision Academy.

Everyone knows how important goals are to success during the season. What if you could use the same idea to make your pre-season go with a bang too?

It's often overlooked that the run up to the summer needs clear goals too. You might not be scoring runs and taking wickets, but you still need a focus, and writing down your preseason goals provides that.

So take up your pen and paper and start planning your preseason too.

Here are the questions you need to ask to get your goals in place:

Quick Tip: Take the Strain Out of Preseason

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For many, now is the time that the serious preseason work begins and hope for the new season turns to hard work in the nets.

As a PitchVision Academy reader you already know that standard net practice is not great, and you want to make to most of your time, but you also don't want to spend hours researching and planning things.

So put up your feet and let us do the work for you... at least the research part. You still have to do the nets part yourself.

Streetwise Bowling: The Preseason Bounce Pounce

This article is part of the "Streetwise Bowling" series from PitchVision Academy. To view the full list of tactics click here.

I'll be honest with you about this one, it's disgustingly simple. So much so you might shrug and go "so what?". Yet year after year I see young fast bowlers make this mistake in the early season and miss out on a bundle of wickets as more canny seamers take full advantage.

So, this edition of "Streetwise Bowling" is more of a story than a set of balls.

Kick Start Your New Year: 6 Week Cricket Coaching Session Plans and Drills from Iain Brunnschweiler

Are you a coach hunting for instant use "no fuss" cricket drills and practices for your team?

Iain Brunnschweiler, England Performance Programme Coach, has come to the rescue with a brand new 6 week series of session plans, including video demonstrations of drills. All you need to do is pick up the session plan and get to practice.

Click here to get week 1 drills now.

Each week, for the next 6 weeks, this series will bring you streaming video ideas to use for:

How to Join PitchVision Academy

One of the most common questions we get sent in to PitchVision Academy is, "how do I join?"

But before I get into detail, I want to clear up a common confusion: Unlike most Academies around the world, PitchVision Academy is an online Academy only.