Quick Tip: Garas Technical Coaching Specs

Keen listeners to the Cricket Show will remember we talked about the best technology to use for coaching. Mark Garaway made a few recommendations during the show.
Here is the list:
Becoming a Cricketer is like Building Cathedrals
I was recently lucky enough to have a conversation with Shahzad Altaf, the Head Coach of Young Talent Cricket Academy in Dubai. One of his key coaching philosophies is that developing cricketers is just like building a medieval cathedral.
I love the analogy because it works on a number of levels:
The Zaheer Khan Guide to Building Bowling Stamina
It's well documented that Zaheer Khan returned to fitness in 2013 by attending a "performance camp" in France. What can you learn from how Zaheer did it to help you improve your bowling stamina?
The exciting part for me is that he did it without the old fashioned mantra of "putting miles in your legs" and jogging. That's not to say he needed a lot of special expensive gear either. Everything the paceman did is simple to recreate at home, in the gym or even in the nets.
In fact, it's a great overall plan for any fast bowler who wants to bowl longer spells and come back for second and third times with equal fire. So lets take a look at what he did:
Cricket Show 239: Competition Winner

This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is John. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.
The winning question was:
"My son (14) has cricket training with his club team Tuesdays, but on the same day he has also got a very respected coach who is giving him 1 to 1 coaching. My son also has club training on Fridays, but he has cricket games on Friday nights. The coach of the club junior team puts players who don't go to training that week to bat down at 11 and my son will find it hard to get to any club training. The only other club training my son can get to is senior. I'm wondering, should my son stop playing junior as he doesn't get to bat or bowl much and play senior cricket?"
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.
Play Twenty20: Get Good at Everything
Being a good Twenty20 cricketer is exactly the same as being a good cricketer. So save yourself the trouble of working out how to adapt and focus on your short-format skill development.
Quite the claim?
Let's look at the facts.
Take out the shortened time and all the basic elements of success in Twenty20 cricket are usable in any format. However if you flip it around and try to play 5 day cricket style sped up, you fall down. So start with Twenty20.
Here are some more specifics for your skill set:
3 Supringly Simple Exercises Proven to Prevent Cricket Shoulder Injury
This is a guest article from Andy Perkins, Strength and Conditioning Coach for Guernsey Cricket
One of the big plus points in the last season with Guernsey was that no injuries were sustained in competitions.
This was in no small part to a concerted effort to protect the shoulder. Today I want to share the causes of shoulder injuries to help you avoid similar niggles. There will be no scientific jargon just straight forward English with practical suggestions you can take and use straight away.
Become a Cricketer: 5 Ways to Get Ignored and Overlooked
Do you want to be a cricketer? Then read this all the way though.
It's time for some tough love.
We get many, many comments and emails every day from hopeful players. The passion is clear however, the methods used are guaranteed to mean that you will be overlooked and never make you dreams come true. There is a negative pattern that is increasing in volume. You want our help, we want to give it but we can't because you are setting yourself up to be ignored.
You are better than that.
So here are those pitfalls.
PV/VIDEO Weekly Highlights 22: Chinaman Spotted

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.
Quick Tip: Handling the Shane Watson LBW Problem

Kurt asks,
"I currently have a problem with my front foot when the ball is on middle and leg. It seems to always get in way, kind of like the same problem Shane Watson has at the moment. Can you please advise some things I can do to correct this?"
There are a few reasons for this, but one of the quickest ways to correct the fault without a coach to help you is by a simple adjustment of your feed.
And it's such a clever trick it works with throwdowns, drop feed, bowling machines and even bowlers.
Does Your Club Give You Value for Money?
Cricket takes a lot of time and effort. So, a big part of the job of grass-roots clubs to to ensure players get the best value possible for their membership fees.
PitchVision Academy are in a great position to find out more about the value different clubs around the world give their members, so we decided to survey some clubs to find out what you get in different parts of the world.
We looked at the cost of adult membership, including annual and match fees and kit costs for several clubs around the world. Then we took an average annual cost (see below).
