Cricket is getting smarter than ever.

Smart-phones are tiny computers in your pocket. Tablets are full powered computers in your bag. Smart-nets are popping up everywhere.

This is a guest article from Harry Shapiro, spin bowling coach. To get your free trial membership of the Leg Spin Association, click here.

Planning your over is hard. It take plenty of practice and control. No wonder young spinners get despondent when it doesn't quite work. That's no excuse to abandon good planning.

Part of the reason spinners don't plan their overs well is because the state of the game brings in a lot of different ways to approach things.To make it easier, here is a basic guideline from which you can start thinking about your bowling. You may adapt it to the state of the game on the day, but start here if you want to plan well.

There are two ways to look at planning an over:

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

The winning question was:

"I am a coach at high school and I have a bowler who bowls off the wrong foot. He takes wicket regularly with that action, he also bowls good line and length, swings the ball and controls it well. My problem is that whenever I try to change his action he loses control of the ball and swing. He has the best bowling statistics in the province and he has always drawn the attention of the under 14 national selectors. The selectors said the can't take him until he fixes his bowling action. I was given two weeks to work on him. How do I go about changing him"

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.

Adam Kelly is a sport psychologist, coach and former professional cricketer. In this article he shows us the importance of memory in performance.

Here is a fact that will shock you if you coach or play cricket: Coaches can accurately remember only 40% of performance.

Explains why analysis is important in the modern sports environment, doesn't it?

You can't improve if you can't remember, so in a moment I am going to explain how to deal with this issue. But first, it's important to understand whywe only remember 40%.

According to research by Daniel Kahneman, we are all prone two phenomenons; 'duration neglect' and 'peak end rule'.

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What do you think about formal testing at your level?

There is no doubt that testing players is a great tool. You can see a measurable improvement in all kinds of areas from fitness to cricket skills. But it's not used that often outside of the professional game.

Is it a cultural thing?

When Apple announce a new version of it's iconic tablet, the world goes crazy and millions are sold. This week the new super light and thin iPad Air hit the streets and it's a heck of a beautiful machine.

But as a cricketer or coach, is the new iPad Air useful or just an expensive fashion item that is a sexy way to watch Netflix in bed?

Here are 7 useful things you can do with an iPad that will help you reach your goals.

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

The winning question was:

"Is diving thought of as a skill or something that is inborn in a fielder. Do fielders practice diving at higher levels of cricket? Is there a safe technique to dive regardless of the terrain (grassy vs. dry)?"

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.

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Here is a thoughtful question from Dave,

"Several of the articles here talk about using the spinner as an attacking option in order to take wickets and win the game, but with win/lose cricket you don't have to take all ten wickets to win. Is there going to become more emphasis on defensive bowling, and will this make the life of the slow bowler even more difficult?"