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Better Batting Goes Beyond Technique

Coach and Minor Counties Cricketer, Chris Watling, shares his experiences with another article on using your mind to get you out of bad form and back to run scoring.

When you're in a bit of bad form it's easy to be negative.

I'm sure you know the feeling of being stunted by in your mindset as you approach your next innings: You start to analyse how you’re getting out. You think about your technique. You want to correct those errors.

Stop the mistakes. Stop getting out.

This approach is hurting your game.

How to Practice Using Your Feet to Spin

Iain Brunnschweiler, top coach, has a great tip for those wanted to get better against playing spin.

If you want to be effective against spinners, it's really important that you are confident enough to use your feet and get down the wicket. Most spin bowlers know if they are bowling at a player who is confident in their footwork and decision-making, their margin for error becomes very small indeed.

Cricket Show 314: Competition Winner

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

The winning question was,

"I would like to know how to pick gaps while batting."

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

PV/VIDEO Weekly Highlights: Cricket was the Winner

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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 videos uploaded from PitchVision systems around the world this week.

CRICKET JOBS: Business Development Executive, Cricket - Lycafly (UK)

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE: CRICKET

This new role is critical to the ongoing growth of our cricket sports travel and tours, and will focus on the creation and fulfilment of group and individual travel opportunities for professional and amateur cricket teams, independent school and youth teams, as well as associated supporters.

CRICKET JOBS: Experienced Professional Cricketer - Cornwall Park CC (NZ)

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Leading club in Auckland, New Zealand, seeking an experienced first class player - top order batsman who can bowl seam up - for the 2015/16 season, commencing October 2015.

Cricket Show S6 Episode 23: Analyse This!

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Sam Lavery, Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe chat through some way ways to bring modern analysis to club and school cricket. With great constraints on resources, can you really get good match analysis done?

After those top tips, we talk technique. The team cover the problems of hitting the gaps when you bat, and falling away when you bowl.

It's the perfect audio way to start your cricket weekend.

Video: Talent, Work and Cricket Lessons from Graham Gooch

Graham Gooch got a pair on Test debut but went on to be one of England's best batsmen. What lessons can you learn from his experiences?

In this video, Goochie tells us about his path to the top and what he did to harness his natural gifts into thousands of runs. If you are at all interested in batting, this is the video for you.

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The Role of a Modern Cricket Coach: Preparation

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This is the first in a series that details the job of a modern cricket coach from club and school to First-class level. This article covers "preparation". For the rest of the series, get the free PitchVision newsletter.

What's the job of a cricket coach these days?

Cricket Show 313: Competition Winner

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

The winning question was,