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What Pune Warriors Teach Us About Avoiding Failure

Pune Warriors had two awful IPL seasons, finishing second last in 2011 then topping it with the wooden spoon in 2012.

There has been much discussion in Pune around the reasons (and excuses), but whatever the details, there are a few principles you can pick up for your own team.

Here's how to make sure you don't emulate Pune Warriors double IPL failure.

Cricket Show 199: Competition Winner

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

The winning question was:

"I read the other day that Graham Thorpe of England uses elastic bands on cricket balls to make the ball bounce and jump to replicate spinning conditions in the sub continent. What other different techniques are elite coaches using?"

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.

Off Spin Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for When to Use A Slip

Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Project. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here.

Chances are you don't need a slip.

Cricket Show S4 Episode 6: Taking Guard

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The team discuss nets for Under 11 players and coaching players through a debut.

We also open the mailbag again. This week questions are on taking guard and Graham Thorpe's elastic bands.

Listen to the show to find out more, download or stream it right from your browser by clicking play.

3 Things Everyone Can Learn from the Women's World Cup

This week I have watched 4 live games from the Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. The standard of cricket has been excellent with some very tight tussles going down to last ball deciders.

What has this got to do with you as a coach?

How to Run a Cricket Club: Finances

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This is part of the How to Run a Cricket Club series on PitchVision Academy

Picture the scene, the first day of the cricket season and you are the new club Treasurer, entrusted with looking after the club's monies.

It's pure chaos. You are handling cash from players who are paying match fees (and chasing the guy who always slips away) while dealing with demands for payment for food and from umpires.

How to Run a Cricket Club: The Complete Guide

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Running an amateur cricket team is hard work. You need all the help you can get because it's rare to find anyone getting paid for their long hours.

It might be alright if everyone chipped in, but the truth is, in any side, 10% of the members that do 90% of the work. You might be running an an expensive club middle-class club in leafy Surrey, putting on park cricket in Sydney or running an academy for youngsters in Delhi; it's always the same story.

Quick Tip: The Tennis Ball Advantage?

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Dia is a reader with a question,

"I'm 14 years old. Now I play with a tennis ball. Will this be an advantage when I play with cricket balls?"

Firstly, well done to Dia for using the resources he has. A lot of young cricketers don't have the advantage of playing in clubs with expensive equipment. Many people reading this will know that feeling.

Different Practice: How 3 Indian Batsmen Approach Drills

We live in a time where we know that cricket is different for everyone. There used to be a template, but the more we understand about people, the more we realise everyone's approach needs to be individual.

Take 3 Indian batting heroes: Gambhir, Dravid and Kohli.

Each have had success by doing it their own way rather than taking to same approach every time.

You only need to see how they practice to discover the difference. Here are the ways that these batsman look at a net session:

Cricket Show 198: Competition Winner

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

The winning question was:

"Our club lacks good outfield and has rough grass. As a result of this we are not able to practice important skills like sliding, boundary stopping, diving and throwing ourselves around, as most of us fear getting bruised. So we are just limited to catching and throwing practices for most of the time. Is there any alternative way we can get some practice for these skills? Any Indoor sessions for example just to build up the correct technique?"

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.