In the world of analysts, TV replays, team meetings and data mining it is easy to forget the value of instinctive tactical thinking.

As an analyst in a previous life, it was my job to come up with the plans for our bowling attack that maximises the impact against any given batsmen or batting line up.

Bonga is 12 years old and a friend of the site with a problem,

"I have a problem. I like bowling pace. My average speed is 90kph. My best bowling figures are 4-22 bowling pace and 2-20 bowling spin. What should I bowl?"

If Bonga can hit 56mph then that is a decent lick and it sounds like he can bowl well with either skill.

So what should he do?

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

When a spin bowler bowls outside of leg stump commentators always call it a negative line. While this is the case most of the times, it is not always so.

There is no such thing as a defensive line just outside leg stump. It only becomes defensive if,

Sam Perry of The Public Apology takes a wry look at playing Australian grade cricket in the guest article. Catch up with them on facebook and twitter

Let’s take a quick cultural glance at your typical grade cricket club, and have a look at how one might climb its ranks.

Firstly, any attempt to analyse grade cricket theatre calls for a glimpse at a player’s emotional cycle at season’s end. Typically, his relationship to the game will undergo a self-sabotaging appropriation of the seven stages of grieving: hate, relief, peace, restlessness, hope, optimism, love. This happens over a period of roughly four months. Once complete, he is ready for further pain.

Running between the wickets is often portrayed as a simple art, but it is done best by those who have a real understanding and trust in their batting partners.

In this video filmed at a recent Twenty20 tournament, I talk about the need to remain aware of your surrounds if you want to trust your batting partner.

If you can't see the video above, click here.

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

The winning question was:

"I'm 13 years old and I play men's cricket, the average speed for most of the men is around 130-140km/h (80-87 miles per hour). They've started bowling me bouncers, but I back away from them and just pop the ball up in the air. Please help me with this problem; I also have a fear of getting in behind the short ball at this pace and playing attacking shots."

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.

The cricket coaching chat continues apace as Burners, Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe discuss the "long toss" for cricket (if you have tried it, get in touch).

Plus we talk about 13 year olds facing 140kph bouncers, and the possibility of making it big purely from TV and online coaching.

It's cracking flags every week on the show.

We check fast bowling actions, wrist positions and are fastidious with their strength and conditioning.

Yet do we check their shoes?

Serious Cricket continue with the tips. This time it's England's Chris Silverwood to talk swing bowling.

There are a lot of ways to grip the ball to make it swing. It varies a lot because different bowler's have different positions for the seam to match their action.

Plus, the condition of the ball varies.

However, one thing that you can rely on is your thumb position.

Bonga writes in with good career news and a problem,

"Next year I'm gonna be captain of my school Under 13 team. There is lots of arguing in team and feels very divided. How do I get the team together again?"

Sounds like a political nightmare.

Lucky for Bonga, it's probably not as bad as he thinks.