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Cricket Show 29: What is overcoaching?

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It's the long awaited return of Kevin to the show this week. David and Kev catch up with each others cricket news and this week's '5 Questions' interviewee is Ben Baruch.

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Cricket Show 28: Batting coaching at Ealing CC

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We travel to London this week to catch up with case study subject Naz while watching Ealing CC play a friendly match.

Cricket Show 27: How to get lean for cricket (an interview with Leigh Peele)

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This week's show is a special interview with the fat loss troubleshooter Leigh Peele.

Cricket Show 26: How to pick length better

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David starts his cricket season in the sunshine and Kevin is fast becoming an IPL fan. We also have former first class wicketkeeper turned coach Mark Atkinson answering our quickfire "5 questions".

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Case study update: Preseason matches

This article is part of the miCricketCoach 2009 Case Study. To stay up to date with their progress get the free newsletter.

Both Naz and Geraint have begun their pre-season matches. Now is the time all that extra planning, training and organising starts to come to fruition.

5 exercises that will improve your explosive power for cricket

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This is part 2 of a 2 part series. To go to part 1 click here.

In part one of this series we learned how explosive exercises are perfect for cricket. Yet proper weightlifters spend years honing their technique. Can you get the benefits without the steep learning curve?

What a cricketer can learn from a small Chinese girl (or 4 reasons you should Olympic Lift)

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This is part 1 of a 2 part series. To go to part 2 click here.

Chen Yanqing weighs 57kg (9 stone) and is 5ft 2 inches tall. She is also a double gold winner in Olympic weightlifting.  Despite her size she has developed incredible power.

Imagine how you could use that kind of instant access to strength, speed and power on the cricket field.

Cricket Show 24: What to do if you are a new captain

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More audio cricket coaching delights for you download this week. Kevin is trying to keep himself busy while David is run off his feet, especially with coaching.

In the show we cover:

Don't do a Samit: How to avoid getting dropped

You have to feel a bit for Samit Patel. He was dropped from the England squad because of "a failure to reach an acceptable level of fitness". International cricket has realised the game requires athletes who are cricketers, not just cricketers.

Here's a quick way to develop power and speed for cricket

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I have had a few questions recently regarding easy ways to develop power in both the upper body and hips: key areas for all cricketers. So here is the circuit i am currently using. It also develops strength in the core.