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Cricket Show 22: Batting and bowling tips

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Kevin and David take a look at batting and bowling this week as we answer your cricket coaching questions on the following topics:

Cricket Show 21: Keep your elbow up

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Classic coaching advice is covered this week as we answer your questions on batting technique, fitness and bowling tactics. This week we cover:

Forget jogging: Fast forward your cricket fitness with Tabata

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There are two types of people in this world: Those who hate jogging and the crazy ones.

Let's face it, for most cricketers jogging is less fun as getting out for a golden duck, dropping a catch and getting your bowling smashed around the park all rolled into one. But most of us would also admit that being a little fitter would help too.

Humble or humbling: The press up for cricket fitness

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The press up divides cricketers of all ages and levels.

On one side it's the simple to do, no equipment required exercise of the super fit (or those aspiring to get fitter at least). On the other side it's a painful punishment that brings back memories of nasty PE teachers from school.

'The Map' Part 5: How to recover quickly from one game to the next

Your post-match routine is another area where developing simple routines can be beneficial.

At the end of any contest there is the desire to relax, celebrate perhaps, reflect on performances and identify ‘what went wrong’.

In order to make this period as productive as possible you can employ:

Physical Recovery Routines

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Snow day: 6 Ways to train when the weather puts a stop to things

As you can see from the picture, I went to my gym here in the UK to find it shut with a snowman in the carpark.

That put an end to my plans to train that day. Or did it?

Case study update: The rules are in place

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

Things are going well for Geraint and Naz, the miCricketCoach case studies. We have started to make a few changes to both training and nutrition for the better.

Here are the current plans for both of them.

Are you destroying your technique with fielding drills?

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Fielding drills can cause injury and hold back improvements in technique if players are not given enough rest. It's rest times that can make or break a good fielding drill session.

It's a delicate balance. Too much rest and waiting between drills can quickly make the activity boring. On the other hand, too little rest leads to fatigue building up and sloppy technique creeping in.

'Transfer' is the key to good cricket fitness training

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When I started this site in 2006 I thought the words 'cricket fitness' meant roughly the same thing to everyone. How wrong I was.