Yorkers are the fast bowler’s most powerful weapon. You feel like you have got one over on the batsman when you duck one in onto his toes in front of middle stump. Even when it doesn’t get the wicket, it’s impossible to score.

But the yorker target area is small and even a slight error makes your toe-crusher an easy full-toss or half-volley.

You have to practice smart.

Captaincy and tactics have become much more scientific and evidence-based at the top level. This week we discuss what this means for the club and school captain, coach (and the poor old scorer).

We also answer questions on how to adjust the training culture in your side and bowling to batsman's weaknesses.

Turns out you might not even need to. Listen to the show to find out more.

Last week we discussed the power of the lunge pattern in improving cricket performance. This week we look at the technique for good lunging.

The forward lunge simulates movements that we make in cricket when we bat, bowl, field and keep wicket as well as being the starting point for the development of speed and stability: two vital components within any athletic performance.

Gary Palmer has a new online coaching course up on PitchVision Academy where he reveals all the secrets of his latest system - 4 Angles.

In this 2nd free preview video, Gary looks a t ayoung batsman's technique to find out how 4 Anglescan help him.

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Menno Gazendam is author of the popular Spin Bowling Project.

Here's a question I got from a reader;

"I don’t get much bowling opportunity in the game. And when I do, one mistake and I am off".

This is a very common complaint.

Gary Palmer has a new online coaching course up on PitchVision Academy where he reveals all the secrets of his latest system - 4 Angles.

In this free preview video, Gary talks you through the 4 Angles system and why it trumps the methods that are currently being used by coaches.

On the table for discussion this week is the problems of spinners 'losing it', deciding what to do at the toss based on pitch conditions and what training to do during the rainy season.

I was asked an interesting question the other day;

“What is the one best physical exercise for cricket?”

Now, fitness is more than one exercise.

A programme would incorporate numerous drills, exercises, aerobic training, anaerobic training, strength, power, core, weights and many other elements to boot.

Good cricketers are strong.

They may not look like big chested hulks (although some like Kallis, Flintoff and Irfan Pathan come close) but to bowl quick, put revs on the ball or hit the ball hard you need to have strength.

The pros have strength coaches to plan their every gym visit. Grass-roots coaches and their players may not even have access to a gym.

But that doesn't mean you need to ignore the usefulness of strength training in your sessions.

Menno Gazendam is author of the popular Spin Bowling Project online coaching course. This week he discusses how to captain spinners.

The best players have always been the brave players.

Just think of Marshall batting with a broken hand, Graeme Smith a broken finger, Murali with a problem hamstring bowling his heart out at the World Cup, Kumble with bandages around his head still fizzing down top spinners: all great players, all brave.

But, there is a different type of bravery in cricket, one that is often overlooked. One that you will rarely hear mentioned in any commentary.