Most people think you need a demon pace bowler with pace or a wily spinner to run through a team. The real way to destroy things is to use the wrecking ball in the opposition's head. Batting collapses are mental.

Falling away - or lateral flexion - is a common issue with fast bowlers.

Most coaches and players can spot the issue easily. But can (and should) you fix it?

Keep the scoreboard ticking with this simple trick.

Sam Lavery, Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe get together to chat about coaching and playing cricket. On the show this time there are discussions about defending with a bent leg and batting practice without bowlers at nets.

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Sam Lavery, Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe get together to chat about coaching and playing cricket. On the show this time there are discussions about defending with a bent leg and batting practice without bowlers at nets.

Remember to follow PitchVision Academy for free bonus content.

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You may recall the excellent “King Power Hitting Drill” which was posted a couple of years ago.

If you have coached cricket to young players you will know that not everyone listens intently to your every word.

The nightmare scenario is a group who seem bent on destroying any chance of developing skills. It's frustrating because, as a good coach, you are aiming to make every session fun as well as instructive.

Yet someone finds a way to be disruptive to your plans: Asking irrelevant questions, getting bored after one try and trying to distract others, I even once saw a kid so unfocused he walked across the pitch as the bowler was bowling (fortunately with a soft ball)!

The standard advice is "make it fun", but what do you do when your best efforts to make things fun are disrupted?

Who has the time or need for Neuro-Lingusitic Programming? It's much better to just go and hit cricket balls.

"How did you go at the weekend?" I asked the batsman I was coaching.