Every cricketer who has nervously bitten his nails waiting for a turn to bat knows how important the mind is to playing well. Yet we spend little time working on this aspect of our game.

When you think of the great West Indian pace bowlers of the past, you can't help but wince at their ability to bowl terrifying bouncers. How do you make a batsman jump like that?

Kevin's young and inexperienced team is having early season success. This week he reveals why he thinks everything has gone so well. Also Menno Gazendam and Gary Palmer join David in answering cricket coaching questions:

It could be going from representative level back to grade cricket or simply being selected for the 2nd XI. For some players getting dropped is a cricketing disaster. It's a dramatic demonstration that they are not up to the task.

Does good off spin bowling baffle you? It probably should. Even if you are confident against spinners, you can never really relax. Ask Ricky Ponting.

What you can do is learn to play better against off spin by making small changes to your technique and tactics.

Let's look at some of these now:

This edition of Laws of Cricket, in association with the International Institute of Cricket Umpiring and Scoring, covers some more tricky questions of the Laws.

Cricket technology company miSport today announced a new addition to the PitchVision system that solves the problem of practicing under pressure and allows players to improve their game by practicing in more realistic conditions.

Geoff Boycott has a simple formula: If you think your innings is doing well, just add two wickets and see how it looks. 80-1 sounds good. 80-3 is shaky. It's a nice idea but that safety-first approach can only lead to a batting collapse.

Ongoing research at the University of Western Australia is using PitchVision technology to find ways of making net practice more intense and realistic for cricketers.

Guests Menno Gazendam and Gary Palmer join David and Kevin in this week's show. Kevin talks us through an exciting finish to his Saturday club match and the start of his Twenty20 campaign. We also answer a wide range of questions including: