It's easy on the Internet to be reductive. It's easy to say "just practice harder and you will be fine". its easy because it appeals to our deep desire to keep things simple.

Cricket practice is basically a simple thing: it's about volume and repetitions and practicing more. The more you catch the better a catcher you become.

You can stop there and do pretty well.

Yet it's also about nuances. We have different styles and movement types. We are mentally set up differently. It takes time to work out what "best" is for you as a genetically unique being. No one has ever been you before, and no one ever will be again.

That makes it impossible to make one size fit all.

It makes the word "just" a disgustingly tough word to justify.

What that means for you is that, yes, you have to get your volume of training in, but you also need to think on it. Reflect on what kind of training gives you the results you want. It might mean keeping a journal or sitting down with team mates to reflect on the way you all catch.

What you find when you hear simple advice is that it has worked for the person giving the advice. Perhaps that person has great success and experience. Perhaps they have a deep knowledge of cricket and have used that massive data set in their brain to boil advice down to something insanely simple.

But be careful of simplicity. It hides a lot. It's not always transferable. Keep things as simple as possible, but know that you don't want to get any simpler.