Schools Development Officer: Hampshire Cricket Board

Closing date: 9th October 2013

Salary: £21,500, pro rata - 22.5 hours per week. Fixed Term Contract until September 2015

Hampshire Cricket Board is responsible for developing recreational cricket within the county. We work closely with Hampshire Cricket and other partners to coordinate a diverse range of activities designed to provide cricketing opportunities for adults, boys, girls and people with disabilities.

We are recruiting a part time Schools Development Officer to support the management and administration of the Cricket Foundations Chance to Shine Programme. Through the programme we aim to inspire young people to choose cricket and be the best sport for schools to work with. This new appointment will be central to making this happen. The successful candidate will be required to develop relationships with schools and take responsibility for organising schools coaching programmes, managing competitions, coordinating teacher training and ensuring migration to local clubs.

This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Nicholas. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

The winning question was:

"I started training at age 11 and I am now 17.I think that I have over trained. When the season starts I look to be in good form but as the season comes to the middle I lose all my form and start to struggle. I was wondering if this was normal? and if not, what could I do in preseason training to better my performance to last the whole season?"

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

To enter your own question for the chance to win your choice of online coaching course send your questions in here.

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Here is a question I got from a fellow spinner,

"I am having trouble with my approach to the crease and I am unable to jump in the delivery stride. Is the jump necessary? I feel I am losing momentum while delivering the ball. How should I use my non-bowling arm? How should my front leg land, on the toes or flat footed? Also many people have told me to become a side on bowler and more classical. However I am not getting the same purchase with a side on action as with my present action. What is your take on that?"

Girls Cricket Development Officer: Northern Districts Cricket

Closing date: 30th September 2013

Northern Districts Cricket is seeking a Girls Cricket Development Officer in the Counties Manukau region for 20 hours per week for 16 weeks.

This is an independent fixed term contract that involves working with girls from year 5 to year 13, coordinating and delivering girls cricket. The contract covers two periods, from 21st October to 20th December and then from 10th February to 28th March.

The successful applicant will be paid an hour and will also receive an un-taxable weekly petrol allowance. The exact amount of this allowance will be discussed with the successful applicant before the start of their role.

This role will form our on-going commitment to having female role models within our summer game, and preference will be given to applicants with sports coaching experience.

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Talent Scout: Cricket New Zealand

Closing Date: 11th October 2013

Cricket is New Zealand’s staple summer sport with more than 100,000 people currently playing the game, making it one of the most widely played sports in the country.

New Zealand Cricket is responsible for the administration of the game in New Zealand, with delivery of grassroots, club, school and representative programmes managed through six regional Major Associations. New Zealand Cricket also administers the New Zealand men’s international team, The BLACKCAPS and the women’s international team, The White Ferns, as well as the New Zealand A, U19 teams and emerging players.

We’re looking for two Talent Scouts, reporting to the GM National Selection. These are part time contract roles from the end of October 2013 until the end of March 2014, involving approximately 80 days of work over this period.

The primary focus of the HP Talent Scout is to identify the talented players in the national men’s pathway who have the potential to become international cricketers for the BLACKCAPS, or representatives at New Zealand A or New Zealand Under-19 levels. This may involve attendance at Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy, HRV Twenty20 or the occasional U19 or secondary school fixtures, prior to making recommendations to the GM National Selection.

Mark Garaway drags us into his personal batting hell as he relates to a Reader's Question on the show. The solution is is creative as always, so download the show and get listening!

We also discuss the success of Irish cricket in recent years, the Kanga league, and the myth of weight training to get bulky (hint: you won't).

I got a great question emailed in recently,

"My son gets a lot out of playing cricket. I think as well as the physical side of the game, it is vital the mental side is dealt with. My lad as played club and county development cricket this year. He says when he plays county he finds he feels different. He never seems to be able to say how, but just that he does. I would like to find out how he can overcome this."

Face it, your head has been turned by the new iPhone 5. It's the new hotness. It's sexy. It's GOLD.

Most of all, it's a game changing device.

Whatever you do as a cricketer, or coach, having a tiny but powerful computer right in your pocket opens up a world of opportunity. And with the new iPhone about to hit the shops, is the perfect time to buy.

So why exactly should you buy an iPhone 5 if you want to play better cricket?

Picture the typical fast bowler personality. You are probably thinking of an angry, red-faced man with a face full of bristling moustache. He is bent on everything short of murder and not short of a few choice words or a bouncer aimed straight at your teeth.

But what if you have a bit of fast bowling talent without the aggressive personality?

Can you ever be a success as a quickie?