Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Project. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here.

Why is Ajantha Mendis one of only 3 international bowlers to ever use the Iverson style grip?

And why is Graham Swann the only international off spinner to grip the ball using the lower knuckle on the middle finger to impart spin?

Because it's just not comfortable bowling with those grips.

Are you a dreamer or a doer?

The dreamer thinks big. He may be years away, but he sees himself playing for India. He is desperate to pull on the jersey and feel the adulation of the crowd when he makes his first international hundred. It is his passion.

The doer is more granular. He thinks about the simple processes of playing cricket. He focuses on technique and tactical nous. He is thinking about the next physical action.

Neither of these approaches are wrong, but the both also miss a step if they are serious about planning for an international debut.

The last show of the series and the year sees 11 tips for 2013 from all corners of the world.

But we also time to find out about Mark Garaway's tour to Dubai, Burners' plan for Christmas and how England beat India at home. Here is the article on playing spin that Garas mentioned.

The 2012 India vs England Test series was a resounding success for the visitors.

After India won the 1st rubber by a convincing margin, Andy Flower asked for his team to be judged on the whole series. Many questioned his faith, yet Andy could see that the ingredients were beginning to come together. This is how they did it:

Someone has a big challenge to overcome, so they emailed in,

"I've got some cricket championships coming up, they're 50 over games played over 5 days. I'm a batting all-rounder, and I bowl leg-spin and batting around 5. What is the best way for me to play hard, but also conserve my energy for the week?"

This is a guest article from coach and PhD candidate Adam Kelly

Everyone says you should train hard but sometimes it's good to step back and ask a bigger question of ourselves.

What is the purpose of training?

We spend hours and hours in nets and on the field looking to enhance our performance. Drills are designed to improve our skills.

Logically we should train recognise which skill to execute and when to execute said skill.

What would a year on PitchVision Academy be without a good old-fashioned review of the year?

And where better to focus that review than on the cricketing super-power that is India? With the world's most populous and passionate cricket fans the premier domestic T20 tournament in the IPL, 2012 is another notch on the belt of India as the cricket superpower.

How did we see it on PitchVision Academy?

Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Project. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here.

Spin bowling challenges a batsman's skills in a way that medium and fast bowling does not.

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

The winning question was:

"I have recently been working on my batting and have discovered that I am very flat footed and struggle to move my feet. I have a tendency to always push on to the front foot which means when the ball is back of a length I struggle to deal with it, often popping the ball up straight back to the bowler. Have tried to develop a trigger movement to keep me on my toes but it feels very manufactured. How can I improve my footwork at the crease?"

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.

Mark Garaway gives us a whistle stop tour through some of his articles as we discuss bowling boots, hitting the ball into the ground and vision training. Meanwhile Burners chips in with some notes on conditioning fast bowlers and a new tag line for PitchVision (maybe).

Plus we discuss the problem of poor footwork in batting and try to find as many words for 'stumps' as we can.

Next week's show is the last before the end of year break, so phone in today!