I was recently lucky enough to meet former Test umpire Ken Palmer and hear about the games he was in charge of. One common thread to his tales was that the best bowlers always knew how to work with the umpire.

Rating Test, Twenty20 and ODI cricket in order of preference is a common cricketing arguement. But what about the cricket you actually play?

Today's article intends to find out with a quick poll. What is your favourite format?

I prefer playing shorter format cricket. Twenty over games would be ideal for me although I play most of my games in the traditional English style of 1 day, 1 innings each with draws and declarations possible.

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When a coach with the reputation of Ian Pont comes up with a new training product you listen to what he has to say. In this case it's the Dura-band Cricket trainer. So is it any good?

The show turns its focus to coaching this week. David and Kevin discuss some of their coaching experiences and look at your questions. Ian Pont is also back with another tip, this time for spinners.

This week's question section features questions on:

As you know, PitchVision Academy is the place to go for detailed online coaching advice from the best coaches in the world.

As you know, Gary Palmer is a friend of PitchVision Academy. He is the official batting coach of PitchVision Academy, runs the highly successful CCM Academy and contributes all kinds of free stuff to PitchVision Academy readers.

Does this sound familiar?

You have been playing for a while now and you have the basics down. Net sessions go well but when you get out into the middle you stall. Runs and wickets somehow seem hard to come by and you have no idea why.

When done wrong, team meetings are a waste of time. I know. I spent years working in a big company who had the ability to make meetings about meetings last for hours for no reason.

So if you are going to have one make the most of it by doing it right. It's only respectful of the player's time.

As we are sport-loving types at my cricket club so there is normally a football being kicked around the outfield by a couple of players on the morning of a match. As we are competitive types too, this gentle kickabout tends to become a game with jumpers for goalposts, sliding tackles and elaborate diving in the box.

It might be fun, but is it a suitable way to warm up before a cricket game?