Cricket Show 21: Keep your elbow up
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Classic coaching advice is covered this week as we answer your questions on batting technique, fitness and bowling tactics. This week we cover:
How to analyse your bowling action with some chalk
Every fast bowler knows that a 'mixed' action is a recipie for lower back injuries. If you don't have a video camera, how can you tell if your action is mixed?
In this video, filmed at Activate Cricket Centre in Sydney, we look at how a simple piece of chalk can be just as effective if you know how to use it. Learn how you can find out if your shoulders and hips are properly aligned in your action and reduce your chance of injury.
The art of working the umpire
Do you remember the Marcus Trescothick sweet controversy?
The former England player revealed he helped the ball swing by eating sweets. The sugar on his saliva as he shined the ball seemed to make a difference. Sales of Murray Mints around English cricket grounds shot up overnight.
Forget jogging: Fast forward your cricket fitness with Tabata
There are two types of people in this world: Those who hate jogging and the crazy ones.
Let's face it, for most cricketers jogging is less fun as getting out for a golden duck, dropping a catch and getting your bowling smashed around the park all rolled into one. But most of us would also admit that being a little fitter would help too.
Cricket Show 20: How to stop getting out LBW
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After a short delay due to technical issues, the world's only cricket coaching and tips online show is finally out for you to enjoy.
If you have a question or comment related to cricket technique, fitness, nutrition, tactics or psychology you can email the show here.
This week we cover:
Umpires Corner: Coming out of retirement and unsafe conditions
This edition of Umpires Corner in association with the International Institute of Cricket Umpiring and Scoring covers some more tricky questions of the Laws.
Don't rely on memory to review your cricket performance
Your memory is a brilliant but flawed system. If you are using it to improve your game you may be working on the wrong things.
The problem lies in our ability to recall cricket performance. We think we remember things as they happened, but this is rarely the case. Nobody has the memory capacity to remember every ball of every game and practice. You may lose something important, especially around emotionally charged moments: a stunning victory or controversial umpiring decision.
When you are out of form, get back to batting basics
Ben Baruch takes the reins again today. This time his article is about going back to the basics of batting: Something we can easily forget about in the world of trigger moves and Twenty20 hitting.
When a batsman is out of form their coach will often tell them to 'go back to basics'. What are these basics?
Humble or humbling: The press up for cricket fitness
The press up divides cricketers of all ages and levels.
On one side it's the simple to do, no equipment required exercise of the super fit (or those aspiring to get fitter at least). On the other side it's a painful punishment that brings back memories of nasty PE teachers from school.
Great catching : It's in us all!
These catches should re-affirm in us the belief that you can make great catches too. It is within the capabilities of every fielder to change the course of a game with one piece of inspirational fielding.