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Cricket Show 335: Competition Winner

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

The winning question was,

"How can i lose my weight to play cricket is there any diet plan or exercise."

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

Quick Tip: Setting Up PitchVision Coach Software on Your PC

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Here's a super quick guide to setting up PitchVision Coach on your PC. It's quick because it's easy! You simply need to know three things; who is using it, where are you, and what you are doing.

We call these things; players, venues and sessions.

Let's assume you are setting up everything from scratch for now.

(In reality, most of this stuff only needs to be set up once and then you will just reuse it.)

Cricket Show S6 Episode 43: Forget the Chimp

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Building relationships with other players can be tough. But it's a vital part of being in a team or coaching players, so the team of Sam Lavery, Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe talk about how to handle different situations,including the dreaded "chimp brain".

Plus there are questions answered on how to lose weight for cricket, and setting the field for a podcast favourite; leg spinners. Tune in to get the lowdown (if indeed you tune these days).

Increase Catching Area with this Funky Drill

How big are your players catching areas?

Super slow motion cameras are great for noting the size of catching areas in both keepers and fielders. Often, we see that catchers line the ball up with one open hand and more closed one, this is great if judgement is spot on or if the ball does not dip or deviate in the air.

CRICKET JOBS: Welfare Officer, Voluntary - Sussex CCC (UK)

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Closing date: 20th November 2015

An exciting and high-profile opportunity has arisen to work with one of the country’s most successful cricket clubs. Sussex County Cricket Club is recruiting a voluntary position for a Club Welfare Officer. 

CRICKET JOBS: Education and Employability Manager - Sussex CCC (UK)

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Closing date: 27th November 2015

A unique opportunity has arisen within the Sussex Cricket Foundation to lead work on the development of education, skills and employability programmes.

CRICKET JOBS: Cricket Development Officer - Sussex CCC (UK)

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Closing date: 27th November 2015

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Sussex Cricket and the Sussex Cricket Foundation to work as a Cricket Development Officer.   This is a great time to join Sussex Cricket, further to the recent integration between the Sussex Cricket Board and Sussex County Cricket Club.

CRICKET JOBS: Womens and Girls Development Officer - Cumbria Cricket (UK)

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Closing date: 4th December 2015

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Cumbria Cricket Ltd to work as Women & Girls Cricket Development Officer. This is a great time to join Cumbria Cricket, with the support of Chance to Shine & ECB; we are increasing our Development team to provide new and exciting participation opportunities. This role will focus on growing participation programmes across the county for girls and women. The candidate will be planning, managing, developing and delivering specific participation programmes throughout various settings in Cumbria, with the aim of introducing and retaining more participants in the game.

Bowler Video Analysis: A Fresh Camera Angle

With so many cameras to cricketers these days, it's easy to set up and forget about it. But here's a great fresh angle that will help identify a range of technical points for bowlers. Using PitchVision, I set a camera in the perfect place and there was no danger to the equipment or the coach in the process. Watch the video to find out the details:

CRICKET JOBS: Regional Cricket Manager, West Metro - Cricket Victoria (Aus)

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Closing date: 24th November 2015

Cricket Victoria is one of Australia's leading sporting organisations with the responsibility of developing and overseeing cricket throughout the state to underpin growth and participation and contribute to the success of the Victorian and Australian cricket teams. From grassroots cricket to the elite teams - the Bushrangers, VicSpirit, Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades - we nurture and promote the development and success of the sport for all Victorians.