Like millions of aspiring school and club cricketers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar wants to bowl faster. Sanjay Mankrekar thinks he shouldn't get ideas above his ability. So, is it true that in trying to improve your cricket, you can end up losing your strengths?

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

The winning question was,

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Coach Core is an Apprenticeship programme developed and funded by the Royal Foundation. It is designed to give NEET young people an employer led entry into the community coaching profession. The Nottingham Coach Core Apprenticeship programme is being delivered by a partnership consisting of:- Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and its charity The Trent Bridge Community Trust, Notts County Football In the Community, Nottingham Forest Football in the Community, National Ice Centre, Nottingham Rugby, Nottingham City of Football and Epic Partners.   This partnership approach for the delivery of Coach Core has not been done before, if successful this model will be continued and developed further.

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Team Nottingham is a consortium of the professional sporting clubs in Nottinghamshire: City of Football, Notts County Football in the Community, Nottingham Forest Football in the Community, Nottingham Rugby, National Ice Centre, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and Epic Partners.

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Chance to Shine is a national charity whose mission is to take cricket into state schools and deprived communities to raise aspiration, build skills, unite diverse communities and inspire young people. Its vision is to give every young person the opportunity to play and learn through cricket – with all the associated educational, social and health benefits.

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Chance to Shine is a national charity whose mission is to take cricket into state schools and deprived communities to raise aspiration, build skills, unite diverse communities and inspire young people. Its vision is to give every young person the opportunity to play and learn through cricket – with all the associated educational, social and health benefits. 

Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe talk cricket coaching, specifically the latest change to the Laws of cricket that allow fielders to move before the ball has been played. What tactical and skill changes will this bring?

Closing date: 30th October 2015

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Closing date: 30th October 2015

The Essex Women and Girls Performance programme is a successful and innovative structure that has gone from strength to strength over the past few years.

I had a great pleasure of working alongside England Lead batting coach, Graham Thorpe last week. Graham presented a batting masterclass which covered his approaches to developing quality players of pace and spin.

Thorpey's philosophy to coaching any batter, irrespective of age, was to 'coach back from the challenges of International game'. The first International game challenge that he identified was the fast, short pitched delivery.