Steffan Jones, former professional cricketer and cutting-edge strength coach, has joined the PitchVision Academy coaching panel and his brand new course is available now.

Steff is trainer to a range of cricketers and has developed a tried and tested training programme for fast bowlers that: prevents injury and increases bowling pace. He brings with him a reputation of career-saving results with methods adapted from other sports to bring astounding results. 

The course has never been available online before, but today you can get your hands on it thanks to PitchVision Academy.

It is the result of years of experience and hundreds of players who vary in age from teenagers up until former Test players in their late 30s.

There has never been a more cutting edge fitness training plan available for upcoming fast bowlers outside the professional game.

Ask any Strength Coach about the fitness needs of fast bowlers and they will all quickly start talking about the core.

The term is loose, but it broadly means your "midsection". It is vital for you to be strong and stable in that area if you are looking to bowl fast, prevent injury or both.

And who isn't?

Of course, core training can et complex with a lot of differing theories so it gets confusing quickly.

Do you do crunches or not? Are your hamstrings part of the core? What about this "anti-rotation" buzz word you have heard?

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

The winning question was:

"At what time in the day would you say it was too late to train a cricketer of the age of 13? Our club will have sessions at 8:00-9:30 on a Sunday night. I think this is too late not only as he has school but is there any problems that could arise to injury?"

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.

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

You will hear commentators talk about bowling in channels and lines and that good bowlers should look to bowl good lines.

This is true, but not the whole story.

The 4th season Cricket Show kicks off with a blast into 2013, and it's set to be the best series yet as we head towards our 200th show.

Burners, David Hinchliffe and Mark Garaway talk about the real way to make changes and why resolutions are not the best place to start. But it is a new year and people's minds turn to fitness so we also answer your questions on resistance bands and training late at night.

Remember, you can participate in the show, improve your cricket and win a prize!

In my first ever article I wrote about my early coaching influences which started at Ventnor Cricket Club on the Isle of Wight.

On Christmas Day I heard the news that one of those mentors from VCC had sadly passed away earlier that morning.

Malcolm Sketchley was one of my heroes.

We look to our heroes for advice, and group has more hero worship than Indian cricketers. How could they lie to their fans?

Be it mis-information, spin or taken out of context, these are the truisms taken as gospel by the fans that, in fact, won't help your game if you are trying to emulate the stars:

Ashish asked a question I think a lot of young fast bowlers wonder,

"What are some good bowling exercises for teenage fast bowlers to do at home? I heard fast bowlers need a strong core, shoulders, arms and legs."

Ashish has heard right in that bowlers need strong everything!

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

Why would anyone prepare pitches that do not take any spin?

It's a great loss for the game when the beauty of spin bowling is neutralised by flat pitches. It is a modern day trend at the top level cricket that will hopefully change.

The new year brings new hopes for getting fit, and for cricketers that means very specific things: run faster, bow faster, hit harder, throw longer, keep up stamina and prevent injuries.

All worthy aims of course, but there is a trap waiting. If you fall in you can forget about your dreams of improved fitness this year.

What is this trap?