Last night, the team I coach ran an experimental practice drill to improve game sense and raise the intensity of net practice. Here's how it went.

Who has time to work out the opposition for your next cricket match?

Last night at net practice, one of my team was sent in to bat. In one hand was his bat, and in the other hand was a bunch of cones. I had to ask what he was up to.

Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe get into cricket coaching questions. This show discusses the weather (of course), isometric exercises and how to stop the curse of being a great net batsman but a terrible middle batsman!

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MS Dhoni first impressed me on my first India tour back in 2006.

Head Coach of The Cricket Asylum, Matt Dawson, has been selected by the Coach of the Year Panel for Coach of the Month.

As usual, the panel were inundated with nominations from around the world. Matt was selected for his amazing work setting up and running Cricket Asylum in Yorkshire, UK and for the CA Foundation, which brings cricket to underprivileged children in the area.

We have all heard good old coaching advice: Wait for the bad ball and put it away. But there is another way.

Picture the scene: You walk in to bat. A medium pace bowler stands at his mark while you take guard. You look around and see the classic ring field: everyone saving the single.

Mark Garaway and Sam Lavery join David Hinchliffe to answer cricket coaching questions about back pain while bowling and wicketkeeping technique tips.

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