What do you get if you combine exceptional facilities and coaching from the Marylebone Cricket Club with young, underprivileged boys in India?

You get the MCC Lord's Club in India. You get a genuine chance to become a cricketer.

And PitchVision was there. We wanted to give you a peek behind the velvet rope to find out what happens when an exclusive camp is opened up to those who could never experience it. Read on to find out more.

MCC Coaching, PitchVision Technology

The venue was the Doon School in Dehradun. As befits one of the finest schools in India, it's cricket facilities match the academic performance of the pupils. It was an easy choice for the MCC to set up their week-long camp and bring coaches with an equal pedigree.

These days the MCC is progressive in it's mission to develop cricket, and so alongside the cones, nets and bowling machines they brought in PitchVision to provide the ball-tracking system that will help the boys and their coaches learn and improve. It proved to be the perfect combination of tradition, reputation and technology. While the coaches coached, and the players learned, PitchVision got on with the business of tracking every ball to create a generation of quantified cricketers.

With access to data like bowling pace and accuracy, self-improvement takes a leap forward.

But PitchVision didn't interfere with the coaching. Here are some examples of other drills that were less high-tech:

Tennis ball balance drill

What do you do with a player who is not quite balanced at the crease? Simple, you use a tennis ball and set of stumps to force him into the right position. With the ball under his back foot, the player has to keep his weight mainly forward. He can't back away, and he has to go up on his back toe when driving.

Meanwhile on the other side, a set of stumps acts as a disincentive to stepping or leaning too far to the off side and "falling over" in the style of Shane Watson. Result: better balance.

Cone follow through drill

All bowler's know how important the follow-through is as a tent peg. It has to be powerful and it has to be straight, but not in the danger area. So set down some cones as a guide to the bowler and help him better align his follow-through. In the picture you can also see cones on a good length to also help with target practice.

Meanwhile, PitchVision was making sure this bowler stayed behind the line by tracking his front foot position, and logged his accuracy with his new follow through.

These are just two examples of the many practices experienced by the boys on the camp. There's no doubt they will leave better players than when they arrived, and perhaps we will see them in Indian team colours one day.