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'Changing gear' can be difficult and is a great help if you have a 'stats man' around you or your club as this really needs to be done by someone watching your game. In trying to avoid the 'all or nothing' approach its great if you can identify the 'risk / reward' ratio for different shots ie...

Or this... http://www.pitchvision.com/why-you-shouldnt-tell-batsmen-to-watch-the-ball#/

OK, playing devil's advocate, what is the point of being accurate and then having to start again when you learn to spin the ball? Surely you are just a 'slow bowler', possibly difficult to get away but good batters will soon work you out. The whole point of being a spin bowler is that you have...

Not sure if anyone caught Shane Warne talking about leg spin live yesterday, but worth a look while Sky keep it available on their site http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/10311478/shane-warne-masterclass-australia-great-talks-leg-spin-in-the-zone

Amen to that SLA, although I would like to qualify it a little, in that the coach doesn't have to be 'professional' in terms of someone doing it as a full time career (there are good and bad in both the professional and amateur ranks, particularly in something as specialist as leg-spin) but most...

OK, this is a very 'general rule of thumb' but well worth the repost, thanks David. http://www.pitchvision.com/wrong-video#/

http://www.pitchvision.com/wrong-video#/

Passed my Level 1 on Sunday. Not planning on doing any extra umpiring this summer but will umpire (adult) matches my lad plays in if they don't have an umpire and the club are happy for me to do it. Really took the course as an insurance policy to keep me in the game and it is after all the...

Yes, its the backfoot that has to be within the return crease but there isn't anything to stop your front foot being outside that line, other than having a big cross over of your front leg, would be interested to Liz's view of both actions Just for info -

Dave it isn't (or shouldn't be) the case that you get the MCC coaching manual and progressively work your way through learning specific shots imo. As you say, most start with playing in the V as that has a dual purpose being the basis of a sound defence and also then leads to the more attacking...

Never really understood the mirror drill but know it works for some so give it a go. This is the drop feed appreciate it doesn't look difficult but is the batting equivalent of bowling from a standing start, allowing you to focus on a specific area without lots of other stuff distracting from...

To be honest Dave, I would give the bowling machine a miss for a session or two and just work on drop/bobble feeds until you get the feel of moving your head (and weight) into the line of the ball. It might seem like something you would suggest to a junior (and I would) but it still has value...

I am a big fan of David's analysis here http://www.pitchvision.com/batting-plans#/ that said if you are struggling with a step up in standard then you do perhaps need to look at elements of what you are doing - note this isn't saying you need to go back to square one and spend all the Christmas...

So, Rashid not selected for the SA series, this is from the ECB site: “Adil Rashid showed plenty of promise in the UAE but the conditions in South Africa make the likelihood of playing two spinners extremely remote. Although he would have been selected as a back up spinner we feel there is an...

Sorry Dave I don't know what Bob Willis has said to upset you but I think the stick that has been dished out to the English spinners is to a certain extent probably justified - if your captain couldn't rely on you consistently bowling to your field you shouldn't be being picked to play...

Well done Joe and best of luck

Well, if nothing else the inclusion of Rashid in the test side has resulted in more column inches, or whatever the digital equivalent is, the latest offering from the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/34543919 including the quote from Graeme Swann "Leg-spin is by far the hardest thing to...

If he bowls with more overspin (or even variations in overspin) that surely be a reason for the batter not to use their feet as the length is the hardest thing to judge? Bowlers with a bit of drift and more sidespin are the ones to use your feet to as they 'should' have less dip, so as long as...

Thanks for the link, some interesting opinions in there and a fair range of views which is perhaps what makes legspin so hard/interesting/difficult to coach (delete as applicable!) and its a good update to the modern era having just read Philpott's book, some of MacGill's comments are straight...

Dave, Essex have laid out the pathway here http://www.essexcricket.org.uk/community/district-cricket/ http://www.essexcricket.org.uk/emerging-players-programme/ http://www.essexcricket.org.uk/team/essex-academy/ Not all counties run districts anymore so many go from school/club level straight...