After another stonking year of cricket, it's time we had a quick look back at the highlights. So, whether you are a veteran of PitchVision Academy or this is your first visit, this collection of content is a great place to look at what we gave you in the last 12 months.

Here are the very best cricket coaching articles on PitchVision Academy in the last 12 months that will stand you in good sted for the rest of your career.

Preparation

As you can imagine, this year we had a strong focus on drills and practices that will help you improve as a cricketer.

We started with a warm up. We talked you through some upgrades to practice, including ways to improve decision making and some cricket hand-eye drills.

The batsmen got a bunch of drills too including,

• Target batting
• Shot selection development
• How to pick length

And my personal favorite, ways to hit a bowler off a good length.

While the bowlers also got some new ideas and practices,

• Bowling line (and why it's not as important as we think)
• Bowling length
• Getting more turn from spin

Speaking of practice. We took a long look at how much it takes to reach a satisfyingly good level. It's more than you think, but not as hard to start as you imagine.

And everyone got a bit of fielding advice,

• Hitting the sumps more
• Better high catching
• Realistic ground fielding
• Measuring fielding

Understanding your game

A big theme from this year is that players are best when they understand their own game, from strengths and weaknesses through to personality traits.

There was some "tough love" in January on this theme and how it stops you from becoming a cricketer. Despite this, most of the content was a lot more about patting you on the back.

Mainly, we talked a heck of a lot about one word: Review: This was the most important article of the year, and we referred back to it many times.

But we didn't end there. The "ideal performance state" was explained as a key tool in the mission to understand yourself. Mark Garaway helped focus minds by asking "what does success look like". We told you about the importance of looking the part.

Of course, all this skill in knowing your game is not an excuse to play one way.

Confidence in tactics

There was also a lot of advice on improve your ability to handle pressure situations with mental toughness. This article asks you nine questions to help you discover where you are.

Once you know your level, we show you how to have a mental net., and set up practice to develop your ability to deal with unfairness and manage frustrations. We then move to the middle to fight off the "chimp mind" and be your real self in the middle, not an out of control monkey.

We didn't ignore tactical nous though. We examined game plans for all batsmen here.

After the game, we teach you how to deal with critics and those who try to knock you down with myths.

Data with PitchVision

Finally, we started showing the power of PitchVision with a series of drills and a case study, following eight players for 10 weeks. There is no doubt that ideas like "gamification", and "quantified self" have taken hold this year, and that measurement is now seen as a core part of developing as a player.

It's this theme that we will continue into the next 12 months most strongly, giving you further creative ways to use data at your level to become a better player.

I hope your year was as good as ours, and that together we can progress even further next year!