This guide for senior club cricketers aged over 18 is of a series of introductory guides to PitchVision Academy, for the full list click here.

You are over 18 and playing regular serious non-professional adult cricket. There is a formal league structure and you play against your peers, overseas and semi-pro players. This category also includes serious University cricket below first-class standard.

Ambitions at this level vary wildly from good players who want to play tough cricket for fun, to younger players who still harbour aims to play at the professional level. Whatever you want, once everyone crosses the white line the cricket is always hard and serious.

• The 7 Immutable Laws of Cricket Practice
• You Can Still Go to Nets in the Rain
• 27 Preseason Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for Nets That Actually Improve your Cricket
• 3 Delightfully Simple Ways to Spice Up Net Practice
• Ditch the Nets at Winter Training to Make a Better Preseason
• Why Practice Matches are Better Than Nets
• How to Improve Your Running Between The Wickets
• How Club Cricketers Can Train Like Professionals
• The 4 Levels of Cricket Preparation
• Instantly Improve Net Practice
• Practice Like a Physical Genius
• What Cricketers Have in Common with Fighter Pilots

• The Essential Elements to Cricket Success
• 6 Golden Rules of Success from Professional Cricket
• There is No Such Thing as the X-Factor in Becoming a Cricketer
• Confound your Critics, Tear Up the Form Book and Bounce Back From Defeat
• Warning: Being a ’24 Hour Cricketer’ Can Seriously Improve Your Game
• 9 Club Cricket Myths
• How to be Lucky
• How to Get Better by Failing

• Psychology is Just Good Cricket Thinking
• Mental Training is Just as Effective as Nets
• Getting the Right Attitude
• How to be Fearless
• Turn Your Cricket Dreams into Reality
• How to Handle Pressure
• Ignore Context to Reduce Pressure
• Planning to Succeed
• How to Reduce Nerves
• 4 More Things to Do While Waiting To Bat
• How to be Consistent
• Use Your Inner Hobgoblin to Have a Good Cricket Season
• How Fast Can You Get Back to ‘Ready’?
• How to Bounce Back From Failure
• Can You Try Too Hard?

• The Complete Guide to Cricket Fitness
• The Natural Way to Be Fitter
• The 4 Best Exercises for Cricket Fitness
• Get Fit by Playing Cricket
• Cricket Training Secrets: Foam Rolling
• Cricket Training Secrets: Prevent Hamstring Injuries
• Cricket Training Secrets: Prevent Shoulder Injuries
• More Injury Prevention Exercises
• What Should Cricketers Eat on Match Days?
• 10 Tips on Drinking for Cricket Players
• 7 Ways to Stop Lower Back Pain
• Precision Cricket Nutrition
• Creatine for Cricket
• How Important is the Gym?
• 7 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Gym
• Sometimes You Don’t Need a Gym to Get Fit
• 5 Exercises No Cricketer Should Do
• Why you Should Care About Work to Rest Ratio
• What Every Cricketer Ought to Know About Pilates
• Fitness for Older Cricketers

• Batting Tactics
• Bat Like Viv Richards
• Controversial Cricket Tactics
• 5 Strategies for Dealing With Ringers
• 10 Ways to Avoid Boring Club Cricket Draws
• How You Can Control the Result of Your Club Game
• Why You Shouldn’t Copy Professional Cricket Throwing
• How to be a Professional Amateur
• At Last: Proof that Hammering Length Gets Wickets (And How to Bowl Length Better)
• Keep Bowling Tactics Simple
• Exploit Batting Weaknesses
• Set Clever Fields
• Avoid Going Quiet in the Field
• Get More Run Outs
• Reduce Opponents Confidence Like Steve Waugh
• Chirp
• Make the Groundsman Love You

• How to Stop Cliques Forming In Your Cricket Club and Build Unstoppable Team Spirit
• How to Benefit from an Analyst