Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe help players improve their cricket.

The show team answer questions about balance while batting and opening the face of the bat when driving.

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It’s holiday time in the Garaway household. We are now on our annual “coaching holiday”.

I indulge myself in reading books on my kindle whilst listening to the sea lap up against the shore in St Lucia.

Tough life!

You wouldn’t go on a journey to a new place without a map. So, don’t go on your cricket journey without goals.

Losing a cricket match is hard to take. You feel sick, angry and disappointed.

We are all well drilled in playing the forward defence, playing it to prevent the bowler from taking a wicket. In fact, it's a lot more useful than that.

Playing defensively spans everything from "none shall pass" drop to the feet, through to a defensive push that is designed to score runs. It's a shot with nuance that requires skill and practice to get right. ANd if you do it will increase your strike rate!

So, it's time to give the forward defence the time and respect it deserves and learn to play with both soft and hard hards to make more of those balls you can't smash.

Every cricket-loving schoolkid dreams of being able to use world class training facilities. So, Delhi Public School, Yamuna Nagar Haryana, is investing in creating cricketers by becoming the first to launch PitchVision in the region.

You may recall a post-tour review undertaken by our U14 Keeper Batter, Jamie. Well, Jamie is back and he is the focus of a drill that I do to test a players psychological attributes as well as their technique.

Cricket has changed. Coaching needs to change with it.

Unless you are very lucky, you will have coached a cricket session with a problem: Lack of focus.

When a bowler is in rhythm they are in control, so it’s your job as a batsman to find ways to disrupt that balance.