Mark Garaway talks with Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe about his new online coaching course, and the reasons behind why he flet it was important to bring out now.

The team also get stuck into discussing the role of the hips in spin bowling and the common mistake spinners make about thinking it's al about fingers and wrists. Plus there is a primer on drift and dip in spin bowling.

Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe chat about cricket in the show. The agenda includes David's selection issues and how to balance the priorities of results, development and enjoyment.

There is also a discussion on preventing finger pain in spinners when you need to bowl, and we answer a question about technical perfection. As usual, it's Garas who comes up with the golden point. If you want to hear it, listen in.

The #1 cricket coaching podcast starts 2015, and it's off to a flyer. The team of Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe talk about warming up for cricket, and how it's changed over the years. It's not about a quick knock up on the outfield any more.

But if you do want to knock up, maybe it can help with your concentration skills as we advise a listener on more details about this article on bat tapping and focus.

Then the discussion moves on the field settings, and in particular the role of short leg when the leg spinner is on. Is there a use for it at your level?

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It's the last show in the season before the team's Christmas break. Garas is out with an injury but Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe discuss influences in 2014 from cricketers through Johnny Wilkinson to American comedians.

Plus, there are questions answered on 25 yard deliveries, and developing SAQ style training for fast bowlers. It's a perfect Christmas gift from us to you. See you in 2015!

As Mark Garaway often tells David Hinchliffe and Sam Lavery, there's nothing wrong with a short one. And that's exactly what's happening with the show this week.

Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe are moved to speak about their feeling over death of Philip Hughes and the incredible outpouring of tributes in recent days. The cricket community have rallied around in a tragic time.

The world also keeps turning and so there are also discussions on cricket coaching and playing for the main part of the show. There is feedback about how to train to score a hundred, and questions about how to cut out looseners as a bowler, and how to be more consistent as a young player.

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In half an hour of audio cricket chat, the team cover a range of topics and questions. First up is the influence of the IPL on the wider cricket world, especially in the light of news that English cricket has seen a drop in participation.

Then Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe go into specifics about bowling fast and reducing injury. Following a question, Lavers and Garas analyse the techniques of Tino Best and Keemar Roach and discuss how much you can emulate, copy and paste.

Finally there is a discussion on the power, and tyranny of thinking positive. Can just thinking about being good make you good?

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The headlines are often grabbed by bowler's with great variations, yet it's easy to get confused about when to best use the variations you have, be they bouncer, yorker, arm ball or googly. Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe discuss the details of this on the show.

Plus, there are discussions on "playing blind", dealing with recurring injury and if there is an off position on the genius switch.

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How can a player transition into being a good coach? With the appointments of Collingwood and Ramprakash to high profile roles, and some criticism floating around, the team discuss if you need to be a world-class player to coach at world-class levels. Or a good player to coach at good levels.

David Hinchliffe, Sam Lavery and Mark Garaway go on to look at cricket bats, and in particular how you deal with a bat that is not right for you. Plus we discuss the term "skidding the ball" and try to interpret exactly what it is, and how to use it to your advantage.

Your thoughts on the topic are welcome.

Technique is ever popular, and so when Ed Smith wrote about batting technique this week the team of Mark Garaway, David Hinchliffe and Sam Lavery pounced on his words and discussed what it means to achieve technical perfection as an imperfect human.

The "tekkers" theme continues throughout the show too. Listener Daire has got back to us with some questions about his action and gave us some video footage. We discuss the 4 Tent Pegs principle. Thanks to the power of the show notes we have also got some stills to illustrate the points made in the show below.

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Finally, we discover the best technique for reverse swing, and it's not what you might think! Download the show to find out what it is.