The end of year special before the show takes a break is filled with advice like a Christmas stocking is filled with presents.

Mark Gararway and David Hinchliffe talk about the Ashes, how to open a cricket academy including the kit that gives you the most bang-for-your-buck, and there is a great story from Garas about what he did when he returned to playing cricket after a long break.

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The show is taking a break after this until 17th January, but you can still submit your questions, we read every one and will get to them after the break!

Listen to the show to get the inside track on fast bowling. Whether you bowl it like Mitchell Johnson, play it like England or coach it, there's audio gold for you from Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe.

There is also a guest appearance from Menno Gazendam, author of Spin Bowling Tips who talks back spin, side spin, classical finger spin and taking wickets. And we discuss the idea of batting with your strong hand at the top, or to put it another way, should right handed batters all bat left handed?

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Sledging is in the news, so David Hinchliffe and Mark Garaway take a look at the coaching side of mental disintegration, and talk about Kevin Pietersen's method for dealing with aggression. Plus there is a discussion on using the crease, and fast bowler's jogging controversies.

Chris Nash - Vice Captain of Sussex and globetrotting T20 player - joins the team for an interview and there is have another prize to give away in the mailbag.

Sam Lavery joins the cricket show panel this week as "Lavers", Burners, David Hinchliffe and Mark Garaway talk about the sticky subject of losing weight for cricket, including the fitbit. Plus Lavers makes a stunning debut on the "soap box".

The mailbag also has a question about which types of spin bowling work best for Twenty20 cricket. The team and give all the budding short format spinners some tips for success whatever your style.

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The team say goodbye to Sachin by talking about new research into learning technique that the Little Master may have used without even realising it.

Plus we look at some reali life issues that the listeners are going through: A problem with getting to training sessions and how to practice with an under 15 club cricket team.

Mark Garaway joins David Hinchliffe to don thick rimmed spectacles and put pens in their top pockets to talk about the hardware that is best for cricket coaches and players. Phones, laptops and tablets are covered.

But we don't stay there very long as we also answer questions on sprinting for fast bowlers, how our bodies move, and coming back after rehab from an injury.

The cricket discussion flows again as the team are joined by Roy Davie to form an awesome roundtable.

This time we look at how your memory is not as good as you think, how to fix a bowling action and, of course, playing spin.

It's a topic on which we had to hold Garas back!

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Mark Garaway teaches David Hinchliffe and Burners a new term on the show this week: Cultural architect. It's related to Jesse Ryder's return to first-class cricket and the lessons we can learn from his example.

But that's just the tip of the cricketing iceberg. The guest is Scott Boswell, famous for getting the yips at Lord's, but now a well-respected coach. Plus the questions section includes queries from the listeners about flawed players coaching and trying to keep wicket, open the batting and be captain.

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Should selectors insist on correcting technical errors? Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe discuss the issue on the show. But it doesn't end there.

There is an interview with Cape Town International Cricket Academy enrollee Josh Hunter-Jordan. The young lad is looking to make it into first-class cricket and is heading to South Africa from England to train.

Bob Woolmer's coaching book and batting drills are discussed with a view to "watching the ball onto the bat", and we hear from an Aussie coach who is struggling to translate mindful training into runs on the park.

Can Gara's help?

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The greatest cricket coaching podcast on the planet returns with a feast of advice for cricketers and coaches. This week Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe talk about diving in the field and balance it out with leg spin: the art of coaching it, and how to bowl it in a big pressure match.

Plus - with PitchVision's installation in Cricket South Africa - we discuss the implications of using data in coaching, from the granular to the big trends.