This is first of a new regular series of coaching questions PitchVision Academy put to Kevin Pietersen during the filming of Keep Calm and Smash It.  Here is what KP said when we asked: Who is the best coach in the world?

I can only answer that question from my own perspective. Who has had the biggest influence on my game: who is the person that I own the biggest debt?

I think about Graham Ford, the new Sri Lankan coach, who toughened me up back in South Africa.

I think about Andy Flower; who helped us win the Ashes in Australia.

I owe those guys a lot, they are great coaches.

But that’s not the answer I want to give.

Because I believe the best coach for every player is themselves.

You have to know your own game inside-out. You have to have your own tactics, use your own technical methods and come up with your own ways of dealing with playing in front of thousands of opposition fans who have come just to see you get out.

The only person who can teach you that is you.

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