Nowadays you have a powerful camera built in to your smartphone. Are you using it at nets?

I have noticed that players love to see themselves bat and bowl, but they rarely film themselves, unless a coach instigates it. Yet the power of video is great.

When you see yourself bowl a yorker, or hit a four you feel great. When you watch back and spot a technical issue you can go and work hard on ironing it out when you most likely don't believe it when your mate tells you.

So, film yourself as much as you can.

Automated solutions like PitchVision are easy, but they are not in every net (yet). But I'm willing to bet your phone comes to every session with you.

I think the reason we don't film ourselves more is fear of asking someone to hold the camera. You don't want to bother your pal when he is trying to bowl. And you feel sort of self-centred about it. You're bound to get some banter.

Unless everyone does it. Then it's just part of the culture instead.

Take turns filming each other using your phones. There is probably someone padded up and waiting anyway, and even if there is not, they can take 5 minutes rest to film you, as long as you do the same for someone else.

Take a few minutes after the session to review it back.

Did you see anything you missed while you were in the heat of battle?

I'll bet you did.

So, don't let social pressure hold you back. Start a culture of filming at your sessions and get better faster.