Anyone can improve his or her catching.

Catching is one of the least technical aspects of cricket, so it's all down to practice. But limited time means you still have to be smart if you want to improve.

Professional can practice catching every day and it shows. If Monty Panesar can turn himself into a safe pair of hands from the bumbling fool he was then anyone can.

What about the rest of us though? We have jobs and families and a small time window every week to practice our batting, bowling and fielding. T

he key to good catching is short, intense practice If you only have a couple of 5-10 minute sessions a week to practice fielding how do you do it? You train at game pressure and intensity.

• Set up a small number of simple drills that involve everyone
• Put pressure on yourself by introducing a competitive element
• Complete each drill in a short burst and move quickly to the next one
• Punish indifferent attitudes as severely as you would in a game

Doing this without working on technique at all will get you more catches. As the cliché says, catches win matches.

With intense practice even the worst fielders have no excuse.

If you want even more fielding techniques, tactics and animated drills from one of the best fielders in the world, check out Fielding: The Derek Randall Way on PitchVision Academy. Now with live video versions!