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General Cricket => Cricket Training, Fitness and Injuries => Topic started by: Number 11 on November 24, 2013, 07:09:17 PM
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Had a 1 on 1 session with a coach this morning at Guildfords' Surrey Centre to improve my batting. Picking apart everything and re-building.
Never had any coaching and don't have much talent with the bat but the coach picked up on a few things straight away, tweaked my stance, tweaked my grip then 7 buckets of balls later I was knackered.
Concentrated on front foot first then the last part on short stuff, getting me in line better and improving things all round.
Towards the end he did compare me with an England test player, trouble was it's Trotty in his current form :-[ stepping too far across to off with the short stuff.
Now to remember everything, practice and save up a few quid for another session, £45 all in for 50 mins does tend to put a little hole in the wallet.
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Have a session with him then do 10-12 hours on your own machine working on those ares (video all your sessions to check your doing it right), then go back, show him you've improved and he'll move onto something else. Has to be the cheapest way to do it
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Have a session with him then do 10-12 hours on your own machine working on those ares (video all your sessions to check your doing it right), then go back, show him you've improved and he'll move onto something else. Has to be the cheapest way to do it
That's the hard bit I find, being able to get access to a bowling machine. Not many around in my area.
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Its better than how I learnt to play the short stuff... 12 years old and your dad puts the bowling machine on 80mph and bowls short stuff at your ribs! When you miss one it REALLY hurts so you learn not to miss them.
I certainly am not wishing for a return to the days of hearing the phrase "It builds character...".
Practice is the key to being good at any sport - Remember: 10,000 hours!
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That's the hard bit I find, being able to get access to a bowling machine. Not many around in my area.
I'm surprised clubs don't allow their members to 'loan' the club one for sessions. Good for the club and player! Could even charge a tenner and make some money
10,000 is the theory I work on and tbh, it seems to work !
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Have a session with him then do 10-12 hours on your own machine working on those ares (video all your sessions to check your doing it right), then go back, show him you've improved and he'll move onto something else. Has to be the cheapest way to do it
I wish, trouble is that's the only place I know with a Bola and the space to use it.
Funny thing is that it's the same price for net and Bola without the coach, so may as well have the free coach to load it and point out the good and bad bits.
I'll have to do with a mirror and air shots in the mean time.
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Its better than how I learnt to play the short stuff... 12 years old and your dad puts the bowling machine on 80mph and bowls short stuff at your ribs! When you miss one it REALLY hurts so you learn not to miss them.
I certainly am not wishing for a return to the days of hearing the phrase "It builds character...".
Practice is the key to being good at any sport - Remember: 10,000 hours!
This theory has been completely blown out of the water!
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Had a 1 on 1 session with a coach this morning at Guildfords' Surrey Centre to improve my batting. Picking apart everything and re-building.
Never had any coaching and don't have much talent with the bat but the coach picked up on a few things straight away, tweaked my stance, tweaked my grip then 7 buckets of balls later I was knackered.
Concentrated on front foot first then the last part on short stuff, getting me in line better and improving things all round.
Towards the end he did compare me with an England test player, trouble was it's Trotty in his current form :-[ stepping too far across to off with the short stuff.
Now to remember everything, practice and save up a few quid for another session, £45 all in for 50 mins does tend to put a little hole in the wallet.
Sounds like money well spent though
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Sounds like money well spent though
For me, yes. Corrected my stance, guard, grip, got used to wearing a helmet for the first time, got used to a Bola for the first time (only at around 55-60 mph, that's about my level).
Learnt that I stepped too far to off on the short stuff. Just got to make it all second nature now.
Looked at my bat when I got home, every green mark visible was in the top half of the bat :o Absolutely nothing below halfway and plenty thick outside edges. Looks like I could cut my bat in half to make it lighter :D Not going to as it's a brand new Amplus, thank God for the higher middle.
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Great stuff. I know it's not the sort of thing people on this forum want to hear, but I think it's better to have less bats and spend the money on coaching, makes you a much better player than constantly changing bats will - believe me, I've learn't this the hard way!
On a side note, isn't 45 for 50 mins quite expensive? All the coaching round here costs 35 for a full hour.
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Anyone know of decent one-2-one coaching in Gloucestershire?
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Anyone know of decent one-2-one coaching in Gloucestershire?
Are you close to Northampton.
My geography is bad, I know nothing about anywhere outside London and Kent
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Anyone know any coaching programmes in and around Durham?
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My geography is bad, I know nothing about anywhere outside London and Kent
Isn't everyone from the South East the same ;-)
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Great stuff. I know it's not the sort of thing people on this forum want to hear, but I think it's better to have less bats and spend the money on coaching, makes you a much better player than constantly changing bats will - believe me, I've learn't this the hard way!
On a side note, isn't 45 for 50 mins quite expensive? All the coaching round here costs 35 for a full hour.
I'd have to agree with you on bats vs coaching but it's always nice to have good kit. I make mine last a long time on my 5th bat in 27 years :D
Probably is expensive but being in Guildford and having the Surrey County Cricket Centre on my door, not much I can do. Mind you, they do have a few dates in December at £35.
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Anyone know of decent one-2-one coaching in Gloucestershire?
Anyone know any coaching programmes in and around Durham?
Might I suggest a call to your County CC, I'm sure they would know the best places.
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Anyone know of decent one-2-one coaching in Gloucestershire?
I know a few, give me a pm if you want a name
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I know a few, give me a pm if you want a name
Thanks – I have replied. :)