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The V Limited
The V Limited
Cricket Coach
Auckland, New Zealand
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The V – Precision Batting Training

Discover new ways of using THE V in training and coaching.

With the introduction of zone markers to THE V net, we have created target zones for precision training.

A series of targeted and purposeful 9 shot drills have been designed to create THE V Precision Batting Challenge.

By focusing on specific shot selections and target zones batters will develop a comprehensive skill set.

The unique V net design generates a repeating absorb deflect return action during use. This allows for continuous shot play and quality repetitions fast tracking key batting skills including rhythm, timing, and strike power.

Repetition is the key when it comes to learning. THE V creates a unique immersive training environment that is inherently linked to cognitive motor learning.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1286/the-v-limited/blog/1718/the-v-ndash-precision-batting-training
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Steffan Jones
Steffan Jones
Cricket Coach
Taunton, England, United Kingdom
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The game now demands more knowledge.

The current era of cricket makes it imperative that coaches adhere to the principle of 'The governing dynamics of coaching'.

You have to have knowledge of all aspects of bowling performance. It's no longer OK just to say the same things as your former coaches said to you.

It's no longer good enough just to focus on past playing experiences. That's OK for tactical awareness, which is only 1 aspect of the Fergus Connolly 4-CoActive model.

There is so much more that happens before you get to the WHERE to bowl.

In the past, you had an OFF SEASON and an IN SEASON. wherever you were in the world. Some had longer than others, but there was a definite block pattern to the bowlers' calendar year.

That no longer exists. With the continued focus and growth of franchise cricket, planning, workload management, and periodisation become the number one priority in coach education in my view. When I talk about periodisation, no, it's not only S&C PHYSICAL TRAINING it's also TECHNICAL and TACTICAL planning. All aspects of bowling must be planned together so everything compliments each other. For example, you can't work on technical changes if you're hitting a hard hypertrophy block in the gym.

This is why you must have knowledge on all aspects.

A bowling coach needs to have an impact at all levels.

• Long term bowling development. So, a 3+ year plan
• An off season periodised plan for individuals and the team/bowling group
• An in season morpho cycle understanding. How to get bowlers to peak on game day
• Franchise morphocycle understanding. How to recover from match days and how to get IMMEDIATE PERFORMANCE benefits on match days. Yes, with the correct planning and training techniques, you can get bowlers to bowl sharper, faster with more clarity of thought in a day. Tricking the brain and potentiating the nervous system.

Now is the time for progression and to push the boundaries of what has been traditionally thought of as "bowling coaching." Times have changed, the game has changed, we now need to be better as coaches.

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Jody Martins
Jody Martins
Cricket Coach
Western Cape, South Africa
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It’s quite remarkable… a few weeks back I was presenting at the Cricket South Africa Level 3. Wow! 5 ex-South African cricketers in the room.

I was presenting on Coaching Performance.

During the presentation, we got to talking about the experience cricketers have when they are playing at their best. I got to share the fairly consistent pattern I became aware of as I have spoken with my elite clients on the times they play and perform at their best. What was remarkable was that I got 5 head nods in the process.

*The explanation below has… for different athletes, different variations in intensity, and at times has a couple of extra steps… however, these few steps are fairly consistent.

When athletes describe a great performance it normally goes like this…

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/696/jody-martins/blog/1539/when-athletes-describe-a-great-performance-it-normally-goes-like-this
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Steffan Jones
Steffan Jones
Cricket Coach
Taunton, England, United Kingdom
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If you bowl 90+ mph you can be carried

You can be a 1 dimensional (1D) player

If you bowl anything less you’ll be better off spending time on the other aspects of your game than trying to get that small % gain.

Below 85mph you have to be 3 dimensional (3D)

You know deep down if you bowl rapid. I mean proper pace not Instagram pace. If you’ve not been the fastest growing up, trust me you’re not magically going to be the fastest past the age of 20!!

Spend time working on your batting and fielding. You can still be really successful but work on become 3D. Become the 3 dimensional player not that bowler who spends 99% of the time trying to improve 1mph. Going from 79 to 80mph. Those speeds will never allow you to be the 1 dimensional professional cricketer

Honesty drives better performance

Note: That’s me scoring 105 against New Zealand in 1999.

Working on being a 3D player👍

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Luki Soeradinata
Luki Soeradinata
Business Development Manager
Singapore, Singapore
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Taylors Lakes Cricket Club is seeking applicants for the role of senior playing/non-playing coach. The role has become vacant due to the unexpected resignation of incumbent

Based at Lionheart Reserve, Taylors Lakes, the club is affiliated with the Victorian Sub District Cricket Association (VSDCA) where it currently fields four senior teams. The club is also affiliated with the NWMCA where it fields one senior team and seven junior teams. Formed in 1982, the club is about to enter its 8th season in the VSDCA.
Written applications stating experience and qualifications should be emailed to taylorslakescc@tlsc.asn.au. Further information please contact Kris McMullin 0429412759

The preferred attributes of applicants:
• played at Premier, VSDCA or equivalent level
• experienced coaching at a similar level
• able to plan and implement a pre-season and regular season training program
• strong communication skills across all age groups
• contribute to team selection and individual player development
• contribute to the club’s junior development program
• desire to become part of the club’s long term future

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Lennox Mugumira
Lennox Mugumira
Cricket Coach
Bugembe, Eastern Region,, Uganda
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Today I share a success story.

One of our own Calvin a 14-year-old hit 66 runs to grant his team a win in the ongoing qualifiers.

This is a milestone for Cricket2Nurture in Uganda.

Calvin was among our first trainees when we started and only had one bat between 20 kids and used bricks as stumps.

It is really inspiring to see one of our participants reach such a stage and we have been fueled to do more.

On this note talent awareness is on. At C2N we believe that it's more than just cricket.

The world should get ready to receive responsible, caring, happy, educated, and happy men and women by using cricket as a masterpiece.

At the end not all will become professional cricketers but rather instil a spirit of togetherness in society that sport brings.

As a virus, Cricket to Nurture shall spread the love, joy, passion, engage, equip and empower the younger generation.

Join our cause with kind words, donate equipment, sponsor a kid, sponsor programs.

We believe many more lives can be changed under Cricket2Nurture.

"Joy shared is joy doubled and sorrow shared is sorrow halved."

"It is easy to build strong children than repair broken men."

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Matthew Mott
Matthew Mott
Cricket Coach
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Rod's rocket and Symo's freedom

As a coach now, I often think of Symo and I and always try to coach more like I am coaching Symo. When talking to players, I like to talk more about what they are capable of and less about what their limitations are. I certainly don’t blame coaches for the way that I played, but I would have to say that in many ways, they shaped the player I became

The greatest positive example I have of this as a player was when I went to the Cricket Academy in Adelaide and was coached by Rodney Marsh. Rod was my hero and the reason I changed from being right-handed to left-handed (at an early age), although things didn’t get off on the right foot

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