hi mate appreciate your work this summer definitely think your course has helped my game, still got a lot to understand and work on but the foundation is there and seeing it come off in certain games has been really positive and you’ve helped me massively and hopefully help other people in this group can have the same feeling ,

hi guys just wondered what your thoughts on a plan are , spoke to a lad who scores loads of runs and he just asked me what’s your plan his for example he cuts looks for width throws his hands at it looks at a certain zone for spin and knocks around the rest , now i don't know if ive got this wrong but is that something you don't believe in ? my answer was i don't have a plan in that sense more around the game then just reacting when the ball is coming down , interested in people’s thoughts

This follows on from my conversation with @Iden McCleave When I was younger I read the famous book on human learning called ‘peak’, it talked about the power of deliberate practice and how anyone can move forward and make a difference in the world by using practice correctly. And there was thing that stood out to me as the key for effective practice - ‘feedback’. Without feedback you cannot get better and will not improve and your practice and experience will be a waste of time As David famously said ‘experience is not playing more matches, it’s learning from the matches you play’. As I began to understand this I realised the reason I didn’t see consistent improvement or results was because I didn’t properly apply feedback from my innings. From that day on I made sure I now always use as much feedback as possible to move forward and improve, so now the end of the season is a gold mine. So what’s the best way of reflecting to ensure you can learn from the season. Because even once I understood the power of feedback I didn’t use it properly and it actually made me worse. I let emotion get in the way and the feedback I used often didn’t help me. It just pushed me deeper into the cycle of being scared of failing and overthinking. So what is the best way to get feedback from your innings. Here’s what worked for me. Go through your season and first look for the top 10% of your innings and write down any patterns between them at all. If any patterns stand out write them down and try to group them under one of these 3 categories - game plan, mindset, technique. Then do the same for the bottom ten percent of your innings. No you’ll see what holds you back the most and what brings you the most success. Once you know your patterns you can then create a plan and begin to find clarity around what YOU personally need to do to be successful. This is crucial because so much advice by coaches is generic. But cricket is not a one size fits all game.

recently i watched joe roots ‘golden interview’ where he talks about going through previous years seeing if there were any trends in dismissals , times in his innings where’s he most vulnerable , i’ve done this and there’s a lot of information which i think is really useful , but my biggest concern is translating that to when i go to bat , its helpful that i know my weaknesses and times i really need to switch in which for me is in the 40s , but there is so much info after going through every innings i’ve played for 3 years . was wondering if anyone has done this before and how they’ve used it to help there batting or people’s thoughts ?

positive weekend with 30 of 20 balls and 3-22 felt clear at the crease but found myself in situation trying to get them team over 300 near the end but with everyone on the boundary and a relatively slow bowler i felt i should hit every ball for four , i found myself only looking at extra cover as the leg side was all on the boundary , just wondering if anyone has found that when pushing the game on , premeditating shots due to fields and feeling like every ball should go? on reflection we had 7 overs to bat and being able to hit the good balls for 1 in the situation and the bad ones for 4,6 .