| The Greatest Sport On Earth? | | | | -Join a club with a good coaching system in place and |
| I'm sure you'll agree with me that cricket is probably | | | | that actively trains players to become coaches |
| the greatest sport on Earth, well if you are a | | | | themselves, this ensures that there is a good |
| cricketer like me you will. The fact is for many people | | | | coaching network within the club and so will help you |
| all around the world cricket is almost like a religion, | | | | progress and improve. |
| every week fans and players go to training and | | | | -Take an active approach to improving your cricket, |
| watch matches, dedicated to the sport we cricketers | | | | read books, watch video clips, or even better |
| all love. | | | | coaching videos of top players and learn from them. |
| Learning How To Play Cricket | | | | When you go to training, don't just go through the |
| The problem with cricket is learning how to play | | | | motions, ask your coach or team mates to watch |
| cricket, importantly how to play cricket better than | | | | you play and pick out any faults and look to always |
| your opposition, and team mates, it's a great feeling | | | | make improvements. |
| to be the best player on the team. Many people | | | | -If you have the money, pay your local pro or top |
| think they can learn how to play cricket just by going | | | | coach to give you some one-on- one advice and |
| down to nets, batting and bowling for a bit, then | | | | guidance and find out where you need to be |
| playing at the weekends. | | | | improving. If possible get someone to video you |
| The problem with this is that unless you have a good | | | | playing in a match or in the nets to help with this. |
| coach or senior players to oversee you, you will pick | | | | Learning how to play cricket and improving yourself |
| up bad habits which you reinforce every time you | | | | as a player is a great goal to have. However, giving |
| practice. You end up practicing bad habits and trust | | | | tips on how to play cricket in terms of batting, |
| me this is the last thing you want. | | | | bowling and fielding are beyond the scope of this |
| If you are serious about learning how to play cricket | | | | article. But if you follow the tips above and take and |
| you need to do the following things to help ensure | | | | active approach to improving your cricket you won't |
| your cricket success: | | | | go far wrong. |