| An excellent cricket tip I picked up is the power of | | | | see, feel and smell your success. |
| visualisation. It is a skill which is often neglected by | | | | Actually visualise your success, picture yourself taking |
| cricketers. For batsmen, bowlers and fielders at any | | | | that critical wicket or scoring that winning run. |
| level of the game it is an important skill that should | | | | Visualise whatever you want your desired situation |
| be mastered. | | | | to be, how it feels, what your emotions are, imagine |
| Visualisation or guided imagery is a very powerful | | | | being in the situation and succeeding. |
| technique that can help increase both your efficiency | | | | Make visualisation a daily activity, to go alongside |
| and effectiveness in achieving your cricket goals, | | | | your other cricket training. By succeeding in your mind |
| whether it would be scoring one hundred runs, playing | | | | you will become more passionate about your cricket |
| a perfect cover drive or taking that vital wicket or | | | | and you will work harder, pushing yourself to do |
| catch. | | | | whatever is necessary to achieve success. |
| You must see your goals clearly and specifically | | | | When using visualisation never ever consider failure or |
| before you can set out for them. Hold them in your | | | | giving up as this will likely be the eventual outcome. |
| mind until they become second nature. --Les Brown-- | | | | Always have a positive mental attitude and draw on |
| All top class athletes utilise visualisation to mentally | | | | your success as inspiration however small they may |
| rehearse what they have to do and how they are | | | | be. |
| going to achieve it. By doing this they train their | | | | We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is |
| minds and bodies to actually perform the skill as | | | | not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle |
| effectively and efficiently as possible. | | | | Dream big and aspire to succeed at the highest |
| For example, before batting Ricky Ponting will have | | | | levels, be patient, work hard and persevere there is |
| visualised every stroke and shot in his many innings | | | | nothing except yourself stopping you from achieving |
| this season which have netted him an average of | | | | your goals in cricket. |
| over one hundred so far this season. | | | | Discover amazing cricket tips and tricks at and |
| When you begin to use visualisation techniques, you | | | | discover the #1 under used cricket secret, that you |
| want to mentally create a vivid scene in you mind of | | | | can use today to explode your cricket batting and |
| your wanted outcome. You want this scene to be as | | | | bowling! |
| detailed and clear as possible, you need to be able to | | | | |