Listen in as Nick and Joel are joined by special guest (and absolute ACI Academy Favourite) Seb Contos to discuss ways to combat the swinging ball.    Top order batters this one is crucial to listen to! Take away some key tricks and hacks along with some great drills for you to try and develop a better technique on playing the swinging ball! 

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ASK ACI #19 Scoring Runs Against The Swinging Ball

The transition from being a good junior player to contributing on a greater scale with adults in senior cricket can be tough...    Limited coaching resources, you all of a sudden are a small fish in a very big pond. Back to square one, playing with older, wiser minds, sometimes stronger and more mature bodies.    Listen as Nick and Joel outline the keys to making sure you make an impact and get taken seriously when you play seniors. 

ASK ACI #18 Transitioning To Senior Cricket & How To Make An Impact

The best of the best in the world do it, so why shouldn't you?  This episode takes you through the advantages of using your feet to spin and how you can start to train specifically for this to become a much better batter against spin. 

ASK ACI #17 How To Use Your Feet To Spin Correctly

The age old question in junior cricket... "What are rep selectors looking for?".  Listen in as Nick and Joel identify key areas that you can do to make sure you stand out from the crowd during selection trials! 

ASK ACI #16 What Are Rep Selectors Looking For?

Joel and Nick take on a question that many players may struggle with.    The struggle of being distracted and influenced by sledging and fielders in close plays a massive role in how you play.    Listen in as they provide some key takeaways on how you can block these out and maintain your composure to become a far more consistent batter! 

ASK ACI #15 - Avoiding Distractions While Batting

Listen in as Nick and Joel speak about the best way to model yourself on profession players.    How does this impact your skill and game and what the best method is to use it to your advantage. 

ASK ACI #14 Modelling Your Game On Pro Players

Ever wondered how you can get the most out of your training in the wet or while bored sitting around on holidays?  We delve a little bit deeper into the range of activities that you can do which will genuinely give you some sort of positive development with your batting.  Of course nothing can compare to hitting balls and batting against bowlers in the nets or out in the middle, but there are definitely other options that you can use to help you with your game to make you a better batter. 

ASK ACI #13 - Ways to improve your batting at home

An aspect of bowling that so many players get wrong and have little to no guidance.  Bowling at the end of the innings when batters are trying to score as quickly as possible can be hard. Often the hardest part is to stop the flow of runs once it's starts.  We sit down with young fast bowler Angus to speak to him about the approach and mindset to take into the game when trying to bowl and reduce runs at the end of an innings. 

ASK ACI #12 - Setting your fields bowling at the death

The pressure to score runs is sometimes an overwhelming feeling for many players.    It creates a heap of pressure and often has a negative effect on batters. We sit down and delve deep into the mindset of batters to score plenty of runs and how you can go about shaking these thoughts. 

ASK ACI #11 - Pressure To Score Runs

The key to scoring runs is timing the ball and being able to hit the gaps at will.  This is what young Aadi was struggling with. Listen in to Joel and Nick from the Australian Cricket Institute and hear what they have to say to help young Aadi with this issue. 

ASK ACI #10 - Tips on timing the ball better and hitting through gaps

In this episode of the ASK ACI podcast Joel & Nick speak to young Caleb about his issues that he's having with his balance when he's batting.    This can be a major issue for players and is really quiet common! 

ASK ACI #9 - Balance issues with batting and how to fix them

Listen in as the ACI team answer young Tom's questions about pre game nerves and how to master them.  Many players are crippled by the thought and fear of failure and it can be the biggest thing holding them back.   

Ask ACI #8 - Good techniques to conquer nerves before a game.

In this episode the ACI team sit down with Tom and speak to him about his troubles he's facing playing the ball through the leg side. A common occurrence that many players encounter but has such an easy fix. 

Ask ACI #7 Playing through the leg side

In this episode the ACI team spoke to young Alex in regards to a question about having so much cricket on and weather or not this is good for his health and love of the game.    A great question and something that not many people look into. We've seen over years and years, so many good young players lost to the game because of burnout.    Private coaching sessions, rep, school, club, social life and much much more, all culminating into players feeling like it's all becoming too much.    We spoke about the keys to enjoying your down time, making the most out of the time you had by training with purpose, and much much more!    Have a listen and enjoy. 

ASK ACI #6 - Overtraining; Can you be doing too much? `

We took the time out to have a chat to Tom from Hobart about his troubles he has staying calm in between balls when batting.  Something that is a massive hinderance in many players while out in the middle.  Listen in as the ACI team delve a little deeper into between ball routines and how to stay in control of your emotions while batting. 

Ask ACI #5 - How to stay calm in between balls while batting

The Australian Cricket Institute is a new age organisation that is paving the way for young cricketers to become the best they can be on and off the field. Listen in as the ACI team draw on their years of playing and coaching experience in elite environments to answer your most burning questions.

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