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Wicket Keeping

A Comprehensive Modern Guide for Cricket Players and Coaches
By James Knott and Andy O’Connor
Series: Polaris Publishing Cricket Guides
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Wicket Keeping by James Knott and Andy O’Connor explores the essential cricket skill of wicket keeping, offering insights into techniques and strategies for mastering this critical position on the cricket field. Through detailed guidance and expert advice, the book aims to improve the reader's understanding and performance of wicket keeping, enhancing overall gameplay. Ideal for both aspiring players and seasoned professionals, it delves into the art and science of this specialised role.
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This book may appeal to you if you have a keen interest in cricket, particularly in mastering the skills of wicket-keeping. It's an insightful guide that offers practical tips and strategies for both beginners and seasoned players looking to enhance their performance behind the stumps.

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This is the ultimate guide to developing the skills required to make it as a top-level wicket keeper. In the most comprehensive book on wicket keeping on the market, James Knott and Andrew O'Connor provide detailed and easy-to-understand insights into all aspects of wicket keeping, whether you are a player or coach, and no matter your level.

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This book is aimed at players and coaches (male & female) of all levels. James Knott and Andrew O'Connor have created a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to wicket keeping for coaches, players, and parents, featuring photographs and diagrams along with sixty accessible drills.

A high percentage of modern wicket keepers are batsmen who are converted to wicket keeping as a second string to their bow. Wicket Keeping is an essential guide for those players, as the authors make comparisons between batting principles and wicket keeping principles while also providing guidance for coaches who aren't wicket keepers themselves. With input from a wide range of elite players and coaches, past and present, this is an invaluable guide to developing wicket keeping skills for young and old alike.

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Wicket Keeping by James Knott and Andy O’Connor receives high praise as an essential resource for both players and coaches. It is celebrated for its detailed, clear, and insightful content, covering all aspects of wicketkeeping comprehensively. The book is praised for being easy to read and understand, offering practical drills and insights aimed at helping readers improve their skills and coaching methods.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781913538316

Publisher: Polaris Publishing Limited

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polaris Publishing Limited

Illustration: Colour throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 302g

Pages: 272

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Andy O’Connor Coaching & Motivation Cricket James Knott Non-Fiction Series: Polaris Publishing Cricket Guides Sports

About the Author

James Knott played professional cricket for eight years between 1994 and 2001 and is an ECB Level 3 coach. He is the Head of Cricket and Assistant Director of Sport at Stowe School and since his appointment in 2004 Stowe has finished top of the schools cricket league twice, winning the Schools Arch Trophy twice and finishing runners up of the National T20 twice and several of his former pupils have gone on to play professional cricket in that time.

Andy O'Connor is an ECB Level 3 coach and a member of the Northamptonshire ECB Coach Education team. He is part of the junior coaching setup at Northants, having coached most age groups, both boys and girls. He is currently Coach of the new U18s boy's squad, having coached the u17s Boys team during their ECB National Championship three-day and one-day cup winning seasons of 2017 and 2019.

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