ASK ACI Podcast

The Around the Wicket with the ACI Panel of Josh Matthews, Harry Clark-Burnham, Seb Contos, Nick Fitzpatrick & Joel Hamilton sit down to discuss why it is so important to work in partnerships throughout all aspects of the game...

The panel of Joel Hamilton, Josh Matthews, Seb Contos, Nick Fitzpatrick & Harry Clark-Burnham discuss the importance of identifying weaknesses in a batsman, and dive into just how you can take advantage of these weaknesses. 

Who will take out the T20 World Cup 2021? Join Josh & Harry as they take you through they're thoughts on the big game... Who are the key players? How does it play out? Who wins? It's all in there!

The Around the Wicket with the ACI panel take you through the answers to a few common questions we are always getting asked from batters... Some great advice in here for all players! 

Come and listen in as the ACI panel dissect each spot within the Australian T20 team and provide their ideal team for game 1. A great episode with a bit of banter. 

Josh Matthews, Harry Clark-Burnham & Joel Hamilton provide their thoughts on the upcoming Ashes series! Are the boys all on the same page? Certainly not! Listen in to find out their thoughts.

The ACI Panel of Josh Matthews, Nick Fitzpatrick, Seb Contos, Joel Hamilton & Harry Clark-Burnham sit down and explain the importance of nailing the basics as a player. 

Josh Matthews & Harry Clark-Burnham give great insight into a common question we are asked as coaches... How can I bowl more consistent areas? 

Coastal Marlins owners Nick Fitzpatrick & Joel Hamilton sit down with BPL players Josh Matthews and Harry Clarke-Burnham to dissect all things round 1 of the BPL. 

The ACI Panel dissect the Australian Mens teams most recent tour of Bangladesh. The team look at where it may have gone wrong, and provide some possible solutions to the issues. 

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! 

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. 

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. 

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! 

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! 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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! 

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.   

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. 

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. 

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. 

The ACI team spoke to Sam about how to get the most out of his training sessions. Crippled by distractions and with many young players not meeting his ambitions in his club side, he finds it hard to stay motivated and get the quality he needs to get better. All while the rest of the kids in his team are busy mucking around. 

In this episode we had a special guest caller Aidan come on to talk us through an issue he was having. He found he lacked confidence to when he was bowling and put himself under so much pressure to perform and take wickets. We spoke to Aidan about how he can overcome these fears and turn around his performances. 

In this episode we answer Thomas's question about how to prepare for big games. We dive deeper into looking at how you can best prepare in the week leading up to make sure you perform to the level that you want to. 

In this episode we answer a question from Johan De Lange from South Africa about his son getting into a bit of trouble feeling the pressure to perform during the game.