1- An excellent cricket tip is the power of visualisation. It is a skill, which is often neglected by cricketers. For batsmen, bowlers and fielders at any level of the game it is an important skill that should be mastered.

2- Visualisation or guided imagery is a very powerful technique that can help increase both your efficiency and effectiveness in achieving your cricket goals

3- You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them

4- When you begin to use visualisation techniques, you want to mentally create a vivid scene in you mind of your wanted outcome.

5- Actually visualise your success, picture yourself taking that critical wicket or scoring that winning run.

6- Make visualisation a daily activity, to go alongside your other cricket training.

7- When using visualisation never ever consider failure or giving up as this will likely be the eventual outcome. Always have a positive mental attitude

8- Dream big and aspire to succeed at the highest levels, be patient, work hard and persevere there is nothing except yourself stopping you from achieving your goals in cricket.

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I know Mathew Hayden uses visualization techniques and it seems to work for him.

Personally, i think that it is best not to think too far ahead in cricket. Picturing yourself scoring a ton is all well and fine, but that will not help you when you are 2 not out while batting in difficult conditions.

I agree that a positive mindset is important. But it is hard to remain positive when you have been struggling with poor form isn't it. It is like telling someone suffering manic depression to be happy.

I think all that one should think about when playing cricket is the next ball and nothing else

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great comment, i appreciate your point of view and i know that everyone hasn't to exaggerate in visualization,
all you should keep in mind is you must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them.

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I was pretty cynical about all this until a couple of years ago but I've gradually come around to it and I've started using it more and more albeit mainly in a golfing context which being a static solitary game doesn't have as many variables (plus it's also a sport I'm far more adept at) as cricket so is much easier to do. The key I find is to set simplistic goals that have nothing to do with an end result. Trying vainly to convince yourself that you're going to go out and creme a quick 50 or shoot sub 70/80/90 is completely pointless what you need to do is focus on visualising the process of what you are trying to do be it getting your feet moving early in your innings or following through fully on your golf swing.

Everybody (whatever level they play at) knows what it feels like to sweetly time a ball and that positive reinforcement is what you should be drawing upon. If you can picture a particular cover drive, tee shot prior a particular delivery when you got the ball in "some good areas" and get the feel of how you played them firmly in your head when moments later you come to play them I find you are in a better far more relaxed (which is the key to the whole thing) mental state to successfully excecute them.

Not sure I explained that very well but it's well worth giving a try particularly if you are a liability putting from around 5 feet .

Well said. Most visualisation should be limited to the training ground and restricted to one particular thing: taking the bat back straight, not moving too soon, keeping the head still, playing the ball late, using soft hands to drop the ball dead, following through cleanly or whatever.

In play, ambitions should never be further ahead than one bowler's spell: nudging 8-10 runs off 6 overs and hoping for 2-3 boundaries off loose deliveries if they come along; getting the mid-on or extra cover back by going aerial off anything over-pitched; ensuring one's partner has not had to face more than one ball an over from the spinner he cannot read - whatever.