Get ready before it matters.
For cricketers who want to use pre-season well — with practical support to build confidence, train with purpose and arrive at the new season mentally ready.
Prepare with purpose.
Start with confidence.
Pre-season can be a valuable opportunity — but only if you use it well.
For many players, winter training becomes a cycle of more nets, more drills and more technical work, without enough thought about what they actually need to be ready for when the season begins.
Others put themselves under pressure to fix everything before the first game.
Good preparation is not about becoming a completely different player before April. It is about becoming clearer on your game, understanding what matters most and using your practice time with purpose.
This workshop will help you approach pre-season with a clearer plan, better focus and greater confidence in the work you are doing.
Make your pre-season count.
Setting the right pre-season priorities
Identifying what will make the biggest difference to your game.
Training with purpose
Making sure practice connects to the player you want to become.
Building confidence through preparation
Using evidence from your training rather than waiting to feel confident.
Avoiding the need to fix everything
Keeping your focus on the changes that actually matter.
Making practice more realistic
Preparing for decisions, pressure and uncertainty — not just perfect repetitions.
Preparing mentally for the new season
Thinking clearly about expectations, pressure and your approach.
Creating a simple pre-season plan
Leaving with clear priorities for the weeks ahead.
Cricketers preparing for the season.
Turn training into preparation.
- Working through winter nets or individual coaching
- Wanting more clarity around what to focus on
- Looking to connect technical work with match performance
Prepare without overcomplicating it.
- Worried they are not doing enough
- Trying to fix too many things at once
- Wanting to start the season feeling clearer and more confident
Suitable for junior, pathway, school, club and adult cricketers preparing for the new season.
Leave with a plan.
Clear priorities for the remainder of your pre-season
A better understanding of what purposeful practice looks like
A simple way to build confidence from your preparation
Greater clarity about what not to over-focus on
Ideas for making practice more representative of match demands
A clearer mental approach to the start of the season
The opportunity to ask questions during a live Q&A
Cricket experience.
Performance expertise.
Briony Brock
Specialist in confidence, anxiety and performance pressure.
Ben Silver
ECB Level 4 coach with extensive experience in talent pathways.
Nathan Wood
Ex professional cricketer and former Head of Coach Development at England Cricket.
Make your pre-season count.
Join from anywhere and take part live. The workshop is practical, interactive and designed to help cricketers approach the final weeks of pre-season with greater clarity, confidence and purpose.
- Date
- Tuesday 23 February 2027
- Time
- 7:00pm–8:00pm
- Format
- Live online via Zoom
- Audience
- Players
- Price
- £35
- Recording
- Included
Preparing for the workshop.
Who is the workshop for? +
The workshop is for cricketers preparing for the new season who want to use their pre-season more effectively and arrive at the first games with greater clarity and confidence.
What age is it suitable for? +
It is designed for developing cricketers through to adult players. The ideas are particularly relevant to players involved in school, club, pathway, academy or representative cricket.
Do I need to be doing lots of cricket practice already? +
No. The workshop is about making the preparation you do have more purposeful. It can help whether you are training several times a week or working with more limited practice time.
Is the workshop live? +
Yes. It is delivered live online and includes opportunities to ask questions.
Will there be a recording? +
Yes. All registered attendees will receive access to a recording after the live workshop.
Will the workshop tell me exactly what I should practice? +
It will not prescribe a technical programme. Cricket Mind specialises in mental performance rather than technical cricket coaching. The workshop will help you think more clearly about your priorities, how you practice and how your preparation connects to performance.
Prepare with purpose.
Start ready.
Tuesday 23 February 2027 · 7:00pm–8:00pm · Live online · £35
Book your place — £35