The Batting Doctor

One to One and Group Cricket Coaching

In Person sessions

Based in Perth, Western Australia we offer one to one and Group Cricket Coaching Sessions to Players and Teams of all ages and skill levels.

Due to Covid Restrictions at this time we cannot offer in person one to one and group Cricket coaching outside of Western Australia.

Cricket Clubs

Dr John has been the Head Coach of Premier clubs in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, as well as a Premier club in Dublin, Ireland. Players from these clubs have gone on to represent their country, state or province.

In the South Metropolitan competition where Dr John is currently Head Coach of East Fremantle, the club were winners of the One-Day D competition and semi-finalists in the 1^st grade T20 competition in his inaugural year. Currently, in his 2nd season as Head Coach, the club has already won the One-Day A and One-Day C T20 competitions.

See More of Dr John’s Coaching Experience.

online sessions

The Batting Doctor uses a secure and simple on-line teaching platform called Talent LMS. This allows us to deliver a broad range of sessions including:

Fundamentals of skill development
Anticipation and perceptual skills
One-on-one and small group coaching
Personalised training programs

Talent LMS sessions are delivered through a variety of methods including online interactive talks, blogs, recordings of conversations with experts, discussions on factors affecting performance, ‘hot topics’, and question and answer sessions to test your knowledge.

Talent LMS allows you to up load footage of yourself and/or your team on to the platform and then participate in interactive sessions where we can analyse and discuss options to improve your performance.

See an Example of the LMS Training.

Services Provided

Visual - Perceptual Training

In fast ball sports such as cricket batting, the total response time or the combination of reaction time measures how long it takes an individual to process information and prepare to initiate a movement.

The movement time is often greater than the total time available to make the response, known as a temporal or time constraint.

Total response time ~ 800ms (Reaction time + motor response)
Ball Travel time ~ 450ms – Ball release to bat-ball contact.

Visual anticipation differentiates elite and lesser skilled players and enables the capability to cope with high time constraints in striking sports. It is not the reaction time of the batter, more the organisation of the motor system that differentiates experts and lesser skilled batters.

Our research confirms previous findings demonstrating that experts are much more attuned to the use of advance visual cues to anticipate and move the lower body into a better position to strike the ball, whereas the lesser skilled rely mostly on ball flight information to achieve this.

We will teach you how to improve your perceptual-motor skill which is a vital component of the effective decision-making process when selecting appropriate stroke to play, and how to attain better body and bat positioning to execute the chosen shot.

Our training methods, based upon our proven research (see peer reviews) are cutting edge and lead the world in this essential training that is necessary to complete the skillset of the modern-day cricketer. Our methods link the visual and motor systems through implementation of training methods that will challenge you as well as accelerate the development of your skillset.

Our Training Programs are Suitable for One to One and Group Cricket Coaching.

Baseline (Pre-Test) Analysis

We scientifically analyse your current level of expertise and supply you with a detailed report before discussing recommended training and development strategies.

We will charge you (AUD $19.97) for your initial baseline test and give you a comprehensive report on how well you accurately predict the type of ball a bowler is bowling to you, under conditions where you receive controlled, differing amounts of video footage.

After we have established your current level of visual anticipation skill through the baseline test (takes around 10 mins to complete), we will begin your training.

Firstly, you will undertake an education session via Talent LMS that gives you some background about visual anticipation and why it is important. This session will last around 40 mins, be interactive and a short test of your knowledge will be conducted at the end of the session. An example of the questions would be ‘Why is Visual Anticipation important in fastball striking sports?’

The next stage of the training will be a free 8 session training program where you will be required to watch video footage and at various points in the bowler’s action, we will control how much vision you see and ask you to provide answers on what ball type you think the bowler is bowling. Each session will last around 10 mins and you will be asked to provide your answers in a written format.

The last stage of the initial training will be a post-test that shows your improvement between your baseline results and your results after undertaking the training sessions. This will give you personal experience of how visual anticipation can be trained as we will you with statistical, graphical evidence of your improvement.

We will then discuss your results with you and make recommendations on the perceptual training suitable for your development.

Learning and Performance

Complete analysis and recommendations utilising scientific methodology and statistical references showing your progress.

We work with partners in designing and developing cricket training aids, cricket bats, and a wide range of other cricket equipment.

An innovative business owned by cricketers who believe cricket training methods have stood still for too long. Our fully equipped testing facility in Perth, Western Australia, is the only facility of its kind globally, allowing us to test cricket equipment and products for a wide range of properties.

Data obtained from this research has led to new ranges of cricket equipment used by international teams.

Famous Cricket Players

Dr John has been privileged to work with many successful cricketers.

As the Head Coach the North Coast Bradman Cup Under 16 representative teams, Dr John was involved in the development of players such as Phillip Hughes (Australia, NSW, South Australia, Middlesex) R.I.P, Nick Larkin (NSW, BBL), Joe Mennie (Australia, NSW, South Australia), Jono Cook (BBL, 1st grade Sydney O’Reilly Medal winner, 1st grade Dublin), David Miller (Sydney 1st grade).

In the Suburban Turf competition in Perth, Dr John guided the Murdoch-Melville club to its first Club Championship win in the 43-year history of the club. Later, In the same competition, Dr John guided the Ocean Ridge 1st XI to a semi-final.

Other than those mentioned previously, Dr John has worked with many players such as Adam Gilchrist, Brad Haddin, Tim David, Clint Hinchliffe, Dom Thornley, Aaron O’Brien, Piepa Cleary, Molly Healy, Ashley Day, Ashton Turner and Trent Johnston.