1-to-1 Fast Bowling
Individual coaching built around the bowler. Technical development, action assessment, run-up and rhythm, pace, accuracy, swing and seam and tactical understanding.
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Fast Bowling Coaching with Keith BarkerUnderstand the bowler.
Understand the bowler.
Develop the player.
18 seasons of professional cricket combined with individual technical, tactical and physical development. Coaching that has to work in the middle, not just in the net.
544First-Class Wickets
- /18 Seasons of Professional Cricket
- /England Lions Representative
- /County Championship, T20 & Two-Time One-Day Cup Winner
- /544 First-Class Wickets
- /5,500+ First-Class Runs
- /2022 PCA County Championship Player of the Year
Warwickshire & Hampshire · 2009-2026
It’s not about creating
the perfect action.
I don’t believe every bowler should look the same.
Throughout my career, I’ve seen successful bowlers do things in completely different ways. What matters is understanding your own action, what makes you effective and whether your movements allow you to consistently produce the ball you’re trying to bowl.
That’s how I coach.
I’ll look at the whole picture: your action, run-up, rhythm, pace, accuracy and what you’re trying to achieve as a bowler.
If something needs changing, there needs to be a reason for changing it.
Sometimes that means technical work. Sometimes it’s tactical. Sometimes it’s simply helping a bowler understand what they already do well and getting them to trust it.
How I can help
Technical. Tactical. Physical.
Barker Elite Academy
Long-term fast-bowling development built around the demands of the cricket season. Technical, tactical and physical development with regular assessment and review.
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Specialist physical development delivered by a former professional county cricket S&C coach with 10 years in the professional game. Speed, strength, power and mobility.
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Individual batting and all-rounder development drawing on more than 5,500 first-class runs and the experience of looking at batting from both sides of the contest.
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Coaching that has to work in the middle
There’s a big difference between making something look good in a net and making it work in a game.
My coaching is built around helping players understand why we’re working on something and how it can make them better when it matters. That could mean finding more pace, improving consistency, developing a stronger action, learning to move the ball, building better plans against batters or understanding how to bowl in different situations.
The technical work matters.
But ultimately, you’ve still got to get a batter out.
Barker Elite Academy
Develop the bowler, not just the action.
Fast bowling changes throughout a season. What a bowler needs in January isn’t necessarily what they need in June. That’s why the programme follows the demands of the cricket calendar.
Build, transfer, perform, finish strong and review. Technical, tactical and physical development with regular assessment along the way.
Inside the academy
Understand. Develop. Improve.Let’s talk about
Let’s talk about
your cricket
Tell me a little about yourself, where you’re currently playing and what you want to improve. You don’t need to know exactly what type of coaching you need. That’s part of my job.