'This book will take you step-by-step through everything you require to be a top player and coach in the amazing world of wicketkeeping' - Kevin Innes, Academy Director, Northants CCC

'An excellent guide for wicketkeepers and coaches alike - full of key details across all aspects of a keeper's role and very easy to read' - Richard Hudson, Managing Director, Buckinghamshire Cricket Board

Foreword by Alec Stewart

Whether a player or a coach, this is the ultimate guide to developing the skills required to make it as a top-level wicketkeeper.

In the most comprehensive book on wicketkeeping on the market, James Knott and Andrew O'Connor provide detailed and easy-to-understand insights into all aspects of wicketkeeping, whether you are a player or coach, and no matter your level.

With contributions from some of the game's great players and coaches, including Alan Knott, Jack Russell, Peter Moores and David Ripley, this invaluable guide includes over 65 training drills, a unique 'training on your own' section, and provides clear guidance for coaches who aren't wicketkeepers themselves.

Clear, insightful and easy to follow, this is an essential guide for improving your game or your coaching methods.

James Knott played professional cricket for eight years between 1994 and 2001 and is an ECB Level 3 coach. He is the Head of Cricket and Assistant Director of Sport at Stowe School and since his appointment in 2004 Stowe has finished top of the schools cricket league twice, winning the Schools Arch Trophy twice and finishing runners up of the National T20 twice and several of his former pupils have gone on to play professional cricket in that time.