We are joined by Shannon Young, founder of YoungGun Cricket and CEO of Cricket Performance Lab.

Shannon is a former Richmond Cricket Club Head Coach in Victorian Premier Cricket and has worked across private coaching, Premier Cricket and high-performance pathway environments.

He has helped develop home-grown first-class cricketers and brings a unique perspective on what it actually takes to progress from club cricket to higher levels of the game.

In this conversation, we explore the psychology behind player development, understanding the person behind the cricketer, identifying behavioural patterns, building trust as a coach, and why modern coaching has to go beyond batting technique alone.

We also discuss Cricket Performance Lab, cricket technology, bat fitting, BPI, game education, young talent, Premier Cricket, and what separates talented players from players who are genuinely ready for the next level.

This episode is for cricketers, coaches, parents and serious cricket followers who want to better understand how modern players are developed, both technically and mentally.

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro to Shannon Young

00:57 Shannon's coaching journey

02:00 Players Shannon has worked with

03:05 Cricket Performance Lab and elite players

04:20 Jason Gillespie, Richmond and Glenn Maxwell context

06:00 Premier Cricket's role in developing talent

08:15 Building Richmond's academy model

10:00 Talent, belief and hard coaching

12:30 Standards, fielding and the 1% mindset

15:00 Pressure, trust and giving players ownership

18:10 Identifying and stretching young talent

20:10 Backing youth over established club players

22:00 Talent, environment and decision-making

27:15 The one club approach at Richmond

32:00 Traditional coaching vs modern cricket

33:25 Shannon's traffic light system

35:00 Jake Fraser-McGurk, risk and match-winning talent

39:20 Technique, foundations and power hitting

45:00 Shannon's personal story and coaching philosophy

50:00 Coaching the person behind the player

54:00 Mental performance, self-awareness and pressure

56:10 Neurodiversity, life context and performance

1:00:00 Understanding player responses and the Mitch Perry story

1:06:00 Coaching philosophy beyond technique

1:10:00 Learning from elite players and asking why

1:11:20 Cricket Performance Lab explained

1:14:00 Bat fitting, BPI and the 1% edge

1:17:20 Babar Azam and CPL insights

1:21:20 Final advice for young cricketers

1:22:20 Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Phillips and challenging the game

1:24:10 Outro

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