Nissen refined his athletic skills at university, and after he earned a degree, he and two other gymnasts formed Three Leonardos, a tumbling and balancing act that did small town tours. While in Mexico, they swam at Y where they learned that diving board was called "el trampolin". Nissen anglicized word to trampoline and patented it for his new invention.

While their performances did result in orders, by time WWII broke out, Nissen had bought his partners shares in company. Then he went on to promote device himself, selling around 100 to military sources for training pilots and parachutists.

Drumming up business in post-war years was hard work, but as before, performance was key, and publicity didn't hurt. A chance photograph that Nissen had taken of himself and a kangaroo in mid-jump on same trampoline, became as famous around world, as his invention would become in next few years.

When catching ball in close, watch ball all way into your hands, allowing ball to come to you; don’t try to snatch at it. ‘Give’ with ball as you catch, cushioning impact. When catching in deep, try and catch ball at eye level and cushion ball into your chest.

The ball can come to you at any time so it is really important you stay alert and awake so you can stop that vital run or take a match winning catch.

These are just a few cricket fielding tips that you can incorporate into you game; there are many more cricket fielding tips for specific aspects of fielding. However these are general cricket fielding tips I’ve found to be most useful when fielding myself.

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