INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Watch the ball starting from the bowler's hand and don't take your eyes off it as it travels down the pitch. Try to envision catching it at different possible angles as it comes towards you. Don't worry if you make mistakes. Let them go and refocus yourself on every new ball. Squat down with your weight on your toes and lean forward slightly with your hands on the ground. Face your palms forward towards the ball. This will allow you to come up under the ball and receive it at any speed. You won't know what the ball is going to do until it bounces. Stay down low until the ball bounces, then come up with it to catch it at the right height. This will help you avoid missing balls that roll low along the ground instead of bouncing up higher. Drive your head towards the ball when you have to dive for it and keep your fingers pointing down. This will allow your eyes and brain to process the best way to catch the ball. When you land after diving for a ball, straighten your elbow if it was a low catch. Bend your elbow, tuck it under your body, and roll for higher catches so you don't land on your elbow. You can practice your diving technique on a mattress at home or on mats at cricket practice to get it down. Use ramps that deflect balls at different angles and practice catching them at close range to improve your reaction times. Use tennis balls to make it even more difficult. If you want to focus more on your reaction speed, then train with faster throws. If you want to focus more on your catching technique, then train with slower throws. You can incorporate these training drills into each cricket practice or into your personal training sessions as well if you have a partner to help you.

SUMMARY: Keep your eyes on the ball. Get in a strong, low position before each ball. Rise up from the crouching position only as the ball bounces. Lead with your head when diving. Practice catching with drills.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Most modern washing machines have a bleach dispenser drawer or compartment. Fill the drawer or compartment completely with bleach. Older models may not have a bleach dispenser. If this is the case with your washer, simply add between a half and a full cup of bleach directly into your machine's tub. If your bleach dispenser holds less than a quarter cup of bleach, you may want to consider using concentrated bleach. This will allow you to use the bleach dispenser but get the cleaning power of more bleach. Hot water will help to sanitize and clean the inside of the washer. It will more effectively loosen any oils and grease that has built up over time than cold water would. The hot cycle does require more energy than a cold cycle, but if you only clean your washer every few months, you are not using than much more energy. You can either run a regular long cycle or, if your washer has one of these settings, a "Maintenance Cycle" or "Clean Out Cycle." Both will swirl the bleach and hot water around the washer basin and the agitator, cleaning them thoroughly. Make sure the washer is empty when you run it. Any fabrics that are left in the washer will get bleach on them. In order to allow the bleach to really clean the inside of your machine, you should turn the machine off and allow the bleach to soak in the drum. Let it sit for about an hour before turning it back on and finishing up the cycle. You can stop the cycle on most machines by opening the door or pulling on the dial. If you are concerned with some residual bleach being present in the tub of your washer, consider running the washer a second time on hot, but without adding bleach. This second wash will get rid of any left over bleach. However, you could just choose to run a cycle of whites after you clean the washer, which would clean out any residual bleach and benefit the white fabrics. Some people also suggest that you put a little vinegar in with this second wash to really get rid of the bleach. However, mixing bleach and vinegar can cause dangerous chlorine gas to be created, so this should not be done.

SUMMARY: Fill the bleach dispenser with bleach. Turn the temperature to hot. Run the washer. Pause the cycle once the machine fills with water. Consider running a rinse cycle.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Do not put any other clothing in the washing machine with gasoline-soaked clothing. This could cause other clothing to absorb the smell of gasoline or become stained. Look at your clothes' manufacturer's label. To best treat the smell of gasoline, you should use the highest heat setting the clothes can tolerate. If you're unsure how high of a heat setting your clothes can tolerate, search the fabric type online and look at washing guidelines. You can purchase ammonia at most supermarkets and hardware stores. Add a quarter cup of ammonia and a little extra detergent to the laundry. This should help wash out the gasoline smell. Do not place your clothing in the dryer after washing it. Instead, hang your clothing to dry outside or on a drying rack. It's very dangerous to put clothing that's been soaked with gasoline in the dryer, as gasoline is combustible.

SUMMARY: Wash the clothes alone. Use the highest heat setting. Add ammonia and extra detergent. Hang your clothing to dry.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Write the note on a piece of paper small enough to fit inside the cap of a pen. Roll the paper and place it inside of the pen. Pass it to the receiver. After that, just wait for them to pass the pen back! They can replace your note with another note and pass it back. Just remember to watch the teacher! Take tiny post-it notes and stick them inside the textbook. Write different notes to direct the receiver like, turn to page 3, turn to page 66, until they find the note. It will look like you or the receiver is studying instead of reading the note.

SUMMARY:
Ahead of time, get a friend to ask you to borrow a pen. Put your note in a certain page in a textbook.