Aussie Rules Training

Finally back to some good ole game analysis after catching up on this yesterday/today. Pies look to be back for season 2025 but in a different way with the best defense and more ball movement along the boundary then in their premiership year in 2023 but as effective. Today we look at: Brisbane not using...

We had the internet connected at the new house for a second or 2 before it cut back out so again I’ve only sparingly watched any footy on TV (went to 2 games live though!) so no game analysis until next week unless I can catch up on some games during the week so it’s...

As per rental life, I moved house once again last week + don’t have internet until tomorrow or the next day so here’s 2 posts in 1 on the Cognition in Elite Footballers study. Today we look at pattern recognition and anticipation. Pattern Recognition is central for the development of expertise Skilled players show no...

I’m not a major podcast listener but I had this on my agenda to get to at some stage and doing the lawns the last 2 days was the perfect opportunity to do so. Being a very older player (46) still playing senior/reserve grade football every Saturday and a senior coach for a women’s team...

So far we’ve covered the basics of stage 1, 2 and 3 in regards to cognition on footballers and now we double, even triple, down on detail so the future posts in this series  have the potential to be quite long! Stage 1 – Assessment of the Current Play Situation Visual Orientation and Attention Visual...

Stage 3 occurs after the action has been carried out and the player perceives the outcome which is directly coupled to the player’s intention for action and implies an assessment of its level of success The assessment activates the brain’s reward systems and makes the player either more or less likely to repeat the same...

I’ve somehow edited these clips in reverse order of the game but today we look at: The next to last play we’ve all seen already Luke Ryan getting drawn to the ball, not impacting at all, and leaving his direct opposition open behind him 85m Bice defensive run Freo having their own crack at a...

Stage 2 evaluates the current relevant response options in order to select/execute a particular action with response options being heavily narrowed down by the situation assessment from stage 1 which activates only a few responses in the player’s procedural long term memory Response options are simultaneously activated in specific neural populations within motor-related areas of...

As much as it pains me to say, the Hawks are awe-inspiring at the moment – winning in so many different ways it’s near-impossible to nail them down when have so many different game phases they can play through. I assume Geelong will keep Geelonging though to Easter Monday so I can’t wait to see...