Aussie Rules Training

Therse notes come from this study on elite Soccer players but the exact information processing and decision making processes are required for footy. Sport at any level requires a deep understanding of the game, rapid information processing and decision making, not just physical abilities To close these gaps this study used elite soccer players and...

Your best thoughts and ideas come from walking with zero agenda, effortless and automatic tasks like doing the dishes, mowing the lawns etc that we palm off a lot these days. I walk the dog each day, sometimes twice a day and it provides some stillness to the brain that allows for thoughts to wonder...

Last week I did a huge post on ACL injuries in female athletes and if you did read it, then I’m sure you would have not been aware of the latest how and why’s of these occurrences. All we hear on TV during these instances is commentator talk of “the mechanism of an ACL” but...

I thought I had done 1 of these somewhat recently until I checked back the other day and it was 2022! There’s still a lot of ACL’s being done in both men’s and women’s footy – 19/800 men’s + 23/550 women’s in 2025 – which by those numbers isn’t a great deal of difference really...

The 4th last game moment in the game action loop is offense and again there is overlap with previous game moments as they continually feed into each other. The full loop will now look like this: Once you have identified the common themes among all 4 game moments, then that should be the foundation that...

If we follow the basic loop then after transition defense comes defense which these days is a full team affair, not just your back 6 defenders, and there is fair bit of overlap with the previous 2 game moments we’ve covered. The defense game moment starts once the opposition can work the ball into the...

Today we look at transition offense which is when we regain possession and have control of the ball – such as the Lizard taking this intercept mark. WE REGAIN POSSESSION IN OUR DEFENSIVE 50 Scenario – They were in possession and we were able to intercept in our defensive 50. A1 – Maintain Possession, Find...

This week I’ll post some checklist templates you can use to ensure you’re covering everything you need while training so your 100% ready for round 1 in around 10 weeks time. You can add/subtract to this template but just ensure that everyone has a role at all times, it is clear what it is, and...

With tomorrow being Saturday February 1, it marks 6 – 7 weeks before practices games will be played and that means there might be only 12 training sessions between now and then to train up the principles you want your team to follow for season 2026. Over the 4 main phases of the game laid...

This hot-off-the-presses study looks at quantifying the effects of individual players and teammates on small-sided games through repeated-game observations. Does 1 or a group of players drive a team’s success or do all players need to contribute to become a winning team? Find out below. In the study 31 people participated in 3v3 soccer matches...