I haven’t done a single game focus for a while and even though I don’t intend on actually doing them like I used to, some games just present more things to highlight then others and in this case the Gold Coast Suns caught my attention. Along with a few other teams, the Suns have been...
AFLW CONDENSED FIXTURE GAME ANALYSIS PART 7
The condensed fixture is rolling and so am I so today we have 8 clips in 13mins where we look at: The Dogs going inside forward 50 off a very slow play but then not sealing the exits on defense West Coast high game intelligence West Coast suffering from traditional football training practices Port Adelaide...
COACHING MODERN FOOTBALL CHAPTER 1: FORWARD PRESS DEFENSE
Today is the launch of my biggest ever project titled “Coaching Modern Football – Coaching Concepts That Matter in Today’s Football.” Chapter 1 on learning, teaching and training forward press defense is now available from the register page as a stand alone product purchased then emailed to you in a PDF, meaning you don’t have...
AFLW CONDENSED FIXTURE GAME ANALYSIS PART 6
I’ve no idea where this ends but we’re up to part 6 of the AFLW condensed fixture game analysis series and I’m proud of myself for keeping up with this! Today we have 6 clips in 8mins, including 2 structural breakdowns ending in goals in games decided by less than a kick while also looking...
FOOTBALL COACHING CHAPTERS SNEAK PREVIEW
Earlier this week I posted about something pretty major that I’ve been working on, something that coaches have never had access to before and today I’ll give you a preview of chapter 1, or the first chapter that I finished (I’m up to finish my 13th chapter out of about 20.) Here it is: CHAPTER...
BRISBANE LIONS 50 MARKS TRAINING ACTIVITY
Brisbane averaged over 100 marks per game in season 2024, capping that off with a ridiculous 158 in the Grand Final itself leading to a whopping possession of 53% for the game! If each mark and then kick on average is 5secs in length (just making this up), then that’s over 13mins with the ball...
WHAT COACHING LEVEL DO YOU WANT TO REACH IN 2025?
I’m ALWAYS adding to and hopefully upgrading my coaching knowledge, having I’ve literally just completed my AFL Level 2 Coaching Course. And with that being said I’m still on my mission of delivering high quality coaching content for local/amateur coaches of ages/ability/experience to assist them up constant upskilling of themselves. For the last month or...
AFLW CONDENSED FIXTURE GAME ANALYSIS PART 5
Another 4 days another 27 games of AFLW to cover! Part 5 has 9 clips in 11mins where we look at: Melbourne not using the trigger to press forward to defend Essendon just needing to use 1 more handball Melbourne using the trigger to press forward to defend Freo tick lead Sydney not using the...
2024 GRAND FINAL GAME ANALYSIS
As I was at the game watching Saturday and watching as a fan, I forced myself to “coach” watch a replay of the first half yesterday and then so 2 – 3 times! From that I took some stats and video and being essentially hogtied to the couch all day yesterday after a big weekend,...
AFLW CONDENSED FIXTURE GAME ANALYSIS PART 5 – GEELONG v HAWTHORN
Without the wife’s IPad (they shipped themselves off to nanny’s for the weekend), I’m analysing games the old school way but nothing if not adaptable. This focuses on last nights game between the Cats and the Hawks, especially the Hawks a few things they do in the defensive and forward halves. KICK OUT TACTIC Most...