Players Required: 6 Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: 60 x 30m Drill Level: Easy to Moderate I took part in the AFLHP Coaching Advanced Certificate in Coaching Fundamental AFL Skills course this week and Austin who ran the course, agrees with my view of just how poor a drill lanework is but if you’re not...
KICKING WITH CONTEXT TRAINING SCENARIOS (6 VIDEOS)
Yesterday in part 3 of this series of posts on the development of kicking skill I laid out a progression of kicking through providing different varieties of context to work through. Level 4 of that progression was progressing via decision making and here is a progression of scenarios that do just that. I didn’t mention...
CONTEXT KICKING PROGRESSION
So far we’ve had 2 posts in this kicking series: THE KICKING MECHANICS RABBIT HOLE KICKING MECHANICS KINOGRAM METHOD Today is part 3 with the final part 4 tomorrow. Today I’m going to quickly lay out a very general progression of kicking constraint drills which will provide game simulated context to kicking mechanics and skill...
KICKING MECHANICS KINOGRAM METHOD
My previous post titled “The Kicking Mechanics Rabbit Hole” looked at how I’ve seen kicking mechanics taught by various coaches and what the potential shortcomings could be of those various methods. In a nutshell too many internal cues (hands here, leg does this, arm goes there etc) serves to only overload the kicker with information...
THE KICKING MECHANICS RABBIT HOLE
There’s so many kicking mechanics programs out and about these days which on 1 hand is great that there’s options for players of all ages and abilities to go to improve their football in a individualised setting but on the other hand I’m still not sure about them either for reasons I’m still to decide...
GOAL KICKING KINGS TRAINING DRILL
Players Required: You can make whatever number size you have work here Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: Forward 30 – 50m arch Drill Level: Easy We use this a fair but at DFS and it might just be the most enjoyable drill the kids do all day and also provides the most compliance even though...
QUIET EYE – THE CURE TO GOAL KICKING WOES?
Everyday life for everyone is busier than ever with instant gratification at the tips of our fingers and the never ending news and information cycle we live in, making quiet eye almost something of the past. Quiet eye can be described as an enhanced visual perception that allows you to eliminate distractions as you plan...
FOOTY FOCUS COURSE WEEK 1
With the Footy Focus Course kicking off next week, if you’re on the fence about joining up then I’m not sure what to tell you but here’s a quick look at week 1 anyway if your eye sight is good enough. There’s really not a lot to the course as I’ve said as it’s designed...
THE TEENAGE BRAIN AND HOW YOU CAN COACH THEM
Tim Watson made his VFL/AFL debut at the tender age of 15 and 305 days – truly astonishing for how rough footy was those days and something we’d never think of happening these days even if it could happen. As good as Whispy was he is definitely a part of the .01% of teenage footballers...
THE FOOTY FOCUS COURSE IN DETAIL
Yesterday I posted a short introductory video to the Footy Focus Course and here is some further information on it: Who is the program for? Male/Female Footballers Aged 12 – 18 years What will the program do for me, my child or my players? Improve the ability to focus on a singular task via the...