Month: November 2019

The psychological co-active is the most underutilised co-active which needs to change if you want fully developed players. but it’s hard to quantify which is probably why it doesn’t get the attention it should. To build the psychological co-active for each individual player, coaches need to set aside time to get to know players on...

This post will look at some lesser known aspects of the physical co-active which goes a lot further into the hole then a 2km time trial as well as the ridiculously underutilised psychological co-active – an area at local/amateur level that can have perhaps the greatest affect on your team and players performance then anything...

Successful teams possess high culture values and more importantly, follow through on them in good and bad times. To do this you must: Create an identifiable culture anchored by unshakable beliefs and values View problems as opportunities Get comfortable being uncomfortable Refuse to accept nothing but the best which is often what you’ll get when...

One of the major driving themes of the Game Changer book is the 4 co-actives being: Tactical Technical Psychological Physical Every singular action in any sport involves these 4 aspects so it stands to reason that you must expose your players to all of them in training to prepare them for game day. TACTICAL Tactical...

There’s not a lot of man-to-man defense in AFL or local/amateur footy anymore with the emphasis moving to a team defense through the use of zones and compression of space in your won forward line. That being said there are still times that defenders can caught in 1-on-1 situations but these days it is minimised...