A couple of months ago I ordered and received a new team coaching based book titled The Process by Fergus Connolly (author of Game Changer I’ve posted about recently) along with Cam Josse from Defranco’s Training Systems. It picks up where Game Changer left off and is actually the 1st in a series of 4...
Month: December 2019
4 GOAL SMALL SIDED GAME
This is a simple small sided game can be set up for players of any level. It encourages players to: Find space Create space Communicate Be in constant motion Clean hands Quick hands Decision making in congestion Perception-action coupling HOW Set up a playing area of 10×10 or 15x15m or so where obviously a smaller...
5 THINGS TO ADD INTO YOUR TRAINING SESSIONS
Earlier this week I posted 5 Things to Get Rid of From Your Training Sessions but I’m well aware that if you’re not part of the solution then you’re part of the problem so here’s 5 things to add into your training sessions. 1 – TAKE DATA We practice to get better. We get better...
LOWER BODY FINE TUNING PROGRAM PART 1
Whenever we train, whether it be on the field or in the gym, the goal is to increase our maximum outputs referring to speed, strength, power and endurance. We put the most important exercises in our programs to make this happen which usually coincides with being the most technically complex, the most heavily loaded and...
GAMECHANGER ELITE PLAYER/TEAM PREPARATION – GAME STYLE + GAME DAY + MORE
This is the final post in this series and will touch on these points: Recovery Nutrition Technical Co-Active Locationing Game Day Game Pace Structure Tactics Game Style RECOVERY A 7 day recovery periodisation starting from post game should look something like this: Saturday Post Game – cold recovery/compression clothing/protein drink Sunday – self massage/flush Monday...
5 THINGS TO GET RID OF FROM YOUR TRAINING SESSIONS
Aussie Rules Football, and especially the AFL’s rulebook, is forever changing with the aim being to improve how the game is played whenever a rule change is introduced. They’re a funny bunch the AFL as they like change in area’s the viewer doesn’t seem to care about yet won’t change in other area’s that blind...
STRAIGHTENING UP KICKING PART 2
Here’s a follow up to part 1 of this from about a month ago. This will go through 5 drill variations to focus on straightening up on your kicking with the main rules being to: Get your hips/shoulders square up to your target Get some steps/momentum behind your kick Try not to use anymore cues...