GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – DEFENDING WITH NUMBERS

As I’ve mentioned previous times before, and what you may have noticed yourself, is that at local footy teams will defend with more players than they attack with most of the time,meaning they’ll have extra’s behind ball before they have extra’s in front of the ball. This is great for reducing the opposition from scoring...

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BUILDING CONFIDENCE FOR FINALS

With finals right on our doorstep (not mine unfortunately!) there’s not much more as coach that you can do in regards to team tactics/strategies or individual physical conditioning between now and the Grand Final. Hopefully since December last year you have been able to instill all the team tactics and strategies you want and need...

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3 ZONES OF FOOTBALL – TRAINING FORWARD PRESSURE

About a month ago I posted about the 3 zones of football and how you could use it to guide your training more specifically than you currently do and today we’re going to have a look at how to that in regards to training to apply huge forward pressure which gives you increased game time...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – TEASING DISTANCE

This scenario is taken from an actual game but is really a multi-part play consisting of: 1 – Defensive Transition Positioning to Create Enticing Teasing Distance 2 – Offensive Transition Positioning to Create Enticing Pass Option + Engage Multiple Defenders Around You This will present itself in a game at various times but it’s also...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – PLAYING TOO FAST WHEN NOT DEEP ENOUGH

This game/training scenario piggy backs off off from yesterdays lengthening the ground scenario bit in the maybe the most important spot on the ground to get right. The kick inside forward 50 is the most critical kick in football but that can be set up by what you do with the ball and your players...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – LENGTHENING THE GROUND

In 2022 footy is played completely different how it used to be played in 80’s and 90’s when I was a kid. The disappointing this is that it’s still often coached that way and nuances of the game that were evident back then have faded out of the game as new ball/player movement tactics have...

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MY JUNIOR FOOTBALL GAME STATS!

Today marks 2 years since the old man passed away suddenly and posted at the time how he was me my 3 brother’s greatest supporter in all our sporting endeavors. While cleaning out his flat at the time we came across the game stats he used to take for all us for every game of...

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4 SCHOOL FOOTY TRAINING ACTIVITIES I’VE USED THIS YEAR PART 4

There’s nothing I love more than coaches letting some little cats out of their bag in regards to tactics and coaching nous and Collingwood’s Craig McRae isn’t shy, or guarded, in a lot his press conferences. I watch every one of his and of course John Longmire (Swans supporter), and they could not be ore...

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