Rondo’s are used all the time in soccer, albeit in smaller areas but the Bombers have modified this to a bigger area. I’ve posted various Rondo activities before but they focus on maintaining possession against aggressive defense, making 1 second decisions and being clean with your skills under moderate-to-high pressure, depending on how you design...
Month: January 2023
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS + DEVELOPING COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR IN FOOTBALL PART 3/3
Here is the 3rd part of what could be the most important coaching document a local/amateur coach could read all year, even though we’re only 10 days in! It comes from a monster document you can find here: “The forest through the trees: Making sense of an ecological dynamics approach to measuring and developing collective...
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS + DEVELOPING COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR IN FOOTBALL PART 2/3
Here is the 2nd part of what could be the most important coaching document a local/amateur coach could read all year, even though we’re only 9 days in! It comes from a monster document you can find here: “The forest through the trees: Making sense of an ecological dynamics approach to measuring and developing collective...
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS + DEVELOPING COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR IN FOOTBALL PART 1/3
This has literally taken me all week to put together but might be the most important coaching document a local/amateur coach could read all year, even though we’re only 6 days in! It comes from a monster document you can find here: “The forest through the trees: Making sense of an ecological dynamics approach to...
GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – HALF BACK/WING PLAY SWITCH
Here is another switch of play scenario from an actual game. This one starts from an out of bounds on full free kick and Freo are able to work the ball from 1 side of the ground to the other with patience and above all, using 100% options around the ground. 100% Option = A...
LEFT OVER GOLDEN NUGGET NOTES PART 2
Here are some more left over notes from what I originally compiled for the level 4 – game/training scenarios membership. All notes/clips are taken from actual AFLW games from 2022 showing how things can play out in the heat of games and how much team organisation actually takes place, something severely lacking in local/amateur football...
GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – GET WIDE TO OPEN UP THE CORRIDOR
This scenario focuses initially on getting wide from the ball carrier to open up the corridor but also encompasses other vital tactics such as run from behind and utilising a number advantage, all while keeping your entire team connected all over the ground. In the training video I go through just 1 way this might...