With the introduction of the Women’s Coach Accelerating Program via the AFL in the middle of 2022, there is finally a real and transparent pathway for female coaches into theĀ AFLW and hopefully, AFL ranks. I watched a coaching seminar from St Kilda’s season 1 AFLW Coach Pete Searle a few years ago and she...
Month: February 2023
HOW DO COLLINGWOOD TRAIN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
I have posted numerous scenarios and training activities pertaining to applying pressure by coming hard at the ball carrier and it is a major defensive ploy employed AFL teams like Richmond, Sydney and Collingwood. Damian Hardwick once said “if you’re going to make a mistake defensively, make it coming forward.” Having a quick watch of...
TEAM-BASED OFFENSIVE TACTICS
After yesterdays look at the defensive side of the game, let’s dive into the offensive side today. Once again we’re after 2 – 3 game moments that all players can understand, and refer to, during games when we are in possession of the ball/on offense. There’s plenty to choose from and you might choose to...
TEAM-BASED DEFENSIVE TACTICS
Within a single local footy team you’ll have a huge range of abilities and experience which in turn results in various levels of output on game day. This can, and does, leave performance gaps from player to player in the way affordances are perceived and acted upon. The focus of team success is usually built...
ACTIVITY #12/35 FROM COLLINGWOOD 2023 PRE-SEASON TRAINING ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY #12 – FORWARD HANDBALL RECEIVE The green player is a coach/player who mans the mark each time there is a mark in the middle and the marker/man on the mark both stay in the middle. Start with the middle player kicking to the corner then they switch to the opposite corner who will in...
COACHES CALL – KICK OUT
Let’s try something new today. Below I’ve laid out a kick out scenario from an AFLW game from 2023. All I’m going to do is give you some information on the scenario and then I want you to devise a strategy/tactics to achieve the desired outcome. Red team has 5 players Green team has 4...
CONE DRILLS TIME OF DEATH: TODAY!
I’ve posted about my loathing levels of cone drills plenty of times previously, yet continue to be a staple of local football at all levels and ages even with the mammoth amount of evidence that for skill development and game intelligence, they are simply awful. 4 days ago a study was released on Twitter titled...
4 (+4) v 4 POSSESSION RONDO
This training activity focuses heavily on maintaining possession by utilising wide and/or central options. Start by creating 3 teams of 4 in different colors and make sure they know the focus of the activity. The scoring system is what will drive the behaviors in this activity of which I mention in the training video and...
STARTING OUT WITH A CONSTRAINTS-LED APPROACH
These points were made by various coaches to a Twitter thread by Philip O’Callaghan, a tennis coach who posts a lot about coaching with a constraints-led approach (CLA), a method I’ve also posted plenty on. Take your best 6 – 8 points from here and start your own journey with CLA and watch player engagement,...
GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – PRESSING FORWARDS TRIPLE LAYER
Scores from turn over is easily the largest scoring source in the AFL and I’d suspect holds true in local footy. Forcing the opposition to turn the ball over as close to your goal is the most effective way to do this as the closer to your goal you can force a turnover, the better...