Month: March 2023

I’ve posted somewhat extensively in regards to using classroom teaching methods into coaching as the coach-player relations hip is essentially the same. The coach teaches player/s how they want them to play then goes ahead and tries to instill that so that the players become autonomous and can carry it out come game day all...

It’s hard not to love what Collingwood is doing right now and it’s no surprise to me who sat through hours of pre-season training footage of the Pies and everything was fast, forward and intensive, and it’s showing in the early part of the season where some teams seem to not even know it’s round...

Back in February I posted about a Twitter thread put together by tennis coach Philip O ‘Callaghan on how coaches can start implementing a constraints-led approach, which hopefully gave you some idea’s on where to start doing this, with most local football coaching of all levels still sitting in the dark ages of “I say,...

The Saints won an almost-unwinnable game yesterday with 14 injuries prior to round 1 and 2 key forward debuts but we should never be surprised what extreme effort can do, although it looked like Freo was. In this short clip we have the Saints losing the center clearance but regaining possession just on the edge...

These notes come from a Twitter thread from Rugby performance coach Nick Winkelman on cues v constraints for better coaching outcomes. Coaches have a tendency to almost commentate what they’re seeing which results in too much instruction to many players all during game time – I don’t think I’ve ever heard, let alone acted upon,...

If you want to take a load off your coaching load then frameworks are the way to go. Frameworks allow both coach and player to get on the same page tactically/technically and can trickle down to player and player as well for team cohesion. Players can use them outside of training and games to build...