Month: October 2024

Another 9 clips over 2 videos to cover off round 9 where we look at: Essendon using their free player Essendon offensive ruck run Bulldogs maintaining possession but not getting the overlap or outnumber from it Saints not manning the mark Bulldogs maintaining possession and now getting the overlap and outnumber Elite Pritchard inside 50...

1 week of the AFLW season to go and the top 8 is a lot clearer now with what looks like Essendon now getting the 8th spot over my choice, Melbourne. I’ve compiled more videos than normal from this round so we’ll have 2 posts consisting of 2 videos each. Today we look at: The...

In junior football ranks of football we’ve got a sort of football epidemic where players are forever running away from the ball carrier once they receive a pass, and quite often far out of reach of how far they can kick. Coaches then implore with their players to lead up at the ball and then...

“Good decisions are made from good positions” Team formations can greatly assist in ensuring that every player on the ground is aligned with the collective process and the preferred outcome at any given time in the game. This occurs when everyone is in their correct ground positions dependent on ball location, and goes a long...

Here’s part 2 of this weeks game analysis from round 8 of AFLW, where we look at: Port Adelaide going from even numbers to being outnumbered to having the outnumber Saints going inside forward 50 too fast resulting in the immediate turnover Elite team work rate from Port Adelaide Geelong break the Lions defense with...

Back to normal scheduled programming in the AFLW and with 2 rounds to go there is still potential for plenty of ladder movement with 6 genuine 50/50 games to play that can shape the top 8. My eventual pick is for Melbourne to take Essendon’s spot in the 8 in the next 2 weeks for...

Chapter 5 looks at the stand rule that most leagues have in place and how you can exploit it to your advantage, and a big one at that. From a coaching and playing point of view, I personally love the stand rule as it really opens up your ball movement and can help even the...

Chapter 4 is a big one as it introduces a new concept for most coaches – what I term 666 Connection. This chapter is filled to the brim with information and explanations of how what it looks like, how it develops and how to train it via 11 game clips, 14 images and then 2...

Last but not least, part 10,where we look at: North Melbourne creating the outnumber advantage in transition offense Sydney not using the numbers around them and kicking to a near-empty forward 50 St Kilda displaying a triple layer of forward press defense for the first time (that I’ve seen anyway) Adelaide power run their way...

2nd last part of the condensed fixture with another 5 clips in 8mins, where we look at: The Dogs not communicating or being cohesive enough on defense West Coast not using their numbers around the ball Hawthorn team defense formation Suns set up the forward press defense trigger but the rest of the team doesn’t...