The girls and I have completed 7 training sessions so far and it’s all been great so today I’ll go through some of the training activities that we’ve performed (not real important) and the why and how’s behind them (the most important). I covered off a ground ball progression a couple of weeks ago which...
I think we’re all well-aware of the collective excellence of the All-Blacks culture on and off the field and I picked up this book from the op-shop a little while ago and here are my notes from it with PLENTY of takeaways for individuals and teams alike. Only by knowing yourself can you become an...
Yesterday I posted about task simplification and all the why’s, what’s and when’s around it and today we get to the how with a real-world example I used this week with my senior women’s team. For a bit of background, we did some game-sim the session before without any real instructions from me except the...
Traditional skill acquisition practices goes something like this, using kicking as an example: 1 – Stationary kicking to a stationary target 2 – Cone-to-cone kicking drills 3 – Games There might be some game-based practice somewhere between stages 2 and 3, but it’s still not as prevalent as it should be so let’s get to...
These notes come from Soccer coach Bernat Mosquera who has some great threads on his Twitter page and is definitely worth a follow. Giving feedback/correcting mistakes also act as major constraints for player performance because what a coach says to a player will then also dictate where they look, what they look for and that...
Score source stats from the 2024 AFL season showed that Port Adelaide averaged the highest point total average in the league at 6.3pts/game and they also reached the highest single game total of 26 points. For added context, the 5th placed team,the Western Bulldogs averaged 5.5pts/game and Sydney 13th at 3.3. So as far as...
My new team I’m in charge of is a rebooted team but is essentially a start-up with no carry over of players from the initial team from pre-Covid. We have solid numbers but a lot of beginners at football but we’re still aiming to grade ourselves into division 2 if we possibly can, otherwise division...
While I was doing my sprinting session at my local footy ground this week there was a “dad-coach” with his daughter practicing kicking. Before I go further just be sure that one of my 2 all-time favorite things these days is seeing girls kicking the footy in their own time and the connection dad’s have...
I’ve been appointed a head coach of a senior women’s team here in Melbourne and I simply cannot wait to get stuck into it! It’s a re-booted women’s team that disbanded after Covid so we’re essentially a start-up team as the club structure and personnel has completely changed during that time period. It is also...
Here are the discount links for the 5-day sale on the Coaching Modern Football series that runs until Saturday, January 5th. Details on each chapter can be found here, here and here. Once you click through to the Register page, scroll down to find the chapter/s you’re looking for. If purchasing multiple chapters then you’ll need to purchase each...