Finally back to some good ole game analysis after catching up on this yesterday/today. Pies look to be back for season 2025 but in a different way with the best defense and more ball movement along the boundary then in their premiership year in 2023 but as effective. Today we look at: Brisbane not using...
Month: April 2025
COGNITION IN ELITE FOOTBALLERS PART 6
We had the internet connected at the new house for a second or 2 before it cut back out so again I’ve only sparingly watched any footy on TV (went to 2 games live though!) so no game analysis until next week unless I can catch up on some games during the week so it’s...
COGNITION IN ELITE FOOTBALLERS PART 5
As per rental life, I moved house once again last week + don’t have internet until tomorrow or the next day so here’s 2 posts in 1 on the Cognition in Elite Footballers study. Today we look at pattern recognition and anticipation. Pattern Recognition is central for the development of expertise Skilled players show no...
PENDLEBURY: BEYOND 400 PODCAST PART 1/2
I’m not a major podcast listener but I had this on my agenda to get to at some stage and doing the lawns the last 2 days was the perfect opportunity to do so. Being a very older player (46) still playing senior/reserve grade football every Saturday and a senior coach for a women’s team...
GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – UTILISING THE OUTNUMBER ADVANTAGE
In my opinion the biggest gap in local/amateur football by far is the ability to create, identify and utilise outnumber advantages. We’re not trained to identify/utilise them so of course we don’t so this in obviously a coaching issue, not a player issue. Shameless plug alert – I have a entire 20 page chapter on...