Yesterday I kicked off this week’s “1st Training Session Back” series with an introduction on how all this came about and how I went about putting it all together. Today I’ll take you through the first 3 parts of the session and my thoughts on each of them as well as the specific training drills...
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1ST TRAINING SESSION BACK – FULL LAY OUT
I sent out the weekly newsletter last night and in it I mentioned that with the uncertainly around the lifting of restrictions here in Melbourne, coupled with my team not having a committed senior coach at the time (as of about 4 – 5 weeks ago), I put together an 8 session pre-Xmas training plan...
TRAINING ON THE EDGE – PSYCHOLOGICAL CO-ACTIVE
Part 1 – Training on the Edge Introduction Part 2 – Training on the Edge Kick Development Part 3 – Training on the Edge Decision Making Today we have a look at training on the edge in regards to the psychological co-active, or mental strength, but just a quick reminder of what training the edge really means...
TRAINING ON THE EDGE- DECISION MAKING
Part 1 – Training on the Edge Introduction Part 2 – Training on the Edge Kick Development Today we have a look at training on the edge in regards to decision making but just a quick reminder of what training the edge really means which is “training a player at a specific level that lies...
TRAINING ON THE EDGE – KICK DEVELOPMENT
A quick recap from the introduction yesterday that refers to training on the edge as “training a player at a specific level that lies just above or below their level of capability.” Here’s a quick way you can train kicking development in each and every player within a team training setting. Here’s what the basic...
TRAINING ON THE EDGE
Every player has their own strengths and weaknesses and as a coach it’s our duty to build on those strengths and develop those weaknesses. Knowing how 99% of team training operates at the local/amateur level with everyone doing the same drill at the same time then we’re probably not attending to the strengths and weakness...
KEEPING DEFENSIVE SHAPE TRAINING DRILL
Earlier this week I posted a presentation video titled 10 Steps to Developing Training Drills Through Your Game Model. In it it provided you with some general guidance on what a game model entails, how you go about developing it and then how it can drive what you train and how you train it. It’s...
10 STEPS TO DEVELOPING TRAINING DRILLS THROUGH YOUR GAME MODEL
I’ve harped on about game model’s for ages now and I’ll keep doing until every coach from division 8 under 12’s to AFL premiers has one. It’s greatest use is how it organises not only your game plan, but how you teach it and that trails through to how you can train far more effectively...
10 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE AFL SPORTREADY GAME PLANS COURSE PART 2
I finished off my previous post after the first of 2 Zoom calls for the course with the 2nd one here having a huge focus on game vision and seeing how different tactics and strategies look in actual game situations. #6 – FAST PLAY OPTIONS For every mark your player takes, their teammates must strive...
10 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE AFL SPORTSREADY GAME PLANS COURSE PART 1
A couple of weeks ago I took part in another AFL Sportsready course run by Austin Stubbs from AFLHP, this time looking at game plans. Earlier this year I took part in a skill acquisition course that I posted about here. It consisted of pre and post-course reading and questions, 2 x 2 hour Zoom...