Yesterday I was watching some Youtube while on my daily treadmill and I clicked on yet another ex-NBA and now-NBA commentator JJ Redick talking with Portland young stud Anfernee Simons about what was the biggest change/s for him coming from high school to the NBA. Simons was used to shooting any shot he wanted in...
Author: swans05
ERADICATE TRAINING TIME-WASTING
Post-Xmas pre-season training is about to start back up this month so it’s time to take stock of your current coaching practices and isolate areas of improvement, with this post focusing on where most coaches waste the most time during practice. This wasted-time results in less ball rolling time which is the % of your...
HEAD COACH AS A COACH DEVELOPER AT LOCAL LEVEL
After reading the study I posted about earlier this week, it got my juices flowing about how this could be implemented in local footy and who does what from senior level down all the way down to junior level. I’m well-aware of the this probably not being applicable for a lot of clubs by if...
HEAD COACH AS A COACH DEVELOPER (STUDY)
These notes come yet another study that you can read in its entirety here. It looks at positioning the head coach as a coach developer so they can carry out literal team coaching duties, like we see in the AFL with assistant coaches doing line duties, and development coaching doing, well, development. This leaves the...
PLAY YOUR POSITION TRAINING ACTIVITY
First training activity for 2024 and it’s a genuine banger called Play Your Position. Even at local level footy is position-less for the most part with teams from all levels using zone defenses against kick outs and high defensive presses when the ball is in their own forward 50. This game is a great way...
ALL FREE CONTENT FROM 2023 – BOOK NOTES
Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...
ALL FREE CONTEST FROM 2023 – YOUTH FOOTBALL
Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...
ALL FREE CONTENT IN 2023 – WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...
ALL FREE CONTENT FROM 2023 – COACHING
Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...
ALL FREE CONTENT FROM 2023 – STUDIES
Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...