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STUDY WEEK – UNDERSTANDING/MODELING TEAMS AS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

Full Study Link Here. Understanding teams involves not just understanding isolated mental/behavioral processes in the individual but demands theories/models for how interacting with other people shape thought/behavior in real time Whereas a system exists independently of whether or not it is recognised as a system (when something is part of a system it behaves differently...

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STUDY WEEK – PRESSURE TRAINING

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Full study link. The 3 properties of effective pressure manipulations x extending the reach of consequences, simulating psychological demands of competition and approximating, but not replicating, competition pressure Benefits performance by providing opportunities to learn and practice coping skills, can change the relationship players have with pressure and increase the quality of training To create...

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STUDY WEEK – GAME REPRESENTATIVE PRACTICE

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

This week I’ll posting my notes from numerous studies that I’ve read over the last little while, of which I’ve done in some previous posts. There’s barely any of these studies specific to Aussie Rules Football but one’s like these related to soccer and Gaelic football carryover easily. They’ll mostly be long (today is the...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – DEFENDING WITH NUMBERS

by swans05, posted in 44 TRAINING ACTIVITIES, Game/Training Scenarios

As I’ve mentioned previous times before, and what you may have noticed yourself, is that at local footy teams will defend with more players than they attack with most of the time,meaning they’ll have extra’s behind ball before they have extra’s in front of the ball. This is great for reducing the opposition from scoring...

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BUILDING CONFIDENCE FOR FINALS

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

With finals right on our doorstep (not mine unfortunately!) there’s not much more as coach that you can do in regards to team tactics/strategies or individual physical conditioning between now and the Grand Final. Hopefully since December last year you have been able to instill all the team tactics and strategies you want and need...

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3 ZONES OF FOOTBALL – TRAINING FORWARD PRESSURE

by swans05, posted in 44 TRAINING ACTIVITIES, Training Drills

About a month ago I posted about the 3 zones of football and how you could use it to guide your training more specifically than you currently do and today we’re going to have a look at how to that in regards to training to apply huge forward pressure which gives you increased game time...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – TEASING DISTANCE

by swans05, posted in 44 TRAINING ACTIVITIES, Game/Training Scenarios

This scenario is taken from an actual game but is really a multi-part play consisting of: 1 – Defensive Transition Positioning to Create Enticing Teasing Distance 2 – Offensive Transition Positioning to Create Enticing Pass Option + Engage Multiple Defenders Around You This will present itself in a game at various times but it’s also...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – PLAYING TOO FAST WHEN NOT DEEP ENOUGH

by swans05, posted in 44 TRAINING ACTIVITIES, Game/Training Scenarios

This game/training scenario piggy backs off off from yesterdays lengthening the ground scenario bit in the maybe the most important spot on the ground to get right. The kick inside forward 50 is the most critical kick in football but that can be set up by what you do with the ball and your players...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – LENGTHENING THE GROUND

by swans05, posted in 44 TRAINING ACTIVITIES, Game/Training Scenarios

In 2022 footy is played completely different how it used to be played in 80’s and 90’s when I was a kid. The disappointing this is that it’s still often coached that way and nuances of the game that were evident back then have faded out of the game as new ball/player movement tactics have...

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MY JUNIOR FOOTBALL GAME STATS!

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

Today marks 2 years since the old man passed away suddenly and posted at the time how he was me my 3 brother’s greatest supporter in all our sporting endeavors. While cleaning out his flat at the time we came across the game stats he used to take for all us for every game of...

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