Author: swans05

The points in this post come from a report with a link I”ve had on my “get to at some point” list and once I got into it it’s ridiculous I didn’t look at it straight away. It’s titled “Challenging Traditional Practice Approaches to AFL Skill Development” prepared by Damian Farrow, a Vic Uni sports...

Here’s the 2nd half analysis of the Brisbane game from round 1 this season in another 15min video There’s more of what we’ve seen in my previous game analysis posts but in different situations so it’s important to see how the same thing can be achieved in many different scenarios. I had a chat with...

During the year I analysed Sydney Swans games against West Coast in round 16 and again last week against GWS in the elimination final. What I’m doing at the moment is going back through some games earlier in the year to see how things looked initially and to see if the Swans altered anything as...

Today is the analysis video of the 4th quarter of the Swans elimination final loss to GWS last weekend. The more I analyse the Swans ball movement, the more I am convinced that this is extremely doable at local/amateur level, and I’ll definitely look to use this if I end up coaching in season 2022....

Tuesday I posted a 20min video detailing the 1st quarter. Wednesday I posted an 11min video detailing the 2nd quarter. Today we have a 10min video detailing the 3rd quarter. 4th quarter coming tomorrow....

Yesterday I posted a 20min video looking 10 different play actions from the 1st quarter. Today we have an 11min video looking 9 different play actions from the 2nd quarter and you can start to see some patterns emerging during the game, and even more if you’ve been following my Swans game style posts from...

With my beloved Swannies not making through the elimination final (devestating by the way!), I thought I’d take 1 last look at the new and improved game style we’ve rolled out in 2021 and one that I think we can build on even further in 2022 for a top 4 finish. Today I’ve made a...

A few months back I posted about affordances, what they are, what you want to create them at training through your activity design, how to train them and a Scott Pendlebury video of what it looks like in the pro’s. Affordances are “invitations of action”, usually only available very temporarily and what affordances you do...

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