Category: Training/Coaching Articles

If you’re a parent of a child under the age of 18 then you know the addictiveness of video games in all their formats. On top of that us parents want our kids off video games but what we need to stop and think about even more is why they are so driven to them...

Twitter has become my go-to social media platform these days and last week I stumbleed across a length thread on skill acqusition  and what the biggest bang for your buck is in relation to it. Here are just some of the responses from varous coaches around the world from all different sports: Fail to learn...

  In the last couple of weeks I’ve joined up as a coach on the One on One Football platform to provide private coaching to footballers of any age but 12 – 18yrs of age specifically. I believe most coaches do 1 on 1 sessions but I’m used to training small groups in my personal...

Below are probably the 4 most important game principles involved in any team sport, especially Aussie Rules Football. Every coach and every player needs to be familiar with each of these as it will then make things far easier when implementing your game model. They can also be used categorise different game moments which will...

Shane Pill is an Australian PE Teacher/Sport Coach who every coach should read up on in my opinion. Here are some notes taken from an article of his that I titled Play With Purpose in my notes but might have gone by a different name when he published as I can’t locate now! Being a...

Here’s a list of all FREE content you can find on the site: STRAIGHTENING UP KICKING (training drills) AEROBIC CAPACITY TEMPO RUNNING (training programs) MITCH ROBINSON ON HOW TO PLAY THE WING (training/coaching articles) THE TEENAGE BRAIN AND HOW YOU CAN COACH THEM (training/coaching articles) FOOTY FOCUS COURSE WEEK 1 (training programs) THE KICKING MECHANICS...

Having barely touched a footy since we stopped footy training in February, for the last few months I’ve been running through a cycle of: Day 1 x Neural Prep Day Day 2 – Sprint Day Day 3 – Recovery Day (X Basketball shot makes in X mins) Day 4 – Upper Body Weights Day As...

These are notes taken an article from Irish coach Phil Learney. STAGE #1 – WHAT THE ATHLETE DOES What can you get the athlete to do Experts practice differently and enhance their own strategies via self regulation such as goal setting, task strategies, imagery, self instruction, time management, help seeking, environment structuring, self evaluation and...

I’ve had this note about structuring junior football on my phone for 6 months now so it’s time to do something with it, although I might not make many friends with this post. For memory someone asked on social media somewhere about what to do with them at training or how to do whatever…I can’t...