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AFLW FILM REVIEW ROUND 1 – ADELAIDE v MELBOURNE
6min Video Adelaide Inside 50 Adelaide Play On Handball Forward Half Adelaide Play On Handball Defensive Half Paxman Run...
AFLW FILM REVIEW ROUND 1 – CARLTON v COLLINGWOOD
With 8 games per weekend I’m not sure if I’ll get to every game for season 7 but we’ll see how it goes! Here’s my 13min film review which looks at tactical and technical slices of the game like I have done in past seasons with all film review posts under the AFLW Film Review...
STUDY WEEK – SKILLED INTENTIONALITY
Full study link here. Team sport is analysed/explained by assuming an attacking-defending dualism whereby the game is viewed from the separate perspectives of either the attack or defense and this fragmented perspective obscures/ignores the dynamic relations and constant co-adaptation between attack and defense Knowledge of the performance environment is better suited for supporting perceptual learning,...
STUDY WEEK – UNDERSTANDING/MODELING TEAMS AS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
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...
STUDY WEEK – PRESSURE TRAINING
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...
STUDY WEEK – GAME REPRESENTATIVE PRACTICE
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...
BUILDING CONFIDENCE FOR FINALS
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...
MY JUNIOR FOOTBALL GAME STATS!
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...
BUILDING PLAYER ANTICIPATION
Anticipation might just be the most under-rated part of football mainly because it seems hard to quantify but when it isn’t displayed you can definitely notice. This past weekend we saw great individual anticipation from Fremantle’s Michael Frederick to stay alert to the umpire’s call/s and run in to smother Noah Balta’s set shot that...