Category: Training/Coaching Articles

The 10th and final installment in this series again looks at stage 3 in cognition of elite footballers. If you have read this series deeply enough then you should have come across so many pointers on how players become elite and you should now be able to devise training plans in accordance with the content...

Just over a week ago I posted part 1 of the Game Intelligence Challenge Level 1. I actually have 3 levels of these that I made up that increase in the level of game understanding and pattern recognition required but once again, there can easily be many different answers to the same problem as football...

In part 9 (and the 2nd last post in this marathon series!) we take a look at the finer details of stage 3, specifically the assessment outcome, feedback-based learning and behavioral learning and reinforcement. When action has been executed you, perceive the outcome which completes the perception-action cycle by modifying cognitive neural settings for future...

In part 2 of the King’s Birthday clash we look at: How attacking do you want to be? Dees going back to bad habits The numbers game again Dees literally going into default mode the longer the game goes on...

Super effort from the Dees yesterday whop were able to win crucial stats like inside 50’s (+9), clearances (+10 and +9 in center bounce clearance) and scoring shots (+4) but watching the game, the Pies hurt them with uncontested possession (+67) and marks (+43) which forced the Dees into their usual down-the-line game, the one...

Test and Enhance Your Knowledge of the Game Get Help with Identifying Patterns of Play Learn at the Edges of your Current Ability to Stretch, but not Overwhelm Expand Your Search and Exploration Area No Right or Wrong Answers Suitable for Coaches and Players of All Levels Welcome to the Aussie Rules Training Game Intelligence...

In part 8 of this monster study, we stay in stage 2 and look at the part executive functions play in elite footballers. Executive functions is where action selection is non-conscious where its outcome can be influenced by conscious intentions and other cognitive control processes adding flexibility to an already automatically driven behavior which is...

The Pies are absolutely rolling right now and seem to have a leg out in front of everyone else v the Hawks struggling to reclaim their electric form from the 2nd half of last season. The Pies organisation was once again on show Friday night, strangling any ball movement tendencies the Hawks wanted to utilise...

In part 2 of this game analysis we look at: The Holding/Dropping the Ball Interpretation Collingwood Lanes/Corridor x 2 Collingwood Going All-In on Defense A Ruckman-Off...

For the second year in a row there was a 50-something point turnaround in the North Melbourne/Collingwood Marvel Stadium game. The Pies are super-organised and their cohesion is league-best without having to go into too much slow-to-medium tempo play to do so. In part 1 of this game analysis we look at: Collingwood Forward Half...