Category: Training/Coaching Articles

Had the week my playing and coaching footy this past weekend so I was able to watch more games a lot more closely then normal. On footy weeks I make sure to catch Sydney and Collingwood games live or on replay then if something else looks interesting to me then I’ll give that a look...

There were some very interesting pieces of vision from this game despite Melbourne barley giving a wimper and made way worse by the Petracca injury. As has been the theme the last little while, I’m still keeping a very keen eye on Collingwood center bounce clearances where this week they again used the same tactic...

The might Swans are absolutely flying and I’m here for all of it after witnessing the 2022 Grand Final in person! In the 6 clips from this game we look at: The Sydney wing, Gulden, getting depth and width for shot on goal 2 clips showing the Swans pressing up extremely hard towards the ball...

I’m not sure if I’ve referenced this study in the past but I came across it again over the weekend and it’s definitely worth a look from all coaches. Here are my notes and some diagrams to help you set this up yourself. Small sided same (6v5) v traditional training (cone/no opposition) SSG used varied...

The Bulldogs are in super-form, and after they were in a great position beat ladder leaders Sydney until injuries set in, they were able to get the job done against the Pies, albeit also heavily injured themselves. Collingwood started off like a house on fire with Nick Daicos ripping the Dogs midfield a new one...

We’ve been keeping an eye on Collingwood’s center bounce clearances the past couple of weeks, in particularly how they attempt to drag the opposition’s sweeper out of position and create a huge exit point, directly forward out of the contest. I tracked all 23 center bounces clearances and found Collingwood held their sweeper in 13...

7 clips from the Sydney/Bulldogs game from Thursday night where the dogs severely underscored according to expected score + lost Ed Richards just after half time, who was best on at that stage of the match but those are the breaks I guess. In this near 13min video we take a look at: Sydney getting...

As usual I gave the Collingwood game a close look, being very interested into seeing if they continued with the center bounce trend from last week v West Coast. These 4 clips consist of 2 center bounce clearances won by Collingwood, 1 won by Adelaide via negating the sweeper getting drawn too far in and...

Since 2021, Sydney have used a pretty basic but discipline requiring formation to stay connected on offense and defense what I’ve unorignally coined, “666”. It’s a formation that allows them to defend and attack with as many as close to all 18 players as possible and is probably the main reason we consistently have outnumbered...

If you caught this game over the weekend then you’d be hard pressed to notice the complete center bounce clearance dominance from the Pies in the 1st half resulting in I think, 7 goals, a Pies record from center clearance. This video shows 4 instances of Collingwood’s dominance here and how they dragged the West...