Category: Training/Coaching Articles

The last chapter covers a variety of micro game moments that didn’t really fit a chapter of their own but are still critical in attending to the details of coaching modern football. The micro game moments covered are: Team Pressure Inside Forward 50 Kick Full Leads Stay in the Play Space Manipulation  Adapatability This follows...

If you’ve watched any of my game analysis videos then you’ll know that I love a ruck that is proactive in becoming involved in more interactions then stoppages. Having another bog body around the ground is always handy and if you opposition ruck is happy playing the traditional ruck role as described above, then it’s...

A close one and a not-so-close one in week 2, with Port Adelaide coming back from the highest 3/4 time margin in AFLW history of 22pts to get the win and go through to the prelim. Unfortunately it doesn’t get easier for them going up against unbeaten North Melbourne but they’ve already exceeded expectations  by...

The best way to play fast footy is not to get it and simply kick it forward at all costs, it’s to get overlap. The ability for individual players, and teams, to create this overlap means the ball is constantly in motion and the opposition will not be able to cover all of your offensive...

Moving the ball through corridor is the the quickest way to goal but it also comes with the most risk. Teams often set up defensively to cut off the corridor but it’s all about how attacking you want to be. Teams like Sydney and Collingwood attack the corridor with reckless-abandon and never shy away from...

Playing with outnumber advantages is the foundational element of any team sport, including Aussie Rules. We have a huge emphasise on creating free players in open space which is bloody hard with 36 players on the ground, but there is very little training to create outnumber advantages, have the team collectively identify them and then...

The following stats come from this post. Port Adelaide topped the scoring from kick outs in 2024 at 6.3pts per game with a single game high of 26pts. Geelong topped scoring from their defensive 50 at 20.1pts per game with GWS getting the single game high of 50pts. Geelong also topped scoring from defensive center...

An excellent 1st up week of AFLW finals over the weekend with all games being competitive, and so they should be at this time of the year. It’s a lot easier watching 4 games v 9 anyway that’s for sure! Today we look at: North Melbourne stoppage formation located on one of the outer sides...

If opting for a possession game during your game play, then you need to use short to medium passes. This goes against the usual territory tactic used by most local/amateur football teams but you can use this to your own great advantage. Playing between the lines refers to playing to open teammates positioned between the...

The wing position is the most structure-based position in the ground in today’s football and has those players performing many different roles in any 1 game. It requires great player flexibility,adaptability and game intelligence of knowing what role to play,when, and how, with a huge reliance on them from everyone else on the team to...