Category: Training/Coaching Articles

Coming off the back of Kingy talking about Darcy Moore and positional mastery on First Crack Sunday night, earlier this week I posted the theory behind mastery and some of the behaviors behind it. Today we look at mastery, or a lack thereof, in game situations with these 9 video clips, with the other 9...

During my weekly watch of Fox Footy’s Last Crack on a Sunday night at the completion of each round, Kingy had this to say about Darcy Moore and his missed kicks out of defensive 50 over the last couple of weeks: “…he’s the interceptor, the rebounder – give it to the point guards…he doesn’t need...

I read this study this past week and the results should really give coaches food for thought in designing their practice sessions and plenty of actionable conclusions as well. It looked at the passing actions during 4v4 games of Soccer on a 30x20m pitch featuring junior players of various ages with the 3 different scoring...

You might remember last year I posted what I did for football training with my private school team where I was coaching the senior B team. I did it again this year but with the year 7 B team. We had 2 teams for the year 7’s so the B team was made up of...

Yes, I’m like a broken record but until I see meaningful change I’ll keep trying to get this message of a games-based training approach v a standing-behind-cones training approach across to as many coaches as possible. A games based-approach to training will result in: Many touches of the ball Decision-making under game like conditions Provides...

If you’re a regular consumer of my content then you should have some idea on my thoughts on junior footy and how it could be vastly improved for greater player retention and thus development. These notes come from an article and an actual study on the same subject focusing on young soccer star Erling Haaland...

I’ve posted about ecological dynamics on numerous occasions but if you’re not really aware of what it is then the easiest way to explain it is by saying that perception cannot be detached from action as they are linked/coupled (Stuart McMillan) with our individual perception based on our ability to act within it making it...

Teams of all ages and grades have players of varying abilities and this is probably no more pronounced then in junior footy with the major problem for coaches being how to design training to fit all players. This post will greatly help coaches navigate their way through this process, albeit a very multi-faceted one. THE...

Back in 2021 I read and posted about Konrad Marshall’s first book on his time in the inner sanctum of Richmond Football Club in 2017 titled “Yellow and Black”. These notes come from his second book titled “Stronger and Bolder” detailing the 2019 season for the Tigers. There’s some themes that continue from the 1st...