Category: Training/Coaching Articles

ACTIVITY #12 – FORWARD HANDBALL RECEIVE The green player is a coach/player who mans the mark each time there is a mark in the middle and the marker/man on the mark both stay in the middle. Start with the middle player kicking to the corner then they switch to the opposite corner who will in...

Let’s try something new today. Below I’ve laid out a kick out scenario from an AFLW game from 2023. All I’m going to do is give you some information on the scenario and then I want you to devise a strategy/tactics to achieve the desired outcome. Red team has 5 players Green team has 4...

I’ve posted about my loathing levels of cone drills plenty of times previously, yet continue to be a staple of local football at all levels and ages even with the mammoth amount of evidence that for skill development and game intelligence, they are simply awful. 4 days ago a study was released on Twitter titled...

These points were made by various coaches to a Twitter thread by Philip O’Callaghan, a tennis coach who posts a lot about coaching with a constraints-led approach (CLA), a method I’ve also posted plenty on. Take your best 6 – 8 points from here and start your own journey with CLA and watch player engagement,...

This rule has been in footy for a few years now but it’s still hugely underutilised at local level which is surprising because of the affordances you can attain from it which never used to be there – it’s made the game easier to transition the ball but only if you know what you’re doing....

These notes are taken from a study on high performers in sport, what they look like, what they think about and what sets them apart from us normal’s. There’s a saying that says “success leaves clues” so if you’re goal as a player to improve, or a coach wanting to improve your players, then the...

Here are some more left over notes from what I originally compiled for the level 4 – game/training scenarios membership. All notes/clips are taken from actual AFLW games from 2022 showing how things can play out in the heat of games and how much team organisation actually takes place, something severely lacking in local/amateur football...

These points come from a a study released just last week titled “Sport4Me: A People Focused Approach to Engaging Australians in Sport.” Click the hyperlink to view in full. With such a focus only playing to win at all community levels of sport, participation has dropped off the back of it as more and more...

Here is the 3rd part of what could be the most important coaching document a local/amateur coach could read all year, even though we’re only 10 days in! It comes from a monster document you can find here: “The forest through the trees: Making sense of an ecological dynamics approach to measuring and developing collective...

Here is the 2nd part of what could be the most important coaching document a local/amateur coach could read all year, even though we’re only 9 days in! It comes from a monster document you can find here: “The forest through the trees: Making sense of an ecological dynamics approach to measuring and developing collective...