Category: Training/Coaching Articles

Yesterday I was watching some Youtube while on my daily treadmill and I clicked on yet another ex-NBA and now-NBA commentator JJ Redick talking with Portland young stud Anfernee Simons about what was the biggest change/s for him coming from high school to the NBA. Simons was used to shooting any shot he wanted in...

Post-Xmas pre-season training is about to start back up this month so it’s time to take stock of your current coaching practices and isolate areas of improvement, with this post focusing on where most coaches waste the most time during practice. This wasted-time results in less ball rolling time which is the % of your...

After reading the study I posted about earlier this week, it got my juices flowing about how this could be implemented in local footy and who does what from senior level down all the way down to junior level. I’m well-aware of the this probably not being applicable for a lot of clubs by if...

These notes come yet another study that you can read in its entirety here. It looks at positioning the head coach as a coach developer so they can carry out literal team coaching duties, like we see in the AFL with assistant coaches doing line duties, and development coaching doing, well, development. This leaves the...

Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...

Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...

Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...

Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...

Even though this is a paid membership site, I’m always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can’t keep it to myself. In these cases, where I’ve simply rehashed someone else’s work, I’ll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes...

In the first 2 posts we’ve covered points 1 – 8, and today we finish off with points 9 – 11. #9 – MISS A KICK, PUSH UP AND HELP At training, players are usually kicking to a single teammate all on their own with zero defender’s so any kick that doesn’t go directly to...