Category: Training/Coaching Articles

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...

This has literally taken me all week to put together but might be the most important coaching document a local/amateur coach could read all year, even though we’re only 6 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...

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...

As you’re all aware I do film reviews during the AFLW seasons which means I watch the games, take notes of what I see, go back and video the clips, edit the video then put it up but I also keep a list of every clip I take when I do each round which led...