Category: Training/Coaching Articles

After yesterday’s center bounce clearance special game analysis post, we dove deeper into round 9 in our next 2 posts. The Dogs have now scored 60pts in 2 out of their last 3 games after being one of the lowest scoring teams in the AFLW so far this season – albeit against Collingwood and Essendon...

In past years there has only been a smattering of center bounce clearance set plays and most of them have been from North Melbourne who had the most dominant tap ruck in Emma King to go along with their star-studded midfield. Most teams now have established rucks rather then converted basketball, netball and volleyball players...

After posting 171 streamline activities with just a brief written description, I’ve now probably got more diagram activities in my files that I haven’t posted, then written one’s. Today is the 2nd whiteboard edition which are still streamlined but require a visual to get started, with activities #182 – #191 consisting a simple image with...

The Tigers still seem to have adequate talent on most, if not all lines, but have just looked so disconnected on the field that player quality didn’t really matter. Enter last week against Brisbane and they were actually in front at half time while being able to get the ball in their front half and...

GWS are a frustrating watch for me. The positive is that their brand is clear with a high use of handball (3rd) and uncontested possession (3rd) while also being 4th for disposal efficiency and 2nd for bounces – all on the surface looking like a fast ball movement, high scoring outfit. The negatives are that...

The Demons seem to be the 2nd best team in it but as mentioned yesterday, they’ve had a very suspect draw up until now as they finished in the bottom 8 last year so that’s not their fault and with Freo away, Sydney at home, Brisbane away and Geelong away we might get a bit...

The Hawks are 7-1, the same as this time last year, but doing it in a completely different way. After 8 games in 2024 they were 7-1, at a % of 190.6, averaging 62 points for and 31 against while averaging 38 inside 50’s per game. 2025 has been a very different beast all together...

Last week I read study titled “Motor Learning: Bridging the Gap Between Basic and Applied Approaches” which you can read by clicking on it there, not that I expect you to as they’re pretty heavy reads with a lot of scienc-ey jargon in them so they don’t make for easy reads at all. Usually I...

The Saints pull out another Jeckyll performance to go with some of their Hyde’s so far this year with the greatest 3/4 time comeback in AFLW history. The Power really need to develop a possession game as they were -8% in possession over the course of the game with a mammoth -31% in the 4th...

Some interesting results again this week, specifically implicating the middle section of the ladder with 4 teams in 4 wins and another 3 teams on 3 wins spanning ladder spots 6th to 12th although I still expect just the single team to come into the 8, of any (Geelong). The Hawks won once again with...