Category: Training/Coaching Articles

This week I’ll posting my notes from numerous studies that I’ve read over the last little while, of which I’ve done in some previous posts. There’s barely any of these studies specific to Aussie Rules Football but one’s like these related to soccer and Gaelic football carryover easily. They’ll mostly be long (today is the...

With finals right on our doorstep (not mine unfortunately!) there’s not much more as coach that you can do in regards to team tactics/strategies or individual physical conditioning between now and the Grand Final. Hopefully since December last year you have been able to instill all the team tactics and strategies you want and need...

Today marks 2 years since the old man passed away suddenly and posted at the time how he was me my 3 brother’s greatest supporter in all our sporting endeavors. While cleaning out his flat at the time we came across the game stats he used to take for all us for every game of...

Anticipation might just be the most under-rated part of football mainly because it seems hard to quantify but when it isn’t displayed you can definitely notice. This past weekend we saw great individual anticipation from Fremantle’s Michael Frederick to stay alert to the umpire’s call/s and run in to smother Noah Balta’s set shot that...

The 3 Zones of Football present in every single action during a game but also ever-shifting because as soon as the ball moves, players move and each of the zones changes location depending on how far the ball has traveled. As the zones shift the same, or different players, from the previous action will fill...

Feedback, and everything it entails which we’ll unpack below, is a real major driver in community football and can make or break the coaches ability to get what they want, and what they can, out of their respective groups. We often think of feedback as the image suggests, a good old fashion bake from Ron...

The Pies are hot right now and after beating the Dees yesterday, have now entered the 8 and Jack Crisp gave some saucy info on their ball movement while being interviewed by On the Couch last night that I thought I’d clarify for those interested. Here’s the interview: https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/video-1655180417.mp4 Crisp highlights 4 aspects in the...

In this series we’ve look at how to optimise your coaching through things like fishtanking, the OODA Loop, player problem-solving frameworks and a constraints-led approach which brings us to the question, what’s the best way of implementing this? Enter small sided games. We’ve touched on some of things you should be doing when running small...

So far in the last week we’ve looked at fishtanking, the ooda loop and player problem-solving in a move to get us coaches to develop more iron clad frameworks around what we do to ensure sustained player development and retention. Today we look at using the constraints led approach to player development which is pretty...