Category: Training/Coaching Articles

This will be the final edition of the AFLW Insights for season 2021 so I hope you’ve enjoyed watching/reading them and also been able to improve your own game intelligence from them as well, regardless if you’re a player or a coach. ADELAIDE TRANSITION OFFENSE PART 1 MY TAKE The Crows had some excellent pasages...

MELBOURNE v ADELAIDE ZONE DEFENSE I just noticed these wide screen shots during the game and thought I’d take a closer look at them and here’s pretty much what they looked like with Adeliade like this: …and Melbourne like this: Pretty similar but here’s a few thoughts on them. Adelaide get 12 defenders back as...

PERCEPTION-ACTION COUPLING MELBOURNE GOAL MY TAKE Perception-Action Coupling is a must for all team sports and in a nutshell, refers to reacting to what you see. Now WHAT you see is dependant is how many different scenarios you’ve been exposed and also how many different solutions you’ve attempted to solve whatever problems arise within them....

Who ya got and why? Let me know. https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/video-1617796254.mp4...

SHALLOW FREMANTLE EXITS FROM DEFENSE MY TAKE I’ve had a shallow exit insight in most weeks for season 2021 and Freo really excelled in them this past weekend. Freo are at their best when they can recound out of defense and surge down the ground getting over the back-type goals but from a combination of...

Who do you choose and why? Let me know. https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/video-1617339674.mp4...

VESIO LONG RUN AND GOAL MY TAKE You can actually track Vesio through this entire play from her mark in the defensive half to her goal and it just goes to show that you don’t have to be able to run the length of the ground at pace so long as you can read the...

WESTERN BULLDOGS INSIDE 50 MY TAKE I liked what the Bulldogs tried here. They’ve got the best contested mark in the AFLW by far in Huntington so 2 players decoy lead out to create some extra space for her and to drag some defenders with them. What I would like to see if Toogood to...

This post will look at center square clearances for North Melbourne in quarters 3 and 4 after looking at quarters 1 and 2 yesterday. I make a point to watch what the Roos do at center ball ups because they’re always up to something! They’re not as active at around the ground stoppage ball ups...

2 FULL POSTS OF NORTH MELBOURNE CENTER CLEARANCES North Melbourne have a banger of a midfield group consisting of elite ball winners and probably the most experience by far in regards to games played and coupled with their unselfishness and cohesion, are near impossible to defend against at center ball up plays. I’ve used a...