Category: Training/Coaching Articles

PLAYERS Post game ask the players what the half time message was and see what you get back REVIEWING LOSES Lack of conditioning is often not the problem so look at other factors such as tactical/technical (poor errors/decisions), sleep, poor pacing strategies, temperature/humidity, nutrition, hydration, poor load management in training, opposition exploiting your tactical/technical weaknesses,...

Yesterday we kicked this series off with Pre-Game so let’s move to some of the different aspects you’ll come across In-Game. GAME ASSESSMENT Game components are consistency of sport mechanics/actions + control sport skill/player placement + anticipation (player movements to recover to base position and then respond). PLAYER ASSESSMENT Is the player making tactical errors...

The best round of football for the year, Preliminary Final round is upon us and by jeez it should be a cracker so I thought I would gather some notes from my files in regards to the different aspects of game day. This will be a 3 part series (Pre-Game today, In-Game tomorrow and Post-...

This is taken from an article in my files but again I didn’t note who it was by but lays out a process using an athlete-centered approach and in it they outline a basic progression of pushing your players to higher levels over and over again for continued long term development. It all starts with...

Mid last year I took part in a course ran by the Lindsay Gilbee Elite Kicking Academy and as part of that we received a talk from Simon Dalrymple. Simon was the recruiting manager behind the Bulldogs premiership team in 2016 and is now the Melbourne-based recruiter the all might Sydney Swans (KPF please Simon!)....

If you’re a parent of a child under the age of 18 then you know the addictiveness of video games in all their formats. On top of that us parents want our kids off video games but what we need to stop and think about even more is why they are so driven to them...

Twitter has become my go-to social media platform these days and last week I stumbleed across a length thread on skill acqusition  and what the biggest bang for your buck is in relation to it. Here are just some of the responses from varous coaches around the world from all different sports: Fail to learn...

  In the last couple of weeks I’ve joined up as a coach on the One on One Football platform to provide private coaching to footballers of any age but 12 – 18yrs of age specifically. I believe most coaches do 1 on 1 sessions but I’m used to training small groups in my personal...

Below are probably the 4 most important game principles involved in any team sport, especially Aussie Rules Football. Every coach and every player needs to be familiar with each of these as it will then make things far easier when implementing your game model. They can also be used categorise different game moments which will...