Category: Training/Coaching Articles

Tim Watson made his VFL/AFL debut at the tender age of 15 and 305 days – truly astonishing for how rough footy was those days and something we’d never think of happening these days even if it could happen. As good as Whispy was he is definitely a part of the .01% of teenage footballers...

Yesterday I posted a short introductory video to the Footy Focus Course and here is some further information on it: Who is the program for? Male/Female Footballers Aged 12 – 18 years What will the program do for me, my child or my players? Improve the ability to focus on a singular task via the...

Here’s a short video on the all-new Footy Focus Online Program I want to run focusing on using an holistic approach in regards to long term athletic development to improve your child/player’s performance on and off the feild. If you’re an Aussie Rules Football coach or a youth football player parent then this program could...

Over the weekend I posted a clip from the Essendon/Collingwodd game on some of my socials with this message – “…Coaching Language Fails‬   ‪“Push over and help” when you miss a kick.‬   ‪Drummed into players very early and works at training as the drill/play is all in front if you but in a...

I compile coaching information form an extremely wide variety of sports all over the world because principles remain the same and it’s only the methods that change. Below you’ll find 1 line coaching gems from sports including running, basketball, rugby and soccer. After reading these my suggestion is to write a little something about each...

I’ve ranted and raved about how important game models are at local/amateur level that it’s time to help you develop one and like everything in life it’s a step by step process. Here’s step 1. Head on over to the Aussie Rules Training Facebook or Twitter page and comment on what you can come up...

Over the weekend I read this article that really nailed why individual and team tactics should really be at the forefront of your team training and how training tiny aspects in isolation with zero game context WILL NOT transfer to anything that is required within a game. The article was pretty much summed up with...

This is the last post consisting of my notes from The Process Part II of which there have been 60 odd in this series, over 100 from Level 1 and close to 200 from the Game Changer book. I mean if you’re not reading these books then you’re just trying to be the best coach...

Today’s notes from the Process Level 2 looks a lot at the 4 co-active model which I have posted about a lot and for good reason – it’s the best and simplist way to judge players current development as a player over all aspects of the game. Local/amatuer footy has such a high focus on...

Whoever gets to play this season will without doubt be going into round 1 on limited training, and thus, fitness. The best way to get around a lack of fitness is to implement a Game Model to build an alignment on everything that goes on during a game. For example when the ball is coming...