Category: Training/Coaching Articles

WHAT Developing your own game model is the next frontier in coaching at all levels and is something developed to make your coaching, especially in under-resourced conditions, a lot easier to implement, resulting in greater player compliance and thus team results. I have developed this off the back of my readings of Fergus Connolly and...

This video came up on my Twitter feed today showing some film session insight between James Worpel and Sam Mitchell after the Hawks/Sydney game a couple of weeks back. It shows a non-complicated and controlled way of giving direct feedback to a player in a 1-on-1 setting, something not used enough in local/amateur football circles...

2 Saturday’s ago we got a call from my brother back home that Warrnambool that Dad had taken himself into hospital and was to undergo surgery for a bowel obstruction which we thought was a pretty routine sort of a thing for a hospital to perform. 4 – 5 hrs later the doctors knew there...

So far we’ve had 2 posts in this kicking series: THE KICKING MECHANICS RABBIT HOLE KICKING MECHANICS KINOGRAM METHOD Today is part 3 with the final part 4 tomorrow. Today I’m going to quickly lay out a very general progression of kicking constraint drills which will provide game simulated context to kicking mechanics and skill...

My previous post titled “The Kicking Mechanics Rabbit Hole”  looked at how I’ve seen kicking mechanics taught by various coaches and what the potential shortcomings could be of those various methods. In a nutshell too many internal cues (hands here, leg does this, arm goes there etc) serves to only overload the kicker with information...

There’s so many kicking mechanics programs out and about these days which on 1 hand is great that there’s options for players of all ages and abilities to go to improve their football in a individualised setting but on the other hand I’m still not sure about them either for reasons I’m still to decide...

Everyday life for everyone is busier than ever with instant gratification at the tips of our fingers and the never ending news and information cycle we live in, making quiet eye almost something of the past. Quiet eye can be described as an enhanced visual perception that allows you to eliminate distractions as you plan...

With the Footy Focus Course kicking off next week, if you’re on the fence about joining up then I’m not sure what to tell you but here’s a quick look at week 1 anyway if your eye sight is good enough. There’s really not a lot to the course as I’ve said as it’s designed...

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...