Category: Training/Coaching Articles

We had a Xmas lunch function this past weekend for the footy club and I got into discussions with the new President who I’ve played along side for years in regards to training and how I think it should look like. That was after about 10 beers so I thought I’d lay it our properly...

I’ve come to the personal realisation and opinion that everything starts with the tactical co-active. From a technical standpoint there will be specific kicks and handballs that you need to be able to do in each tactical game moment with the prime example being an in-board kick that needs to be low, flat and hard...

Footy training is now a go-go with everyone finally being able to get back to business here in Melbourne, including my mob tomorrow night (rather keen…). I thought I would put together a quick Tactical Coaching Checklist that you can use just to ensure that you’re planning for the most common elements that occur in...

Every player has their own strengths and weaknesses and as a coach it’s our duty to build on those strengths and develop those weaknesses. Knowing how 99% of team training operates at the local/amateur level with everyone doing the same drill at the same time then we’re probably not attending to the strengths and weakness...

I’ve harped on about game model’s for ages now and I’ll keep doing until every coach from division 8 under 12’s to AFL premiers has one. It’s greatest use is how it organises not only your game plan, but how you teach it and that trails through to how you can train far more effectively...

I finished off my previous post after the first of 2 Zoom calls for the course with the 2nd one here having a huge focus on game vision and seeing how different tactics and strategies look in actual game situations. #6 – FAST PLAY OPTIONS For every mark your player takes, their teammates must strive...

A couple of weeks ago I took part in another AFL Sportsready course run by Austin Stubbs from AFLHP, this time looking at game plans. Earlier this year I took part in a skill acquisition course that I posted about here. It consisted of pre and post-course reading and questions, 2 x 2 hour Zoom...

Shane Pill is a PE Teacher and Author who runs his own site called Learning Through Sport. I’ve been following him for about a year and a half now and he’s always putting out good information that has been through the trenches throughout his coaching and teaching duties covering a variety of sports, with AFL...

Dusty finished the Cats last night and wrapped up the Norm Smith with his 3rd goal last night with about 8 minutes to go to put them up by 22 points – but she he even had been able to do so in the first place? As mentioned in ym last post, during the AFL...

This week I started another course through AFL Sportsready titled Advanced Certificate in Creating and Coaching AFL Game Plans again presented by Austin Stubbs of AFLHP. We’ve covered a lot of different tactics used by various AFL teams with a lot more to come in part 2 this week but as the course fell on...