Category: Training/Coaching Articles

As my playing career is entering its final years (probably not), I’ve made a pretty big shift in reading up on coaching more so then training in the last 18 months or so and is what lead me to purchasing this book in the first place. In that time and reflecting on all the footy...

In this article we look at the 25+ points I noted down in relation to actual training, team and individual from the Gamechanger book. I just received his new book in the mail Friday too so there’s a heap more where this comes from. Strap yourselves in… GAME SIMULATION I call it tempo footy because...

This time last year I was finishing up Gamechanger by Fergus Connolly, a book on individual and team preparation for team sports, and is probably the greatest thing I’ve read on the subject in my life. It has totally changed my idea’s on training and coaching. I did a 14 part post series on it...

Mitch Robinson provides the different positioning as wing position player depending on the situation…You gotta love Mitch Robinson surely? He’s hard, wears his heart on his sleeve and is pretty good on social media as well – he’s the ultimate teammate. After teammate Hugh McCluggage was snubbed an All- Australian birth over “non-specific” wingman (i.e....

Should the pre-seasons for local/amateur football be shorter? Like nothing before Xmas shorter? This top local level senior coach thinks so… I come from Warrnambool originally and down that way we have the Hampden Football Netball League which has been a top 10 league in Victoria forever moving up to 6th from 8th this year...