Category: Training/Coaching Articles

PSYCHOLOGICAL CO-ACTIVE To ace spirituality players must feel comfortable, part of the team and gave a clear personal reason why they come and give their all, linked to their needs/identity Cognitive ability is being able to focus/maintain attention and mentally process what’s going on around you encompassing: Information Processing Logical Decision Making Knowledge of the...

GAME MODEL Here’s a quick recap of what the Game Model includes: Game moments (offensive/transition defense/defense/transition offense) Each game moment is comprised of micromoments Game moments are comprised of game principles (ball movement, player movement, action timing, sequence) Game principles are comprised of game moment sub principles (create space on offense, man pressure for defense)...

  Offensive and defensive macro principles govern proper execution in specific moments. Macro principle of offense is player space Macro principle of offense to defense is ball pressure on a turnover Macro principle of defense is man pressure Macro principle of defense to offense is ball speed Essentially a game can be broken down: Player...

  The 4 game moments of team sport are: Defense Transition Offense Offense Transition Defense and at any time in a game you are involved in 1 of these moments. In my last post we looked at defense and transition offense so this time around we’ll touch on the last 2, offense and transition defense....

The 4 game moments of team sport are: Defense Transition Offense Offense Transition Defense and at any time in a game you are involved in 1 of these moments. In this post we’ll touch on the first 2, defense and transition offense. DEFENSE The micro moments of defense are isolation, termination and dispossession Isolation refers...

This is part 2 of my idea’s taken from the book The Process with part 1 being found here. THE GAME MODEL Is the model used to explain your team’s “game plan” in 1 common language and is crucial for teams at all levels to develop, as local/amateur teams have players from a variety of...

A couple of months ago I ordered and received a new team coaching based book titled The Process by Fergus Connolly (author of Game Changer I’ve posted about recently) along with Cam Josse from Defranco’s Training Systems. It picks up where Game Changer left off and is actually the 1st in a series of 4...

Earlier this week I posted 5 Things to Get Rid of From Your Training Sessions but I’m well aware that if you’re not part of the solution then you’re part of the problem so here’s 5 things to add into your training sessions. 1 – TAKE DATA We practice to get better. We get better...

This is the final post in this series and will touch on these points: Recovery Nutrition Technical Co-Active Locationing Game Day Game Pace Structure Tactics Game Style RECOVERY A 7 day recovery periodisation starting from post game should look something like this: Saturday Post Game – cold recovery/compression clothing/protein drink Sunday – self massage/flush Monday...

Aussie Rules Football, and especially the AFL’s rulebook, is forever changing with the aim being to improve how the game is played whenever a rule change is introduced. They’re a funny bunch the AFL as they like change in area’s the viewer doesn’t seem to care about yet won’t change in other area’s that blind...