Category: Training/Coaching Articles

The Swans shifted their offense a touch on Saturday, attempting to run and handball from defense and through the middle and then kicking inside 50 as opposed to the heavy kick-biased style of current times. I’ve been waiting and hoping for us to introduce more handball into our offense, not just a way to exit...

After yesterday’s themed game analysis, today we look at the rest of game from Thursday night. COLLINGWOOD INSIDE 50 It hasn’t been super of late but Collingwood’s forward cohesiveness is usually at the top end of the competition and here we’ll look at the 4 colored players from this image in blue, yellow, red and...

The wife is at her mum’s for the week so I don’t have access to the IPad so this will be old school stylez. The Hawks did a umber on Collingwood in many facets on Thursday night but today we’ll look at their use of the expansions of the MCG. Last season the Hawks used...

I did pick the Lions to beat the Pies Saturday night after the debacle they put out the week before + the Pies are in that so-far-ahead-were-gonna-lose-a-few phase of the season. Before this weekend I had a Collingwood/Brisbane Grand Final but now my predictor says Adelaide finish top and Brisbane 2nd so someone’s gonna have...

The “stand” rule has been in for a few years now and it has made a huge difference to how teams can transition from end to end which I believe has been a huge positive for the game. Some teams use it more than others in the AFL but that’s probably because of their specific...

In today’s game analysis we look at some structure/formation vision. Teams of lesser talent need to put more importance on organisation as at least your players can be in better positions and better decisions are made from better positions. It also keeps the ball where you have players positioned so you can always at least...

A tale of 2 halves this bad boy with the result taking my Swans from a mathematical chance to a “mathematical chance” now. With a pressure rating of over 200 in the first half and then to finish at 175 for the entire game means we must have went at 150 tops for the 2nd...

In my opinion, the biggest thing missing from local/amateur football is what I call 666 Connection which refers to all players and all lines staying connected, without any major gaps of space between them. Defensively, these gaps in connection simply provide more leading space options for forwards and thus more area to cover when you’re...

TBF’s greatly assist in all players being able to carry in-game tasks in a highly cohesive manner. In local/community footy the continuum from your best to worst player in any given round is vast regardless of the 23 named for that day. Some players have high game intelligence but lesser action capabilities, some are the...

Freo may have finally moved into some sort of contention after their win against the Pies at the G on the weekend, although it’ll be a near impossible task to win from outside the top 4 this year as home advantage is probably going to reign supreme come finals time. That being said they are...