Category: Training/Coaching Articles

Last November I made a post titled “How I Would Train A Women’s Football Team” that looked some concepts I would focus on if I was to coach a women;s football team at any level. My initial area’s of focus were to: Teach Kicking but Only to a “Good Enough” Level Get the Ball to...

During the 2019 seasons of AFLW I posted some weekly insights that of passages of play that I noticed watching the games of things done well, things done not so well and how they could be done better. I had many arrows and colorful lines in those earlier edition videos but this year I’ve dialled...

About 3 weeks ago I made a post consisting of 10 tips for improving team culture which I hope you’ve been able use or gbet something from and with club culture being so hard to attain at local/amateur level from player/admin turnover and interrupted continuity, here’s some more. By focusing on the “target” and hitting...

The problems with junior sport participation, including football, are very real. And let’s not think it’s just “juniors” either, we’re talking pre-teen and teenage participation numbers as well. 1 very crucial thing we must all remember when there is a change in how football is run at club or league level, is that it is...

Kobe’s very last tweet congratulating Lebron James on passing him for 3rd all time on the NBA scoring list: Continuing to move the game forward @KingJames. Much respect my brother 💪🏾 #33644 — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 26, 2020 Shaquille O’Neal’s son Shareef received one of if not the final text from Kobe: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12303718&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utmc_campaign=nzh_fb&fbclid=IwAR3QCgQxAJ8oVOrBf4YZp-pFUnyJt9ySCflD5dUNi8mdg-_5-RwrLv-GoWA “…Kobe:...

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28569694/remembering-kobe-bryant-relentless-curious-infinitely-complicated “…I could never understand, why winning wasn’t the most important thing to everyone. Why are you here then?…” https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2873343-what-made-kobe-different “…I have such a narrow focus, so I didn’t have much time to socialize at all. When I wasn’t training, I was writing and I was studying the art of writing, of film making. My...

In my original tribute Facebook post to Kobe I touched on what he was doing in the coaching of junior players and really believe he would have changed how junior coaching is done with what he was doing and how he was doing it. It wasn’t really anything new but for someone as competitive as...

I had this on my to-get list for some time and finally got it 2 days ago and read it all in 1 hit. Here are my favourite bits: “…the biggest element that changed over time, however, was I went from watching what was there to watching for what was missing and what should have...

As you are all probably aware of, NBA great Kobe Bryant died last week in a horrible helicopter crash with 8 others, including his daughter Gianna, and I’ve been watching and reading stuff on him literally all week. I purchased his Mamba Mentality book and read in 2hrs while taking notes from it (as I...