Category: Training/Coaching Articles

We hear a lot about team culture at the elite levels of sport whether it’s the Sydney Swans Bloods Culture or Richmond’s team culture of recent years or in other sports such as the All Blacks in World Rugby and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. At local/amateur level  it’s never really given enough...

Rule 1 – Sit Rule 2 – Watch Rule 3 – Ask Questions The complete opposite of what junior coaches do at the moment. Kobe Bryant on coaching his daughters youth team🗣 “We could win more games if we micro managed & called more plays” “We sit back, let them process & figure things out”...

We’ve all play and probably still play with one of them. The maverick will at times go away from “team values” as their extremely high competitive spirit can often get the best of them and they shift to a “if I don’t do this now then we’ll lose?” mentality. Christian Laettner was a NCAA superstar...

DESIGNING THE MORPHCYCLE A morphcycle refers to combining the 4 coactive model into a single unified weekly cycle where you train some body systems while other body systems rest, similar to the high/low system I’ve posted about for years now. This enables far more training volume and loading to be put upon athlete without minimal...

PLAYER HEALTH The health of players involves both body (physical) and brain (psychological). High risk players who have either had an interruption in their training or have a history of non-contact injuries should be encouraged to take extra rest as any player’s attribute is their game availability, not if they can run that last set...

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...