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Test and Enhance Your Knowledge of the Game Get Help with Identifying Patterns of Play Learn at the Edges of your Current Ability to Stretch, but not Overwhelm Expand Your Search and Exploration Area No Right or Wrong Answers Suitable for Coaches and Players of All Levels INTRODUCTION Welcome to the Aussie Rules Training Game...

That Hawthorn 1st quarter, or the first half of the 1st quarter, was simply ridiculous and had the look of a team at the absolute top its game at the moment. The clearance work from center bounce was unbelievable which just fed them continuously – center clearance to goal back to center clearance! What we’ll...

Why not? It’s season 2024 so of course the 11th placed team beats one of the league’s hottest team and flag favorite but still get knocked out of the finals race. The Pies have looked a lot better in recent weeks but simply took too long to regain their DNA and therefore form to push...

In part 2 of this game analysis we look at: Heeney getting free inside forward 50 with 3 Essendon defenders simply looking on Florent presses forward to defend then pushes forward on the turnover to finish with the long goal Gulden putting in his contender for kick of the year Rowbottom defensive run for a...

OK, maybe we just need to accept that this is the Swans in 2024 – terrible in first quarters but then being more than capable of having 2 big quarters of footy where they score they crazy and still register 100pts most games. It’s clear they don’t know what to do about those first quarters,...

Part 3 split over 2 video goes into detail on the last half of the 4th quarter of this game which includes a lot of Warner and a lot of Heeney who were the top rated players in the game and who also combined for a ridiculous 28 disposals, 13 contested, 8 clearances, 5 inside...

Back in February of 2023 I released 35 training activities that Collingwood used in their 2023 pre-season training, followed by 20 in-season training activities released in July, then another batch from in-season right up to the Pies Grand Final win last season. These new 25 training activities all come from throughout 2024 from pre-season all the way until now (round...

In part 2 today we look at: Sydney scouting the forward runs that Darcy Cameron has been implementing Lloyd running his lane to make a chase down tackle in defensive 50 off of a center bounce clearance Sydney again scouting the over the back kick out from Collingwood and cutting it off Sydney once again...

Gee Whiz – what a finish! This game had huge implications, as did most of the other games in this round, and one of the biggest things to look for what what sort of response Sydney would put up after last weeks total and utter debacle v Port Adelaide. On the flip-side the Pies were...

For part 3 of this weeks game analysis series we continue with the debacle that was the Port/Sydney game before moving to GWS/Hawks and finishing with Essendon/Freo. Today we look at: Running your lane Using run from behind options to build your connection through 6/6/6 Hawthorn kick out tactic Elite Hawthorn work rate from starting...