Below is a 14min video detailing 10 plays from the Sydney Swans form the 2nd half of their match against Fremantle from last Saturday, a season defining win that could result in a top 4 finish and allow for a genuine tilt at a Grand Final, 2 years removed from winning 5 games back in...
Category: Sydney Swans Game Style
SYDNEY SWANS GAME STYLE: 2022 PRACTICE GAME v NORTH MELBOURNE
I look at what the Swans are running in season 2022 based on their Community Series match against North Melbourne....
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE PACKAGE – INTRODUCTION
Disclaimer: Sydney Swans Supporter! With that out of the way, the game plan the Sydney Swans used in 2021 was something completely different to every other team who may have a faster or slower method of movement, but all pretty similar in how they go about it. From my research of tactics used in other...
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE – POST GAME ADDRESS
What you’ve got here is a pretty revolutionary style of footy that is literally played by 1 football team in all of Aussie Rules Football, and you could be the 2nd. Just yesterday I read this (paraphrased) quote on Twitter: “…the biggest barrier to adopting modern approaches is that coaches are afraid to swap something...
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE – GAME PLAY!
The ultimate gauge of understanding and implementation is through game play and I don’t really mind when you start using this although there’s a lot of opposition added to the previous activities leading up to this but a 15 – 20min game every week or so is a very good way to see what your...
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE – LINE SPECIFIC SCENARIOS
With a very good idea of how each line of players move with and without the ball we’ll take a harder look at line specific scenarios, especially in regards to who marks the ball coming out of our defense. VIDEO #20 VIDEO #21 VIDEO #22 VIDEO #23 NEXT – GAME PLAY!...
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE – FULL GROUND COMBINATION SKILL ACTIVITIES PART 2
VIDEO #17 VIDEO #18 VIDEO #19 NEXT – LINE SPECIFIC SCENARIOS...
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE – FULL GROUND COMBINATION SKILL ACTIVITIES PART 1
This is where the real fun starts and we try and emulate some of the earlier instructional videos that detailed the Swans player movement when they have the ball in different area’s of the ground and how that fuels the ball movement to come. I strongly encourage you to be very patient with this part...
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE – COMBINATION SKILL ACTIVITIES
This page consists of training activities that utilise at least 2 of the specific skills/processes that make up the Sydney Swans Game Style. Again they shouldn’t require cones but again if player positioning is still in it’s learning stages then feel feel free to use some but ultimately we want the players to be aware...
SYDNEY SWANS 2021 GAME STYLE – INTRODUCTORY TRAINING ACTIVITIES TO EMULATE THE SYDNEY SWANS
This page consists of 7 introductory training activities to begin emulating the Sydney Swans Game Style. The activities don’t necessarily require a “cone” set up but require them simply for positional purposes so players have an idea of where they should start and where they should be moving too while they catch on the player...