Brisbane averaged over 100 marks per game in season 2024, capping that off with a ridiculous 158 in the Grand Final itself leading to a whopping possession of 53% for the game! If each mark and then kick on average is 5secs in length (just making this up), then that’s over 13mins with the ball...
We’ve all seen GWS and how they get their extremely-speedy small forwards up the ground then slingshot back with leg speed and handball before kicking deep to Jesse Hogan with the most assured hands in the league. This isn’t a complicated tactic by any stretch and you don’t really necessarily need the leg speed to...
As always remember that these training activities simply have a brief description and that’s it – no images, diagrams and pictures to accompany them. Let’s get to activities 111 – 121. #111 – STRIPE Make a stripe across the ground and set up your numbers before the start of play but then they can’t move...
This training activity works mostly on the starting positions of your players which if done effectively, can afford the opportunities you want presented, to the defense or offense. This is an offensive-based training activity so we will position the defense where we want them to provide a greater opportunity for the offense to have success,...
This training activity is a quick kicking game you can use with a group of any size. It’s a training activity with a single focus (find a mark) which is often overlooked as we try and cram multiple game aspects together which in turn then broadens the focus and nothing really gets enough focus to...
After THAT Nick Daicos goal from the weekend, highlighted in the game analysis earlier this week, here’s a training activity that focuses on players getting ti multiple contests and staying in the play continuously. You would have heard me say in many of the game analysis videos that the player who just disposes of the...
This is a great activity to use to emphasise high work rate for repeated efforts, especially for midfielders but also for half forward and back flankers who now are required to get up and back during games. Each rep should take 10 – 15secs and rotating each mid/flanker through 3 times should take 15mins tops...
I’ve had these in the files for a couple of years but I got them off the internet from someone who watches training then tries to describe the activity, not video it like the Collingwood ones I’ve posted. This post will give you an idea of the types of games the Swans like to use,...
Yesterday I posted some videos on how the Swans stay connected in a very compacted style as much as possible during games. The main reason for this is to play with as many of your 18 players as possible as often as possible. The more players you can utilise, then the more you can isolate...
As always remember that these training activities simply have a brief description and that’s it – no images, diagrams and pictures to accompany them. Let’s get to activities 91 – 110. #91 – KICK TO ADVANTAGE 1 Kicker about 40m in front of a +1 outnumber (2v1/3v2/4v3). The pack has a box it needs to...