Category: Training Drills

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...

This is a kicking and decision making training activity that also trains various patterns of play and being another option if you get ignored initially. I’ll post the level 1 layer of this in the video below and then give you some extra options to layer this with below it. Different layers you can 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 71 – 90. #71 – NAVIGATOR 5v5 or so  in a 20 x 15m area split into 9 areas with a goal per team at each end....

Remember, these are training activities that I just have a short description of with no videos, images or diagrams but you’ll still be able to follow them so lets get to activities 51 – 70. #51 – GO SHORT INSIDE FORWARD 50 You can use any form of contest/run and carry activity to start the...