Category: Training Drills

We train to get better at games except that we rarely use games in training, opting for cone to cone drills and maybe the odd 4v1 clearance drill which is not as game representative as you probably think it is. We know that footy is just bloody darn demanding and it’s hard to play actual...

Football, and all team sports for that matter is a battle of time and space superiority with each an every game action based on where you can get to, how you can get there, how fast you can get there an once there, how effective can you be. This is happening not just for the...

This final introductory video shows how the Swans build their offensive lanes via their player, and thus ball movement, which also builds their defense at the same time. The player lanes was probably the real magic in the Swans offense in season 2021 as it keeps all 22 players in the play for as long...

Once again we move towards more game representation when introducing this Sydney Swans game style to a new team. In this video we introduce defenders into the mix which will change how the activity looks but it shouldn’t change the processes and principles of play that the players follow, and go through, during the activity....

Yesterday’s video outlined what I would use as.a starting point for teaching the Sydney Swans game style at local level. Today I progress the same training activity, layering towards something more representative of the game but you can’t start at the finish or you’ll find major gaps in learning and implementation on game day, where...

I’ve been banging on about the Sydney Swans game style introduced in season 2021 for a while now and for good reason, it took us from 16th spot to 6th and 5 wins to 15 with a team full of youngsters, albeit very talented ones. It builds a player an thus ball movement pattern unlike...

A few weeks ago I did a series of posts firstly on some of the tactics the Sydney Swans used to decimate the West Coast Eagles and then how by just adding few tweaks it can be used in local/amateur football to what I suspect would be great effect. Here’s a video of training drill/scenario...