The point of game analysis is to find patterns of play that occur over multiple games that then allow you to see how your team plays in relation to them, as well as how opposing teams do as well. As stated last week I’ve been able to pinpoint almost a dozen patterns of play that...
I just found these in my training activities file from the Swans 2022 pre-season. The first 2 are for your forwards to get into the habit of doing their work prior to leading for the ball to create space for them to mark and the kicker to be able get the ball to them to...
The first clip shows Geelong’s kick out team defense formation which is nothing ground braking but it does show the discipline players need within it to give what you’re prepared to give and take away what you want to take away, and any deviation from that from just 1 player can break the entire system...
It’s always a treat watching North Melbourne AFLW as they move the ball the best of anyone in the competition every year in my opinion. The make the ground wide, they make the ground long and they spread the defense which gives them relatively easy and open teammates to kick to which doesn’t require huge...
In the last few seasons Carlton has been below average in there game plan defensively and offensively. From what I could see, and I watched every game, they would apply low pressure around the ball resulting in having to defend and initiate their offense from right back in their defensive 50, and then try and...
Earlier this week I wrote about how I go about analysing games and the process around that and once you’ve got data, then you can really start pinpointing specific things to address within your training sessions. I also listed a lot of the common scenarios that I noticed play out in almost every game of...
I ventured to the Richmond/Sydney game about a month ago and actually managed to get there early which is rare so I was able to get a look at some of the pre-game activities Richmond went through as I was up their end. I’m always interested to see what teams do pre-game as they are...
I’ve got a file on my computer 93 pages deep of training activities and I add to it way faster then I get to post them! I usually pick up 5 – 6 training activities per week from various sources, and my own head, then choose the best 1 to post that week and repeat,...
I saw this on one of the Sydney Swans socials early this year and is a pretty straight forward game play activity. Firstly split the ground in half vertically as per the image. Next create 3 teams from of which I’ve chosen 9v9 but it will depend on your training numbers. If you’re a bit...
This is a pretty straight forward game that focuses on how the offensive team can utilise their outnumber advantage which will require them to hold the footy once they get possession and asses their options to fond the open player. Off the ball players need to work cohesively to create space between them and to...