It’s time to get the footy back in my hands so I’ve developed a footy day in my training regime as discussed here. As part of that I’ve developed a “return to kicking” program that I can do on my own for the most part but will also use my son who trains wtih me...
Apart from the high mark, the greatest spectacle of individual play in the AFL these days is the fend-off, or the “DON’T ARGUE.” As footy has become more and more congested and contested, being able to create some space, any space, to get an effective handball or kick away is of great importnace. ...
4 WEEK TEMPO RUNNINING OFF SEASON PROGRAM (endurance) ACCELERATION LEVEL 1 (speed) LOWER BODY STRENGTH PROGRAM (strength) HILL SPRINTS PROGRAM (speed) HAMSTRING STRENGTH (speed/injury prevention) UPPER BODY HYPERTROPHY (hypertrophy) HOME TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WOMEN’S PLAYERS (women’s football) LOWER BODY FINE TUNING PROGRAM PART 1 (injury prevention) HAMSTRING STRAIN RETURN TO PLAY PROGRAM (injury rehabilitation) GOT...
Although some leagues have already called off season 2020, there’s still a lot of us down here in Melboure waiting for the official word from our specific leagues whether we’re on or off. It’s out of our control at this point but if and when we do get back to it then there’s going to...
I’m about to give you the secret…the secret to endurance training. I’m going to tell how it works and how that translates to increased running ability. What most footy teams is increasing your running power, it’s simply getting you back from a low base to a medium, maybe high base but year in, year out,...
This is the first of my ACL/Women’s Football related posts in the last few years to gove you an idea of my initial thoughts on the subject then and how they’ve been shaped since then. The posts over the next few days (as I’ve ended up making this a women’s football week) will all have...
Last week I ran some strength and conditioning stuff for my DFS session focusing on change of direction. Change of direction has a huge technical component to it if you want to be able to get from cone A to cone B the fastest to win the ball or get to the opposition with the...
Pre-season training is back for most clubs and there’s pretty much 7 – 8 weeks before practice games start and about 10 weeks until round 1 – not long really. With training being back on 2 nights per week that will take up most of your energy resources for other training and whatnot, it means...
Plyometrics (jumps, bounds etc) can be a very powerful tool when used correctly but in more cases then not at local level, they are used hap-hazardly, almost gimmicky, for little to zero benefit. What most players and coaches don’t know about plyometrics is that they can be broken up in 2 categories: Extensive Intensive Much...
You’re on the Xmas break and to keep the legs ticking over, you head out for a little 10km run. You get back to training and your coach lines you up for 400’s. During the season you do some high intensity/short rest running work to maintain fitness during the year. But what are you actually...