The thing that stands out THE MOST in any game of footy at any level is sprinting speed – it’s that crystal clear what that player can do it’s ridiculous. Physically they have 1 specific trait over every single player on the ground and psychologically they have a huge edge as those playing on them...
What you’ll see below is a real life scenario from the middle of last season (2019) when one of my teammates pulled his hammy for the 2nd time this year. We put together a return to play plan with a specific game times in mind for his comeback games, to be cherry ripe for the...
Whenever we train, whether it be on the field or in the gym, the goal is to increase our maximum outputs referring to speed, strength, power and endurance. We put the most important exercises in our programs to make this happen which usually coincides with being the most technically complex, the most heavily loaded and...
Here’s some pre Xmas training I put together for my club’s women’s team just last week. It’s training that can players can do in their own time away from the club so team training focus on what really matters most – tactics and skills. For now I’ll post a few different training options for you...
Before we get into the nuts and bolts of this baby I must offer this – if half of the days of the week you train involve upper body strength training, then have a good hard look at yourself. Yes upper body strength and size is important but most blokes head off to complete bodybuilding...
The old pulled hammie never goes away in football does it? Unfortnately the greatest risk factor for doing a hammie is if you’ve done it before putting you in a bit of a pickle but with a long term outlook and slow but progressively based rehab work, you can overcome them. If you’ve never done...
Hill sprints have been a staple of elite athletes since the dawn of time, purely because of their simpleness – find a hill and run up it! Perhaps the best thing about hill sprints is that it can be used as a preparatory tool for high speed/velocity running as it trains the action and thus...
Just over 4 years ago I did a little post on Nat Fyfe’s body transformation, especially his legs, from his first 4 – 5 years in the AFL system, and had won his first Brownlow Medal the year prior to that. In a game that requires speed, endurance, strength and resiliency from injury/collisions, a strong...
All speed starts with acceleration and is a physical quality all of itself. It is the gradual build up of speed towards hitting your max velocity/top end speed and the better you can accelerate from a mechanics point of view, the better and thus faster you’ll be at max velocity. During a game of footy...
After a 6 or so week break from the previous season, a lot of players might be looking to get back into some running. Normally the’d hit the road or pavement but I personally haven’t done a road run for over a decade I reckon. I don’t enjoy continuous running nor am I any good...