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. ...
I’ve had this note about structuring junior football on my phone for 6 months now so it’s time to do something with it, although I might not make many friends with this post. For memory someone asked on social media somewhere about what to do with them at training or how to do whatever…I can’t...
These are notes taken from a 3 part article series from UK Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies who has a lot of great articles here. Plenty of super takeaways here so make your self comfortable. The self determination theory (SDT) is made up of autonomy (a sense of control over your own life/volition), competence (being...
I’ve discussed coaching language before a little bit on this site in the past and it’s still very much a very underappreciated skill in any coaching job. What you say and how you say it can have HUGE implications on how your players interpret it. Any interaction between coach and player generally follows...
Even at local/amateur level, the focus on team defense in footy is clear to see with zones, clusters and the like. The part I want to focus on is the “team” part which means that everyone is working on conjunction with everyone else on their team but as dictated by the opposition. It’s not what...
3 weeks or so ago I took part in a course run by AFL Sportsready on the coaching fundamentals of AFL skills. It was presented by Austin Stubs over at AFLHP Coaching who has worked at pretty much every level of football you can imagine, including the AFL, last employed at Essendon FC before the...
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...
DO WE NEED SHORTER PRE-SEASONS? (coaching) MITCH ROBINSON ON HOW TO PLAY THE WING POSITION (tactical) GAME CHANGER MACRO MOMENTS (book notes) GAME CHANGER TRAINING (book notes) GAME CHANGER TEAM DEFENSE (book notes) GAME CHANGER 4 CO-ACTIVES (book notes) GAME CHANGER TEAM/CLUB CULTURE (book notes) GAME CHANGER PHYSICAL CO-ACTIVE (book notes) GAME CHANGER PSYCHOLOGICAL CO-ACTIVE...
Here is a list that I’ll hopefully keep up to date of all posts from the Training Drills section: STRAIGHTENING UP KICKING DRILL (solo skill) HANDBALL TOUCHES (partner skill) KICK TO KICK WITH PURPOSE (small group skill) RONDO TRAINING DRILL (small sided game + team training) TEACH ANYONE TO KICK TRAINING DRILL/S (solo skill) EVASION/DECISION...
Players Required: 20 (9/side + 2 extra’s) Balls Required: 1/group Space Required: 70m to goal line Drill Level: Moderate Here it is: https://aussierulestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Zone-Kickout-Transition.mp4 The ability to layer your drills and then make them “multi-focused” is probably the holy grail of team training at the local/amateur level where more competitive games can be played but at...