Pretty straight forward this one and not much to it so can be used for almost any team level or number of players. It will train clean hands on the receive and give, player and ball movement, quick transitions, high decision making volume, creating space and nice change of direction loading for the cherry on...
GAME MODEL Here’s a quick recap of what the Game Model includes: Game moments (offensive/transition defense/defense/transition offense) Each game moment is comprised of micromoments Game moments are comprised of game principles (ball movement, player movement, action timing, sequence) Game principles are comprised of game moment sub principles (create space on offense, man pressure for defense)...
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...
Everyone loves a good old fashioned full ground training drill because it usually involves kicking which is the name of the game. A few issues with how these drills are usually done include: No tactical decision making at all via the cone to cone drills No positioning/locationing aspect Too many players in the 1 area,...
Offensive and defensive macro principles govern proper execution in specific moments. Macro principle of offense is player space Macro principle of offense to defense is ball pressure on a turnover Macro principle of defense is man pressure Macro principle of defense to offense is ball speed Essentially a game can be broken down: Player...
ALL coaches should be extra familiar with the SAID principle. What? You’re not? Simply outrageous. Put your learnin’ hat on then. Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands Right now I want you to think of all the footy drills you run for your players. I bet not 1 of them focus on 1 specific task to...
The 4 game moments of team sport are: Defense Transition Offense Offense Transition Defense and at any time in a game you are involved in 1 of these moments. In my last post we looked at defense and transition offense so this time around we’ll touch on the last 2, offense and transition defense....
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...
The 4 game moments of team sport are: Defense Transition Offense Offense Transition Defense and at any time in a game you are involved in 1 of these moments. In this post we’ll touch on the first 2, defense and transition offense. DEFENSE The micro moments of defense are isolation, termination and dispossession Isolation refers...
This is the 3rd variation of the Rondo Drill. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. As per all Ronda variations this drill will train: Clean Hands Creating/Utilising Space Game Simulated Change of Direction Perception-Action Coupling On top of that though this will also introduce a very basic ball transition...