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...
This is part 2 of my idea’s taken from the book The Process with part 1 being found here. THE GAME MODEL Is the model used to explain your team’s “game plan” in 1 common language and is crucial for teams at all levels to develop, as local/amateur teams have players from a variety of...
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...
This kicking drill is best used as part of the warm up, after your dynamic work and maybe a handball if you just can’t bring yourself to go straight into kicking even though players get there and do nothing but kick before training starts anyway. It involves an element of technical skill but it’s best...
A couple of months ago I ordered and received a new team coaching based book titled The Process by Fergus Connolly (author of Game Changer I’ve posted about recently) along with Cam Josse from Defranco’s Training Systems. It picks up where Game Changer left off and is actually the 1st in a series of 4...
This is a simple small sided game can be set up for players of any level. It encourages players to: Find space Create space Communicate Be in constant motion Clean hands Quick hands Decision making in congestion Perception-action coupling HOW Set up a playing area of 10×10 or 15x15m or so where obviously a smaller...
Earlier this week I posted 5 Things to Get Rid of From Your Training Sessions but I’m well aware that if you’re not part of the solution then you’re part of the problem so here’s 5 things to add into your training sessions. 1 – TAKE DATA We practice to get better. We get better...
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...