GAMECHANGER ELITE PLAYER/TEAM PREPARATION – GAME STYLE + GAME DAY + MORE

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

This is the final post in this series and will touch on these points: Recovery Nutrition Technical Co-Active Locationing Game Day Game Pace Structure Tactics Game Style RECOVERY A 7 day recovery periodisation starting from post game should look something like this: Saturday Post Game – cold recovery/compression clothing/protein drink Sunday – self massage/flush Monday...

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5 THINGS TO GET RID OF FROM YOUR TRAINING SESSIONS

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

Aussie Rules Football, and especially the AFL’s rulebook, is forever changing with the aim being to improve how the game is played whenever a rule change is introduced. They’re a funny bunch the AFL as they like change in area’s the viewer doesn’t seem to care about yet won’t change in other area’s that blind...

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STRAIGHTENING UP KICKING PART 2

by swans05, posted in 20 Game Sense Drills Vol 1, Training Drills

Here’s a follow up to part 1 of this from about a month ago. This will go through 5 drill variations to focus on straightening up on your kicking with the main rules being to: Get your hips/shoulders square up to your target Get some steps/momentum behind your kick Try not to use anymore cues...

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HOME TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WOMEN’S PLAYERS

by swans05, posted in Training Programs

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...

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CORNER, OFFENSE, DEFENSE DRILL

by swans05, posted in 20 Game Sense Drills Vol 1, Training Drills

This is a banger of a drill we did last night with our older DFS group and can easily be done with senior playing groups as well. WHY Trains both offense and defense at the same time, nailing percpetion-action coupling for all 3 teams – a must for game transfer from training. Involves all players...

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HOW I WOULD COACH A WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TEAM

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

What you’re about to read is a sort-of-backwards approach to women’s footy I’ve been thinking about for a while now that might be worth a shot at trying for a lone wolf, left field, unpredictable and innovative women’s coach out there. I’ve been mulling over how to do this post for a while but it’s...

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UPPER BODY HYPERTROPHY

by swans05, posted in Training Programs

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...

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PROGRESSIVE PRESSURE RONDO DRILL

by swans05, posted in 20 Game Sense Drills Vol 1, Training Drills

This is a progression from the basic Rondo Drill posted a few weeks back and one we use at DFS a fair bit with our younger groups but it holds up for any age group/ability. This Rondo variation trains: Clean Hands Creating/Utilising Space Game Simulated Change of Direction Perception-Action Coupling (most important) All you need...

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GAMECHANGER ELITE PLAYER/TEAM PREPARATION – TRAINING DRILLS + SPACE + RATING PLAYERS

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

TRAINING DRILLS Yes, we’ve already got a separate training drills section on the site but here are some idea’s pointers to keep in mind when developing your own training drills: Use training drills that require verbal and non-verbal communication over cone-to-cone variations to build rhythm and also for players to get to know each other’s...

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TEAM WARM UP WITH BALLS DRILL

by swans05, posted in 20 Game Sense Drills Vol 1, Training Drills

If there’s 1 mission in my life worth fulfilling it’s to eradicate the endless laps footy teams do at training before, during and after training. It’s boring, it’s useless and it’s taking prescious training time, of which local/amateur teams already struggle with, away from far more productive things they could be doing like skill and/or...

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