I’ve posted numerous clips of players/teams pressing in defensively from the front of the ball carrier/receiver, something Collingwood used to great effect to win the men’s premiership this past season. In AFLW, Geelong probably do more of it than any other team ans Sydney have introduced it a little bit this season as well but...
Looking at this game about a month ago and when North were flying and the Dogs were win less it looked like a forfeit would have been a better result, and then with the Dogs getting their first win last week against the Eagles, it’s like they got their win and they’ll drop back to...
With a finals spot on the line and missing their best player in Rowbottom, the Suns got it done against Essendon on Friday night, setting up an elimination finals against my Sydney Swans this coming Saturday night. I wasn’t sure if they could replace what Rowbottom does and that Maddy Prespakis would take over in...
Whenever I have conversations around AFLW it usually gets to the question of “how can we increase scoring?”, and my answer is always, and Sydney coach Scott Gowans agrees, is to increase player numbers to 18-a-side. I’m not a million $ sure this would even improve scoring but it definitely would improve the ability to...
I noted a lot more clips then usual this weekend so we finish off with a 22min video this week but full of great coaching tidbits. First we look at Carlton employing a tagger for Maddy Prespakis which didn’t work for a variety of reasons, as this clip shows. We also look at Carlton during...
Earlier this week an interview went up on SEN ran by Garry Lyon and Sam Edmund with Melbourne FC coach Simon Goodwin and CEO Gary Pert and here are my notes and takeaways from it. You’ve probably read all the headlines about it but I suggest taking 43mins to listen to entire piece so you...
This a scenario that plays out every single game at some point in AFLW, mainly because of there only being 16 players and a lot of transition, offensively and defensively, is simply running towards or back to goal to fill the space. It’ll start with defenders being closer to the opposite goal usually getting back...
It’s been a disappointing year for both teams in 2023 with even their respective coaches having their moment’s publicly which never helps when you’re losing heavily. That being said I picked the Dogs to get the win as I just couldn’t see Ellie Blackburn not getting them over the line – and she did! Here’s...
Gold Coast have progressed nicely this season, having been in the top 8 for the majority of the year off the back of midfield dominance, especially on the contested side of things but also improving on the outside as well. GWS have had their moments but are still about 1 player per line away from...
This is a 2-way training activity that helps in offensive players searching, identifying and passing to open options in a relatively fast play situation while the defending team are constantly deciding whether to push up and defend or holds back, and who will do either of those actions at any given time. Here’s the video...