A little while back we posted on a 4 step process for developing a strong team culture. This was based on my experiences with Ray Mclean of Leading Teams. As a supplement to this you can see a short interview with him below where he mainly talks about feedback to better ...
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The 4 steps to develop a strong team culture
Above: The Sydney Swans AFL team is well known for its strong team culture & achievements "Your culture is what you do and say every day" It is fair to say that in team sports establishing a good team culture and environment is high on the priority list of all coaches. ...
Observing “off the ball” when coaching in training or games
Watch the video below for some thoughts on the importance of coaches observing "off the ball" during training drills and games. Interested in being updated via email of new content on this site? Click here
How do you coach during game-based training drills?
Recent posts on this blog have had a theme about training, and in particular "game-based" training (insert other terminology here such as "game sense", "tgfu", "decision making" if you want). It is a topic I am really passionate about. With that in mind I wanted to share an experience from our training session this week. It ...
Does your training resemble the game?
You have probably heard of at least one of these terms - "game sense", "game based", "decision making","tactical approach" "TGFU", "game simulation". They all relate to the training environment and specifically refer to training activities that put players in game-like situations where decisions on what movement technique to produce have to be constantly made by ...
Game Day Instruction & Voice
In the modern game of Australian Football the importance of instruction and feedback on the field is just so critical. In fact the value of players who can provide these qualities are sometimes more important than their pure football ability. Below is some great video and audio of Troy Chaplin demonstrating these things during an AFL ...
Utilising video in your coaching
We all know video is a powerful tool for those coaches fortunate to have access to this resource. In the last 10 years the explosion of digital video has made many things possible in a coaching sense. Video technology has become commonplace to the point that coaches at most levels should be exploring how it ...