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Tag Archive: Kicking
Please, no more lanework drills!
I am not a fan of kicking lanework drills - in fact I think they may be the greatest misuse of training time imaginable. Some of the reasons for my dislike of lanework is that it practices a kicking scenario that is hardly ever seen in a game (how often does a player lead out ...
Teaching Kicking at AFL Level
How do you improve kicking? Can you improve a players kick significantly by the time they get to senior football? What type of approach do you take to teaching kicking? These questions are ones that I'm sure are debated and pondered over by many coaches. Well now you can have a glimpse of how an AFL ...
Topical Talk: Nathan Buckley on Fundamentals v Decision Making
Interesting article (click here) by Nathan Buckley on the need to have coaching come back to focussing on fundamental skills instead of so much decision making and team pattern type training. However, remember that: skill = decision making + technique execution So in some ways you cannot develop "skill" without some decision making process. What are your ...
Topical Talk: Left and Right Foot Kicking
We will frequently put up a "topical talk" post that will focus on a certain topic. We will give some views on this topic but then it is all about generating a discussion from our readers. These posts will be archived under the "topical talk" tab at the top of this page. Robert Oatey has generated ...