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Performance Analysis & the Coaching Process – Part III

This video presentation is the 3rd and final installment in a series on performance analysis and the coaching process. If you missed either of the first two posts then I would strongly encourage you to watch these by following the links below and then come back to this post. Performance Analysis & the Coaching ...

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More thoughts on developing “thinking players”

I recently produced a post on this topic and have since found some more good stuff to follow up with. First came a play in the recent AFL game between Collingwood and Richmond. This play shows experienced Richmond player Chris Newman (no. 17 in the black and yellow) looking away from the ball as ...

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Developing a Playing System – video presentation

I recently ran a presentation/workshop for a level 2 coaching course based on our ebook "Developing a Playing System - the 4 stage coaching blueprint". I thought it might be worthwhile to record a screencast of the presentation and explain how we conducted the workshop. If you are interested in this topic I encourage you ...

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“Flipping” the player learning process in coaching

UPDATE (February 2012): I am in the process of joining forces with "Sports Relations". As such this article can now also be found on the Sports Relations blog. I have seen a few tweets lately concerning a TED presentation by Salman Khan (and this article) on "flipping" the traditional classroom-homework educational ...

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Developing a Forward Line in AFL

The video below contains a presentation that I gave about 3 years ago at a level 2 coaching course. It relates to processes and principles for developing a forward line system in Australian Football. Like most of the content here, it is not telling you what forward system to use - that is up to ...

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Our 1st Coaching E-book – Developing a Playing System

There hasn't been much action in the way of new posts in the last couple of weeks. The reason for this is we have been busy applying the finishing touches to our 1st ebook called "Developing a Playing System - The 4 Stage Coaching Blueprint". This is a completely ...

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Oh no! The opposition have worked out our system/style of play – what now?

Here is the scenario. You are a new coach implementing a system or style of play. In Australian Football (AFL) this could be systems related to counter-attack plays out of defense, kick ins, stoppage setups/exit plays, or forward entry. You carefully design and implement your training activities and teaching methods to fast-track your players in ...

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Designing drills for AFL – applying a constraints-led approach

For those following some recent posts on training and the use of game-based activities (or "game-sense", "tgfu" etc), I thought it might be useful to provide an example of a practical implementation. In the video presentation below I use Australian Football (AFL) and a handball game as a practical example of how to implement concepts ...

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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

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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 ...

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