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 ...
coaching resources for Australian Football (AFL) and other team sports
Tag Archive: training
Presentations on Training Design & Coach Assessment
I think the power of the internet for sharing information and garnering knowledge is huge! However the potential of this in relation to quality coaching content is unfulfilled at this stage. One thing that seems missing to me is the lack of online presentation recordings from the numerous coaching conferences/courses/seminars/workshops that would be held around ...
Using “KPI’s” in your coaching
First of all let me say that I am not a big fan of the term "KPI" - or "key performance indicator" - as I feel many times a particular statistic is in fact not an indicator of successful or unsuccessful performance. However often an assumption is made that it is a key indicator and ...
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 ...
Developing “Thinking Players”
I recently gave a short talk to a group of year 12 students about how we go about training and playing at the elite level. I touched briefly on the importance of developing "thinking players" - players who have the ability, with or without the ball, to be aware of the important cues in the ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...