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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 thoughts?
Whilst this site covers all team sports it is specifically aimed at Australian Football (AFL). One of the reasons for this was that, when we started the site earlier this year, there was a real lack of quality online resources and information available. Hopefully we are contributing to wards changing that. The good news is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Related Posts:Our 1st Coaching E-book – Developing a Playing SystemHow do you coach during game-based training drills?Designing drills for AFL [...]
AFL clubs are in a fortunate position to have the technology and resources to potentially carry out very powerful analysis of their matches. One of the valuable things in the last 3 years has been access to footage taken from behind the goals that basically allows the coach to see all players on the field. [...]
