2019 TEAM / PLAYER PREP IDEA'S & THOUGHTS PART 5

DIVERSE GROUPING (STUART MCMILLAN)

– Can allow for the leaders in that group to do the coaching and spread the wealth so to say

- Group players of varying abilities and also those that don’t usually mix with one another

- Then face them off against other groups to train organisation and communication

FLOW (KEVIN FOSTER)

– Problems come in the form of overthinking which usually comes from too much cueing/coaching that requires extra thinking, increasing anxiety and adding extra analysis checkpoints

PERFORMANCE v TRAINING NUMBERS (MICHAEL ZWEIFEL)

– Use training to push athletes to the edge of learning and not for memorising robotic movements/drills

 - Learning is not about memorising solutions but how to solve problems

- You don’t teach someone by giving them answers but rather the tools/environment that allows them to problem solve for themselves

- Practice that maximises learning requires immediate feedback but not necessarily verbal

- Implicit learning comes from a well-designed environment/task that gives feedback to the athlete immediately through a pass or fail result such as did the ball get to where it was meant go or not

- Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training 

COGNITIVE QUALITY (FERGUS CONNOLLY)

– It’s more important to make smarter/better decisions in the first 20 minutes of a game or training session so then you’ll accumulate less fatigue affecting your last 20 minutes so attack early and hard

STRATEGY v TACTICS (FERGUS CONNOLLY)

– Strategy is a plan or set of goals

- Tactics are the specific actions/steps to accomplish the strategy

- Without a strategy you’ll amber through and without tactics you’re basically wishful thinking

- Grand strategy is looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead

PRACTICE (BRUCE LEE)

– Don’t fear the man that has practised 1000 kicks, fear the man who has practised the same kick 1000 times meaning training quality, not quantity, is king

TRAINING (JON GRUDEN)

– Every year you need to outwork yourself to be a better version of what you were last year

PLAYER POWER (BRIAN ASHTON)

– The coach should prepare a purpose and share it with the team influences who then engage the others

- The others are then given the opportunity to take ownership of various areas and to lead them

- Set footy specific scenarios where you provide the end goal but the players need to sort out how to achieve it such as they need to chip kick it to the far wing or handball out of a clearance

- Every 3 – 4 sessions pick a group of players and they can run some or a full session

- Using slightly different footy type games (kick along the ground only, opposite foot only, opposite hand only etc) you’ll find players with unexpected skills and views on the game that can be utilised in different ways