AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 5 PART 2

WESTERN BULLDOGS MISSED SWITCH KICK

MY TAKE

Although we can clearly see the missed kick is the main issue here I just want to touch on skill aquisition here.

The ablity to turn and kick on your right foot to a lateral option is a specific skill as it's not the same kick you would do if you just kicked straight down the line, or if you were turning to your left for a lateral kick on your right foot.

The steps required to square up to each of the above kicks will be different to each other so you can't automatically assume that players that can kick to front-on targets like kick to kick, have the optimal self organisational skills to coordinate the kicking motion within a different action, or around different constraints and affordances.

This particular Bulldogs player may need more exposure to turning and kicking laterally to her right side to fully nail this kick next time, as the Bulldogs were well set up to be able to take the ball all the way to the other side of the ground and away from the congestion, but instead the poor kick puts everyone under pressure and you see the end result just seconds later.

So if there are specific kicks required within your game model then players must be placed in training situations and scenarios where those kicks, and similar kicks to them, can be practiced under gradual amounts of physical and psychological stress.

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 5

The Tigers have been very threatening in the last few weeks and they managed to put is all together tonight verus the Cats so this post is all about them.

DEEP KICKS OVER THE DEFENSE

MY TAKE

Deep and penetrating kicks that get to their destination relatively quickly is the most damaging kick in AFLW seeing as not many players can perform them reguarly at this point in the league's development.

Richmond nailed this kick twice tonight with both kicks bening centimeter perfect in just getting over the last line of the defense to give Richmond 2 fast play opportunities.

The first was from Maddy Brancatisano and the second a brilliant in board kick from a still purple-haired Sarah Hosking.

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AFLW ROUND 4 - KICK OF THE WEEK

Whose was better?

Why was it the best?

Did you see one not on the list that should be?

Let me know on the Aussie Rules Training socials.

AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 4 PART 4

COLLINGWOOD LEADERSHIP + COMMUNICATION

MY TAKE

At levels of football where not everyone is blessed with excellence in the 4 co-actives of performance, and with every player sitting at different spots on the spectrum for each of those co-actives, more experienced players can instruct in real time can have huge implications on what happens during a game.

In this situation Chiocci sums up the situation in no longer than 1 second, taking up the defender 1 responsibilities and sensding her teammate off for defender 2 responsibilities. 

Simple things carried out consistently builds success.

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 4 PART 3

COLLINGWOOD KICK OUT

MY TAKE

What I like is that Sharni Norder positions herself quite well, not too close to the boundary but not to in-board either.

She also seals King on her left side and simply points to the left for Livingstone to kick to the space to her advantage.

Although the kick was a bit more to Norder's left then was required to give her the best chance of marking the ball, I like this idea in the women's game and would like to see a lot more of it when teams are slow playing into their forward lines.

That kick to advantage is also a specific skill  which has different requirements and it's not simply to kicking it to someone, but not quite to them, and all players should train this specific kick in isolation if you want them to use it on game day.

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 4 PART 2

RICHMOND D1/2/3

I posted about the D1/2/3 concept here not ago so if you need some back ground reading on it then have a quick look before this video.

MY TAKE

Richmond played a mammoth game against the Blues but it's simple things that undo a lot of good work for alot of AFLW teams.

A quick recap of the D1/2/3 concept is that if there are 3 or more defenders in vicinity of the contest/ball then the closest defender (D1) goes the contest/ball/player with the ball, the 2nd closest defender (D2), checks the 2nd closest opposition player and the 3rd closest defender (D3) closes up the most dangerous space.

This is a great example of why this is a pretty important concept for teams of all levels to learn and train.

Richmond mess this up strtaight away by having 2 players run to the contest/ball v 1 Carlton player with both ofd those players not actually touching the ball or impacting the conterst at all even though they were less than 1m ball (Paul Roos 1m Rule - get the ball or make the tackle!).

This sets off a chain of average forfeard defensive pressure where the 3rd Richmond player also misses the tackle and then a 4th Richmond player misses another tackle!

In the end Carlton escape a 5v3 in their defensive 50 smack bang against the boundary.

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 4

AVOIDABLE GEELONG TURNOVER

MY TAKE

One golden rule of mine is to always take what's given to you so you don't end up forcing something that isn't quite there or an option that has a far lower % of completion.

In this instance you can clearly see a Geelong teammate latera; to the ball player who looks right at her as she pushes back but totally ignores here.

Once you ignore that wide option then her defender is essentially an extra defenders she can now hang further off her then she was orignally going to and she does, to the point that she actually intercepts the kick into a small but outnumbered crowd from a Geelong point of view.

Make as many defenders as accountable as you can!

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 3 PART 4

WEST COAST EAGLES OFFENSIVE TRANSITION

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AFLW ROUND 3 - KICK OF THE ROUND

Round 3 contenders with Ellie Blackburn doubling down this week.

Let me know who you choose and why over on the socials.

AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 3 PART 3

STAGNANT ST KILDA INSIDE 50

MY TAKE

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 3 PART 2

GWS GREAT INSIDE 50

Play on straight away ♥.

Gain prescious territory to enter a super position to launch into the forward 20 ♥ ♥.

Turn a slow play where the defense could have set up behind the ball into a fast play where they were still out of position and struggling to regain their preferred deep defensive formation ♥ ♥ ♥.

Kick to space just off the congestion to the advantage of the moving forward ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥.

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021- ROUND 3

What do you see happening/not happening in this play?

What opportunities have been presented?

What opportunities have been missed?

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 2 PART 3

Hopefully this doesn't seem like a Gold Coast Suns pile-on but there was some major issues with their performance last weekend where the coach David Lake even said "It's what you're going to do about it that matters. That's where you can define yourself..." in the post-game presser.

For the purposes of this blog all vision peices still provide a lesson for coaches and players of all teams, grades and levels.

GOLD COAST REBOUND 50 KICK (A LEAGUE WIDE ISSUE FOR MINE!)

MY TAKE

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 2 PART 2

Part 2 with part 3 to come tomorrow.

ST KILDA SWITCH PLAY FAIL

MY TAKE

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AFLW ROUND 2 - KICK OF THE WEEK

Who do you choose for this week and why over on the socials?

Here are the contenders:

AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 - ROUND 2

We're half way through round 2 for AFLW 2021 so here is what is probably part 1 of this week's insights.

WESTERN BULLDOGS PLAY SWITCH

MY TAKE

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TRAP THE PLAYER TRAINING DRILL

 

In lower leagues of footy or teams that aren't blessed with great skills all over the ground, defense is probably your best avenue to staying in games long enough to win them.

What we'll look at today is a training drill for defending in not quite super-tight congestion but more so in a scenario where the opposition gather the ball off the ground in some open space but not so much that you, the defender/s, can't make an almost immediate impact on the ball, player and contest.

It's a very simple drill to run and is more about what expectations you set for the drill and how the drill is graded/scored as far as if the players/teams are being successful and not being successful.

Here's a video of the drill and below I'll give you some options on how to grade the drill to get the training and learning effect that you are specifically after here.

Players Required: 6 - 8

Balls Required: 1

Space Required: 11m x 12m

Drill Level: Easy

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AFLW INSIGHTS 2021 ROUND 1

A new season of AFLW means another series of AFLW Insights posts and this one has 11 peices of vision from the weekends games that I take a quick look at.

I'll post the game the vision then put my take under it in either video, image or text form.

POTENTIAL ST KILDA SWITCH OF PLAY RUNNING PATTERNS

MY TAKE

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