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Yesterday I posted a 20min video looking 10 different play actions from the 1st quarter.
Today we have an 11min video looking 9 different play actions from the 2nd quarter and you can start to see some patterns emerging during the game, and even more if you've been following my Swans game style posts from this season.
3rd quarter tomorrow.
With my beloved Swannies not making through the elimination final (devestating by the way!), I thought I'd take 1 last look at the new and improved game style we've rolled out in 2021 and one that I think we can build on even further in 2022 for a top 4 finish.
Affordances are "invitations of action", usually only available very temporarily and what affordances you do see is mostly based on your playing experience with the affordances you do take based on your phyiscal and psychological profile.
Let's set the scene for the video of yours truly to follow.
The pressure is definitely high at this point to say the least.
Here's what happened...
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I'm all up in the Olympics as usual with the sprints always the highlight for me and back when I started this blog in 2009 (!) I posted p-lenty on the subject of speed, it's importance in sports performance and how dedicated speed training is severely lacking at all levels of local/amateur football...and it still is.
I'm going to show you a real-life example from last year that shows how little you can do and the great speed benefits you can get from it.
At various points of the year I do some coaching work in the football private sector and last year I was involved with a 4 week program.
The program consisted of 20 - 25 junior football players of about 9 - 12 years of age and each session lasted 2.5hrs for memory.
Within that 2.5hrs I had 15 - 30mins to do some strength and conditioning with them either as a full group (30mins) or with them split in half (15mins).
As always I had great plans but managed to only get through about half of each session that included exercises focusing on change of direction, plyometrics, sprint technique and of course actual sprinting.
For each of the 4 weeks I did manage to get sprints in every week and timed them of which these were the best performers as far as improvement was concerned:
MAX
Week 1 - 5m x 1.64secs + 10m x 2.53secs + 15m x 328secs + 20m x 4.09secs @ 4.8 meters per second
Week 4 - 1.50 + 2.35 + 3.02 + 3.83 @ 5.22m/s
CHRISTIAN
W1 - 1.61 + 2.38 + 3.08 + 3.80 @ 5.26m/s
W2 - 1.39 + 2.33 + 2.94 + 3.65 @ 5.48m/s
MILES
W1 - 1.61 + 2.41 + 3.13 + 3.85 @ 5.19m/s
W2 - 1.39 + 2.22 + 2.87 + 3.63 @ 5.5m/s
OLI
W1 - 1.58 + 2.35 + 3.02 + 3.72 @ 5.37m/s
W2 - 1.40 + 2.22 + 2.84 + 3.56 @ 5.62m/s
SPENCER
W1 - 1.76 + 2.47 + 3.13 + 3.75 @ 5.33m/s
W2 - 1.37 + 2.12 + 2.68 + 3.34 @ 5.98m/s
RYAN
W1 - 1.74 + 2.68 + 3.58 + 4.45 @ 4.49m/s
W2 - 1.48 + 2.51 + 3.29 + 4.20 @ 4.76m/s
HUGO
W1 - 1.55 + 2.31 + 3.02 + 3.70@ 5.4m/s
W2 - 1.38 + 2.09 + 2.71 + 3.32 @ 6.06m/s
DOM
W1 - 1.77 + 2.70 + 3.65 + 4.46 @ 4.48m/s
W2 - 1.55 + 2.48 + 3.41+ 4.28 @ 4.67m/s
TOM
W1 - 1.58 + 2.38 + 3.13 + 3.83 @ 5.22m/s
W2 - 1.39 + 2.18 + 2.81 + 3.48 @ 5.75m/s
HARRY
W1 - 1.54 + 2.31 + 3.00 + 3.63 @ 5.51m/s
W2 - 1.38 + 2.13 + 2.77 + 3.39 @ 5.9m/s
LUCAS
W1 - 1.70 + 2.52 + 3.31 + 4.01 @ 4.99m/s
W2 - 1.34 + 2.28 + 2.99 + 3.78 @ 5.29m/s
CHARLIE
W1 - 1.57 + 2.43 + 3.16 + 3.87 @ 5.17m/s
W2 - 1.39 + 2.18 + 2.84 + 3.52 @ 5.68m/s
NOAH
W1- 1.78 + 2.77 + 3.75 + 4.60 @ 4.35m/s
W2 - 1.67 + 2.61 + 3.48 + 4.39 @ 4.66m/s
The last reading is a meters per second metric so if we take Noah from above he is essentially 31cms "faster" - is that enough to get a loose ball earlier for a cleaner pick up, creating more time and space for effective decision making and thus technical skill execution?
Yes.
Yes it is.
The image at the top of this post is of the 200m Men's final last night where Degrasse won by .06sec over Bednareck but look how far that actually is at 10+m/s speed, and with football being a game of inches at times, this clearly show the need for speed and couple that with game intelligence and knowing when to move first, you're simply unstoppable.
And takes bugger all really, even in youth and adult footballers, although young athletes can have dramatic improvements as their nervous system is still in early development and a fully fresh sprint set or 2 is a huge electrical charge to their CNS and that can stay with them if they do it regularly enough.
My program was very basic over the 4 weeks and here is...
These days I read as much content I can find on athletes and teams from different sports just as much as tactical content.
I have posted countless times before about the 4 co-actives of sports performance (tactical, technical, physical and psychological) and how the 4th co-active there is rarely, if ever, the focus for local/amateur footy teams when it should be probably number 1.
Confidence is psychologcal aspect of sport and is the back bone of any high level performance you've seen or performed yourself.
Without that confidence then whatever tactical, technical or physical tools you have are severley limited.
As far as footy goes we're all down to the last few games of the season and finals lucky enough for those of us who make them but between now and then you're going to have a particular game where you already realise that you need to do more than just run your game plan at a high level of technical and physical prowess.
That final edge you're looking for is literally, in this case, right behind your eyes, and it's mindset.
The limits of mindset so far in local/amateur footy is the coach giving a pump up speech that really resonates with maybe half the group and everyone yells "c'mon" and run out all pumped up only for that emotion to fizzle all the way out 10mins into the game and you're left wanting when the real pressure comes later in the game.
Real mindset training revolved around smaller, deliberate activities that players can do in their own time, or performed as a team.
They are free of emotion and biases and are more analytical than any other preparation you'll do for a game.
You'll need to dig deep into your psyche and than dig deeper some more, unpeeling the layers on your thoughts as far as you can and that's when you really get to ground zero on mindset training.
A terrible analogy is an addict having to really hit rock bottom before they admit they have a problem - we might see feeling terrible, being homeless with no future everyday of your life as rock bottom but for addicts that almost the lifestyle and it's not until something EXREMELY drastic happens that the need for change enters their mindset.
What I've put together here is a week's worth of entry-level mindset activites that are pefrect for this time of the year because you're not going to get anymore skillful and you're not going to get anymore fitter between now and Grand Final day.
Simply give this out to your players but strongly encourage them to share their work with teamnates and/or coaches.
If you have a really responsive group to these types of activities then feel free to do a group session for some bonding time.
Lastly this is something you can revisit throughout the year and can also be built around your tactical game model too.
As always let me know any questions you have on this.
MONDAY – SELF BELIEF...
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