TRANSITION OFFENSE TACTICS

Intercept marking players are a premium in the AFL ranks and are probably even held in higher regard in local footy with more kicks being long to contested area's compared to the AFL.

It's 1 thing to be able to take manufacture and take intercept marks through your defensive side of the game but games are won by scoring so it's crucial that you are able to build your offense off of these opposition turnovers, where a huge % of total score will more than likely come from with teams being around the mark of each other.

This post will provide you with a framework to start with from intercept marks taken and free kicks garnered in your defensive 50 but the tactics hold true for intercept marks/free kicks in any area of the ground for the most part.

Before we get to the videos, let's talk a bit more about transition offense, which is the phase you are in just after you regain possession of the ball.

On a side note, offense is once you've maintained that possession and have entered your forward half but there is no specific time that this occurs, it's more the actions you use that determines the changeover.

As a team you 1st need to develop some language around transition offense, trigger words that trigger the actions you want and need at that particular time.

The beauty of developing game models, which you can do here by choosing "Develop Game Model", is that it helps build cohesion among the 22 players in your team during any given game which you can't just hope happens on it's own.

The other side to game models is that if you end up in a slump then you work back to find out what's going wrong but without it and with 22 players playing 22 different games instead of 22 players playing 1 game, it's impossible to identify breakdowns during games that start your downfall and you can't correct them which is the area where I reckon 95% of local footy teams operate.

Here are some idea's that you might start to look at to develop your 2 - 3 key area's that you'll focus on during transition offense...

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