ALL FREE CONTENT FROM 2023 - STUDIES

 

Even though this is a paid membership site, I'm always reading and taking notes and sometimes something I read is so useful that I can't keep it to myself.

In these cases, where I've simply rehashed someone else's work, I'll pop it up for free because all I did was read it, and take notes from it.

Granted it still takes time and some of the studies you'll find below will take a day or 2 (or a full week!) to read and write about but I'm doing that anyway for own benefit, of which I then pass onto you.

Over the next couple of weeks we'll take a look back at 2023 and today starts with all of the free content posted on ART this year, starting with these 8 studies.

As always I encourage to visit the study links provided and read for yourself as the notes I take are in the context of what I understand about football and might not fit at all with your level of understanding.

#1 - ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS + COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR IN FOOTBALL

This huge piece took me a full week to read and compile notes from and thus was released in 3 parts:

PART 1

HIGHLIGHT - "ASPECTS OF ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS"

PART 2

HIGHLIGHT - "There is a decrease in interpersonal distances from the moment at which a ball carrier passes to a teammate and then to the proceeding moment of a pass initiation by that individual to a fellow player and there is greater variability in these measures when a ball carrier opts to run and carry rather then pass by hand or foot."

PART 3

It's mostly based on soccer the Sydney Swans were instrumental in the final release of the study.

HIGHLIGHT - "Macroscopic, Mesoscopic and Microscopic Interventions"

#2 - A PEOPLE-FOCUSED APPROACH

This study looks at player participation and retention rates in Australian sport - extremely relative to local/community football.

HIGHLIGHT - "When asked creating memorable experiences for kids they answered with having fun, being challenged to improve, get better at sport, playing with friends and socialising with LESS THAN HALF responding with winning"

#3 - HIGH PERFORMERS

This study looks at what they look like, what they think about and what sets them apart of us normal's.

HIGHLIGHT - "Design learning for each stage by providing an initial period of search/exploration followed by a discovery/stability phase and for advanced athletes, activities should enhance their ability to exploit the available affordances"

#4 - IN-GAME DECISION-MAKING OF AFL COACHES

A must-read for all footy coaches, giving you the opportunity to learn from the actual best.

HIGHLIGHT - "The 6 stage framework of decision making of AFL coaches during matches is opportunity trigger, understand the opportunity, determine the need or action, explore options, take action and evaluate the decision"

#5 - AFL COMMUNITY CLUB COACHING DEVELOPMENT 

This study looks at the role of coach developers and the coaching development issues that arise at local level and was released over 2 posts:

PART 1

HIGHLIGHT - "Senior/experienced coaches are used/chosen in grades where outcomes count the most leaving the inexperienced coaches to the usually younger age groups but this is where the most experience/assistance is needed"

PART 2

HIGHLIGHT - "Coach development not only supports coach education, but it also disrupts the practice of coaching how you were coached"

#6 - AFL ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS + SKILL ACQUISITION

This study looks at how coaches can shape the training environment to elicit the type of response they are after, but also being open to completely different responses to arise as well.

HIGHLIGHT - "The gardener cannot actually grow produce, they can only foster an environment in which it can occur"

#7 - PLAY FORM ACTIVITIES

This study looks why you should be using them, how to use them and the benefits of doing so.

HIGHLIGHT - "Distances between players that are too short for a specific group can make play impracticable for reaching the aimed level of performance behaviors because of too much participant density to afford intended actions. This is problematic for player development if it leads them to not take risks or to simply play like they always do - relying on speed and territory-based ball movement - when you're able to play a more slow/medium tempo footy and maintain possession for longer to have a greater impact on that particular play"

#8 - EXPERT v ACADEMY PLAYER DECISION MAKING

This study looks at Gaelic football players from under 17;s level and then senior level and asked them how they go about making in-game decisions.

HIGHLIGHT - "Players generate 4 main options (pass, recycle/play back, point and goal) through situational awareness which is influenced by 4 primary themes being pre-match context (coach tactics/instructions, match importance, opposition status), current match context (score, time), visual information (player positioning, field space, visual search strategy) and individual differences (self efficacy, risk propensity, perceived pressure, physical characteristics, action capabilities, fatigue)."