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.
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, including these 7 articles, mostly of my own work, looking at various aspects of junior footy but mostly improvements that I believe could easily be made for sustainability purposes.
#1 - THE CAVE OF ADULLAM DOCUMENTARY
While focusing on martial arts and not at all footy, it still shows a method teaching not used at all in junior sport in Australia, but one that could be extremely effective when used in the correct context.
HIGHLIGHT - "Fight before the fight meaning fight your emotions to control yourself."
#2 - JUNIOR SPORT PROGRAMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD PART 1
This is something I put together from all the different articles I've read from different sports around the world, and the changes they've made to their junior sport structure for continued sustainability - something desperately needed for junior sport herein Australia, Aussie Rules in particular.
HIGHLIGHT - Salisbury Rovers Football Club (soccer)
#3 - JUNIOR SPORT PROGRAMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD PART 2
HIGHLIGHT - 4 Corner Development Continuum
#4 - TRAINING TEAMS OF MULTI-ABILITY PLAYERS
Maybe the toughest part of junior coaching but there is a way you can optimally challenge all players, and not just a small sector of them where the others get bored or left behind.
HIGHLIGHT - "1 Game, 3 Levels"
#5 - ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS FOR JUNIOR FOOTBALL
This post is a bunch of idea's I've gathered/developed around the use of ecological dynamics in junior football coaching and yes, it would be a MAJOR change to how you normally coach, but the long term results are FAR superior. If you are a genuine coach then the long term development is easily first and forefront of what you're doing, not winning as many premierships as you can.
HIGHLIGHT - "...Players are more likely to discover movement/game solutions if they are scaled right...It’s the number of interactions, not necessarily touches, that is important...Condition games to create clear intentions and an atmosphere to encourage players to explore..."
#6 - AS MANY AS POSSIBLE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
These are notes taken from a study looking at a soccer superstar Erling Haaland and how his junior team operates where the focus of long term development and thus long term player retention/participation (over immediate success) is clearly evident in their coaching practices - we can do this in Australia if we want to!
HIGHLIGHT - "Sporting clubs should be careful as to not build systems that reduce individual’s opportunities for long term engagement and/or personal development."
#7 - THE JUNIOR FOOTY FINALS FURORE
This was quite a blow up here in Melbourne with plenty of keyboard warriors having their say and this is my response to this multi-layered situation.
HIGHLIGHT - "Kids rate 81 different reasons for enjoying sport, with girls mostly opting for social aspects and friendships and boys going with competition, copying their hero's, improving their skills and progressing to higher levels. Both sexes ticked boxes for trying your best, working hard, staying active and playing well together as a team. Where did winning finish? 40th out of 81."
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