RICHMOND TEAM DEFENSE v SYDNEY

As much as it pains me to do so, here's how Richmond stifled the Swans transition and ball movement yesterday which was evident while I was there and more so watching the replay.

I can't use my wife's Ipad to do my normal video so I'm on back up analysis tech but it'll do the job.

The goal from the Tigers was to get right in the face of the Sydney ball carriers/receivers as fast as possible in numbers, which they did, but even when we did get control of the ball their team defense was elite as these multiple examples show.

Note - if analysing games then being able to recognise patterns of play is crucial as I've been able to do here.

If particular focus is the Tigers creating a defensive box cutting off any sort of 45 degree corridor kick backed up by a crowding of the space behind that as well.

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EXPLOITING THE STAND RULE VIDEO

The "stand" rule has been in for a few years now and it has made a huge difference to how teams can transition from end to end which I believe has been a huge positive for the game.

Some teams use it more than most in the AFL but that's probably being more of their specific game style (keep the ball in motion v stoop-start build ups) then deliberately trying to exploit it at all times.

If you have it in your league, then you should definitely be doing just that and if you have in under 18's then you should be preparing your players for senior footy next year by exploiting it as well. 

In the video below I give you the 3 most important tips to exploiting the stand rule to give you it's full advantage...

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SYDNEY TRANSITION OFFENSE FAST PLAY VIDEO

The Sydney Swans are back in a big way so far with our ball use culminating in a ridiculous amount of goals from the defensive half which puts us in fast play and thus is very hard to defend when the ball is moving around so quick and so accurately. 

Essendon still struggle mightily with defending transition and although their clearance game was elite, especially in the 1st half (+12). once we were able to even that up i the 2nd half (+1) they were on toast.

This video takes a look at 1 single transition offense fast play that ended in a full ground transition and goal that specifically shows:

• How Sydney use width to create corridor
• Lane running to create outnumber opportunities, and
• Errol Gulden beating 10+ Essendon players on his own

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ANOTHER 20 "STREAMLINE" TRAINING ACTIVITIES

 

Remember, these are training activities that I just have a short description of with no videos, images or diagrams but you'll still be able to follow them so lets get to activities 51 - 70.

#51 - GO SHORT INSIDE FORWARD 50

#52 - BEST SHOT ON GOAL

#53 - KICKING TO SPACE

#54 - STEPS GAME

#55 - RUNNING AND LOOKING

#56 - CIRCLE SNAPS

#57 - MASS PRESSURE

#58 - SNAP RACE

#59 - DEFENSIVE STOPPAGE GAME

#60- DOUBLE DEFENSE

#61 - BARCELONA GAME

#62 - 2 BALL KICK/HANDBALL

#63 - 5v3 to 7v7 

#64 - STREET SMALL SIDED GAMES

#65 - 2 TEAMS 4 COLORS

#66 - FULL GROUND LOOP

#67 - CORRIDOR TRANSITION

#68 - 10v5 CONTINUOUS

#69 - COLORED GOALS

#70 - SYDNEY SWANS ACADEMY

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1 LINERS FROM MY RESEARCH FILES - CLUB CULTURE

 

The first 3 parts of this series has covered youth development, learning and coaching, with club culture being the focus today.

1. How To Win (Phil Beckner) – you can beat 50% of your comp by consistently showing up and working hard, 40% by doing things with urgency and detail and the last 10% is simply a dogfight
2. Cody Royle – if you’re culture crumbles when 1 person leaves then you haven’t built a good culture and if your team crumbles when 1 player leaves then you haven’t built a very good team
3. Success (Kaillie Humphries) – success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently
4. Environment (Cody Royle) – whether someone is an a-grader depends on your environment, not on their skills or past results
5. Winners (Daniel Abrahams) – the difference between winners and those who finished 2nd is often that the latter lose focus on what they can control...

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SYDNEY HORIZONTAL BALL MOVEMENT

This 5min video looks at and explains Sydney moving the ball horizontally, by hand, v the Pies Friday night.

In junior/local footy the ball moves vertically 99% of the time and by extension, makes it extremely easy for the opposition to defend and then transition into offense upon intercepting.

I also explain what this allows the other players off the ball to do and how it can really stretch the opposition.

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COLLINGWOOD TRANSITION CONNECTION

 

This short 5min video looks at how quickly Collingwood transition once they regain the ball and how all 3 lines stay impeccably connected during that transition.

In the video I show how it develops, what it should look like but also what we usually see in local footy...

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GAME MODELLING - OPPOSITION STOPPAGE KICK OUR FORWARD 50

 

Previous Post - Our Kick Out

New Post - Opposition Mark/Free Kick Inside our Forward 50

This is a pure formation slide which if performed correctly should really limit what player movement needs to occur apart from some minor horizontal or vertical shifting if the opposition are able to find short to medium players to pass to.

I'll go line-by-line as usual but there will probably be players from 1 line filling positions from the lines I list below, but most players from that line will be in what I lay out but refer to the image and you can plug in as many players on each line as you prefer. 

I must preface that this set up is designed to funnel the opposition to 1 - 2 dominant marking players so if you've got them, then this is a great set up but if not, then you might need something more aggressive defensively that can create turnovers closer to our goal.

Here are the basic player movements to assume the formation:

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1 LINERS FROM MY RESEARCH FILES - COACHING

 

So far we've covered youth development and learning and today we look at coaching.

1. Programming Philosophy – 70 - 80% of a session is of what I know works, 10 - 15% is what I’m pretty sure works, 5% is what I’m experimenting with and 5% of what the athlete/s want
2. Player Development Profiles (Gary Curneen) – what they do + what they could do + what they want to do + when they will be ready to do it
3. Buy In – happens when players feel like their input matters, are involved in problem solving, their concerns are identified/addressed, are confident with roles/responsibilities and receive constant individual feedback
4. Mechanical Output (Gerry Defilippo) – if we improve mechanical output then operational output (times in games where we’re not at our max) is less taxing on our aerobic system
5. Coaching (Andy Ryland) – create situations, not drills...

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SYDNEY v MELBOURNE GAME ANALYSIS VIDEO

A great win for my Swans last night with all the midfield injuries!

Here are 4 clips I noted while watching in an 11min video looking at:

• Sydney allowing time for player movement to keep connected as a team and to your goals
• Sydney creating space for other teammates
• Melbourne using corridor lanes off a general play contest
• Pure effort Melican play

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ANOTHER 10 "STREAMLINE" TRAINING ACTIVITIES

 

So far I've dropped 2 edition's of these series containing 20 training activities each but with house moving tomorrow, a severe lack of time, and it being 11:27pm, here's another 10 to tie you over for now.

Remember, these are training activities that I just have a short description of with no videos, images or diagrams but you'll still be able to follow them so lets get to activities 41 - 50.

#41 - 30sec GOAL GAME

#42 - DEFENSIVE SLOW PLAY

#43 - DEFENDING A FORWARDS LEAD

#44 - END BALL

#45 - OUTNUMBER or STAY

#46 - ZONING DEFENDERS

#47 - SHORT PASSING GAMES

#48 - 3v2 END to END

#49 -KICKING INSIDE 50

#50 - FORWARD CRUMBING

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1 LINERS FROM MY RESEARCH FILES - LEARNING

 

Last week we started this series with youth development and today we roll with learning:

1. Motor learning can increase by 20% in the first 3 – 9 sessions
2. Mistakes (James Clear) – make mistakes of ambition (failing on a big goal, creating something nobody wants) over making mistakes of a sloth (not attempting a big goal, consume instead of creating)
3. Performance (Courtney Porter) – performance during practice does not necessarily reflect learning which may emerge at a later time or under different task constraints
4. The better technical athlete will always out-do the better conditioned athlete
5. The accumulation of too much fatigue during training can inhibit the learning of motor skills...

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