Playing Position Rover

April 30, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

Receiver / Rover

He is responsible generally for getting the ball, running to a predetermined position decided by he and the ruckman.

He must be fully committed to the role, eyes on the ball, creative, power runner and being a real work horse in the middle.

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Playing Position Ruck Rover

April 29, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

The Protector / Ruck Rover

He is responsible for assisting the receiver in

getting the ball by shepherding / blocking,

running at opposition players who are placing

pressure on the receiver.

He needs to be of strong character, disciplined,

good reader of theplay and prepared to use his body.

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Positional Forward Kicking

April 15, 2010 by John Northey · 1 Comment 

A drill focusing on improving the Positional Kicking to your forwards and improving thier timing on leads.  Strong running and accurate kicking are one of the key elements of this drill.

Player starts in centre of ground. Kicks the ball (follows) to a leading HFF who marks, Runs with the ball then handpasses to Wing player who is streaming through.  He receives ball and looks for the leading Full forward.

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One in the Middle

April 15, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

One in the Middle – Short Ball – One in middle.

Three player drill or use variation. One ball at each end.

Outside players handball / kick or roll the ball to the middle player who then handballs back to the end the ball came from.

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Foundation Drill for Set Plays.

April 15, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

This drill is designed to formulate set plays.

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Playing Position Ruckman

April 15, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

Ruckman

Ruck Strategy

The Centre bounce is one of the most important parts of our game. A team that can consistently win the ball out of the centre will generally win the game.

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Playing Position Centreman

April 13, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

As all positions on the field are important this is the most important. A general (leader) in his own right, giving instructions when and where needed. A few ideas of the requirements needed to be a great centreman and leader.

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Playing Position Wingman

April 13, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

The role of the wingman first and foremost is the ability to run forward and back helping mid field players

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Playing Position Full Forward.

April 4, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

This position is so cructial to the teams performance,

a winning Full Forward generally means a

winning formula

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100 Pushups, 200 Squats and 200 Situps

April 2, 2010 by John Northey · Leave a Comment 

How many of your players do you think could pass this test? Not many? Well that can all change in 6 weeks time.

Read on to learn about a simple program that will increase the strength and fitness of all your players.

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