Johns Blog

John Northey’s Official online blog. This area will cover a range of topics and may often include a football drill that can be discussed directly with John and the Swooper Coach team.

Dynamic Warm Up Program

Your Action Plan As the warm up can be a little boring however essential, create a selection of warm up drills each week, this in turn keeps players interested in warming up correctly. Loosen up. Get your heart pumping. Increased heart thumping warms up your muscles and switches on your nervous system. … Do some…

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Coaches Nightly Training Worksheet.

This is your nightly training worksheet that needs to be sent out to all your coaches (Email or text) either on the day of training or the day before. This gives your assistants time to map out their section for training. (Your) FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB Coaches Training work sheet for Monday night. Idea Only  …

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Pre-Season Template

Having a template in position helps the coach focus on what he believes are the most important areas to focus on. This in turn allows the players to see what is in store for the coming season. Click cursor to start AFTER DOWNLOAD Pre season Template 

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Running Drill 40m to 120m

After a warm-up, perform the following surges for a period of 10 mins gradually increasing over the coming weeks.Group starts together 6 in a team, run hard 40m then glide slowly to next position then 60m and so on until you reach the last cone then jog slowly to start and repeat. CLICK CURSOR TO…

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