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.
UMPIRING Suggestion.
We coaches have a responsibility to help our great game. Year in year out, leagues are having an enormous problem recruiting umpires. All coaches need to take more interest in umpiring and the development of umpiring for the sake of the game.
SHEEDY —- The Enduring Mentor
What right have the media gurus to tell Kevin Sheedy (after 27 years at the helm) he is finished as a coach, or at least should give up coaching at Essendon. The advice is particularly ironic because most media personnel have never coached VFL or AFL football, and only a handful have played the game…
Helping your fellow coach
Can we help a fellow coach?I have very recently been appointed as coach for one of our clubs under 8 sides. 99% of these junior players have just come up into the under 8’s for their first season from under 6’s.
Coaches Stressing Out Prior to Game
Stress is a feeling that’s created when you react to certain events. It’s the body’s way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough situation.
AFL Football Operations Rule changes
AFL Football Operations Manager Adrian Anderson said the Commission and the Laws of the Game Committee had studied detailed examinations of the trends in AFL football over the last 40 years. “The core objective of the AFL Commission, and the Laws of the Game committee, when examining the direction of our game is to enhance…
Aussie Rules Football
Aussie rules football has been played for over 100 years at various levels throughout Australia. It has been well documented that the game, which is a mixture of Soccer, Gaelic Football and Rugby, was created to keep cricketers fit during winter. The first official game of football was played in the parklands of Melbourne in…
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