Tackling – How are you coaching it? Are you? With the increasing fear of concussion and injury now becoming more apparent with the increase in medical knowledge, the fear of parents to place their children at risk and the rise in popularity of other sports without such issues – not to mention the now almost enforced strategy of deploying a press or zone defence at the top levels – tackling is … [Read more...]
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.
Communication Hints
COMMUNICATION Speaking from the platform of Coaching Skill required is, Understanding and being Understood Every day, in all sorts of ways, (Sports Club, School, Work, Socially, Coaching etc etc) we need to communicate with others. In football terms communication is SPOKEN Sometimes communication is WRITTEN Team Reports. Sometimes (communication) the message is sent via BODY … [Read more...]
Subtle Changes in our Game.
Over the past few weeks studying AFL games I believe we are seeing subtle changes which WERE ingrained previously in our football makeup. What do we see, Players continue to give ball off quickly, very little or no thought of the position their team mate is in (understanding it’s HOT in the packs) then they continue to run to the next spot to receive. (this is why, players are now racking … [Read more...]
The Wheel is Turning, Is the Game Changing
Is the Game Changing? The Wheel is Turning Over the past few weeks studying AFL games I believe we are seeing subtle changes which were ingrained previously in our football makeup. What do we see,? (My Opinion only). Watch this space. Post will be finalized shortly. Swooper. … [Read more...]
Coaches Project Now and the Future
Click on any circle to open. Coaching football now requires more documentation than ever. When you are on a two or three year contract the more information you have of your club, players as well as strategies the better off you will be. First area to look at is Evaluation and Review section, looking back and looking forward. I suggest you do this exercise every four weeks, then looking … [Read more...]
Body Language so very important to your team
This week a video of Geno Auriemma went "viral" he is the current and long serving head coach of University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team. He currently has a career coaching record of 987 wins – 134 losses, which is impressive but he has coached the same team since 1985 - how many coaches from all levels in our game can demonstrate such longevity. … [Read more...]