Impact on Behaviour (Team comes First) As soon as somethings at stake, and you want to succeed, you’re more on edge, you react more quickly even without thinking, saying things that tend to slip out even to the umpire. Then comes a fifty metre penalty, you have let the team down and more importantly they are having a shot for goal. (Learn a lesson it’s not all about you) When you give … [Read more...]
Cyber Bullying and Peer Pressure
Bullying can seriously impact a child's sense of security and wellbeing - no matter what their age. Fortunately, dealing with it promptly and appropriately can make a real difference. We coaches must be acutely aware this is happening in sport and life, we have a duty of care to all personnel under our control to include in our teaching (coaching) the effect of bullying (cyber) peer pressure … [Read more...]
ATTITUDE Quotes from Doug Lang
ATTITUDE Quotes from Doug Lang The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude is Gratitude Not to put all your eggs in one basket, use other talents and skills Take positives from failure, failure can be a great learning tool. Embrace failure One door Shuts another one will open however sometimes you just have … [Read more...]
Developing the FUTURE and Beyond
Developing the FUTURE and Beyond The Vision 1) Provide an ‘advanced learning’ environment for your junior high performance group. 2) Develop Future Senior players of your Football Club. (Example, This years Senior Premiership side had 8 ex-juniors) 3) Develop ‘leaders’ to assist in the development of their own respective teams. 4) Program will hopefully assist in the … [Read more...]
High Performance Development
Mission Statement “To encourage and nurture the development of your Football Clubs High Performance junior players both on and off the field and to assist in their transition from Junior to Senior Footballer.” Squad Players aged 15-19 years – Selected from the junior grades Maximum squad of 25 selected with recommendation From Junior Coaches. Director of coaching to organize … [Read more...]
AT LAST R F C
AFL grand final Fifty 50 years on (1967) another Premiership, 37 years on a glorious day for the Richmond Football Club. AFL grand final: Richmond earns a famous victory, beating Adelaide by 48 points to end a 37-year drought … [Read more...]
EMOTIONS
EMOTIONS are about taking control during finals and pressure situations. TO OPEN PRESENTATION CLICK HERE … [Read more...]
For the Love of Football.
For the Love of Football in our community. Former rival teams unite to win fairytale football league grand final in Victoria Kangas football team celebrate win with trophy RELATED STORY: Rival country football teams unite to survive. Two rival football teams in Victoria's Mallee region, that joined forces last year in an unpalatable amalgamation, have beaten the odds by winning this year's … [Read more...]
On field Leadership
What more can we say? Hawthorn Football Club are very lucky to have a player on the ground like this. The multiple Norm Smith Medals probably indicate that as well though of course. Watch the video below, share it your team if they missed it. Communication is the key. You should have leaders re-enforcing the message all over the ground. Motivation, Direction and encouragement. Do you have … [Read more...]
Tackling
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...]