New: aflfootballAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959hive-180932steemuncommonlabphotographyhive-185836hive-166405bitcoinhive-183397hive-144064hive-150122hive-188619hive-145157hive-109690hive-139150hive-124908lifekrsuccesshive-101145hive-193186hive-113376TrendingNewHotLikersswans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #15 - SET THE STANDARD EARLYFailing to prepare is preparing to fail, or in this case failing to set the standard is failing to reach the standard. We've all heard of or been in teams who might not have had the cash and…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #14 - TRAINING TO DEVELOP FORCEWhen you run sprint, your knee lifts up and over then comes down to the ground which is where the magic happens. Your ability to hit the ground on each and every contact in a forceful and powerful…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #13 - GROUP PLAYERS FOR RUNNING DRILLSI'm currently doing the pre-season training for some local/amateur teams and on of the things I'll be implementing is the grouping of players depending on their running ability. Using a 1-fits-all…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #12 - PRE XMAS TRAININGSome tams have already started but my own personal team and another team I'm doing the fitness work for is slated to kick off this week and here's what I have laid out for them. The training…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #11 - MARGINAL GAINSMarginal gains is something I found Olympic athletes use to further improvement. These athletes are literally in the top 1% of their sport so every teeny tiny bit of improvement counts. In the…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #10 - INCREASING SPRINTING SPEEDI'm all about sprinting speed. There is nothing more coveted in team sports than speed. The easiest way to be fast is to be born fast but if you fail at that, and most of us do, then you still…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #9 - PLAYER GOAL SETTINGIn a previous post we looked at player motivation in local/amateur footy and it looks something like this: What we're left with is a continuum of player motivation: Play for Fun + Play for…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #8 - DATA COLLECTION + USAGEPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #8 - FOOTY RUNNING FITNESS (long but mind blowing) I'm sure you've all heard of energy systems before in relation to fitness and as like to understand things to assist…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #7 - DATA COLLECTION + USAGEMost of you are well aware of the metric AFL system where every tiny bit of data is collected and is then put into a pile to hopefully deliver some data that we can then use to transfer our training…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoAustralian Rules Football - Pre Season TrainingPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #6 - MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT I was chatting with a local/amateur coach today who's having me program all his pre-season training or him (yes I do that if you're…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoAustralian Rules Football - Pre Season TrainingPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #5 - AEROBIC CAPACITY Aerobic Capacity is what everyone refers to as "base fitness" or "run in the legs." When most people set up footy training programs it's usually…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoAustralian Rules Football - Pre Season TrainingPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #4 - PLAYER INPUT AND FEEDBACK As much as coaches would love to run their teams where everyone toes the line all the time, it simply won't happen. Local/amateur…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoAustralian Rules Football - Pre Season TrainingPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #3 - EXTENSIVE REACTIVENESS In the initial weeks of pre-season there's a good chance that some players haven't really done a lot of impact work which also means they…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoAustralian Rules Football - Pre Season TrainingPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #2 - BETTER FITNESS TESTING The first night of training usually includes the dreaded time trial over 2 - 3kms but my question is - what are you rally testing? We all…swans05 (53)in aflfootball • 7 years agoAustralian Rules Football - Pre Season TrainingPRE-SEASON TRAINING DO'S #1 - SKILL WORK In all sports you have mechanical and operational output. In regards to football, and thus kicking, mechanical output is how well you can kick in a…
