Table of Contents 2015 Edition 1 Contents 1. Welcome & Members Up-date Rick Coburn (AFL Central Vic FDM) 2. AFCA Sub-Committee Projects Training Checklists Craig Simpson & Bill Higgs (AFCA Sub-Committee) 3. Re-accreditations 2014-2015 4. Central Vic Coaching Seminar in Maryborough June 21st 5. Contested Ball Follow-Up Article in the Australian CV AFCA 6. Coaching Coordinators Up-date 7. A Week in the AFL CV Junior/Youth Academy Program 2015 & Coaching Program 8. National Coaching Conference Report 2015 9. Up-Coming Development Events & Dates 10. Sponsors
1 - AFL Central Victorian AFCA Welcome to our first addition of the CV AFCA Newsletter for 2015. Firstly I would like to thank all of our new coaches to our group and we appreciate your attendance at one of our three coaching courses held in March, April or May. We have trained almost 150 coaches this year and most will now be part of our Central Vic AFCA. Congratulations and good luck on your coaching journey. These courses included breakout sessions for the first time this year, which enabled presenters to focus more specifically on each age group. These breakouts focussed on coaching issues, training, game day preparation, strategies and tactics. Coach education in 2015-16 will continue to evolve. We have had some great coaching opportunities established in our region, including a Pre-Season Coaching Seminar, which was held in November. We have also seen the commencement of the AFL Central Vic Junior Academy Program. This program involves 30 coaches in our region (both in Bendigo and four training venues in the North Central). This program also involves 330 players across our region in over 5 leagues. Other initiatives include, the Coach ID Program and the Player to Coach Program to assist player s transition into coaching. More information on these programs will follow in the next edition of the AFCA newsletter. Level One Coaching Re-accreditation can still be up-dated for coaches who have an accreditation expiry of 2013-14. For more information please contact me, details below. The AFCA Sub-Committee continues to work hard, meeting regularly to discuss coaching issues. In this addition, Craig Simpson & Bill Higgs have produced a great training presentation based on the coaching curriculum in the coaching coordinators hand book. I urge all coaches to keep in touch with myself and the AFCA Sub-Committee. Please take any coaching education opportunities over the next few months, particularly by attending the Coaching Seminar in Maryborough on the 21 st of June. It will be well worth it! Regards, Rick Coburn AFL Central Vic Football Development Manager 0438410315, twitter- @RickyCoburn or ricky.coburn@aflvic.com.au
2 Sub-Committee Up-date Sub-Committee Members Mark Adamson Seniors (Kyneton Senior Coach) Seniors (36) Bill Higgs Youth (Pioneers U16 Coach) Vicki Poyser Juniors (Director of Sport, Bendigo Senior Sec) Rep Footy (10) Coaching Coordinator (40+) Darryl Wilson Coaching Coordinator (Strathfieldsaye Senior Coach) Craig Simpson Juniors (St Peters Primary Principal School & BJFL Coach) Youth Footy U18/U17/U16/U14 (70) Coaching Subcommittee Junior Footy U12/U10/U9 (69) & Auskick (21) Female football (11) Junior/Youth Training Session and Skills Check Lists Craig Simpson CV AFCA Sub-Committee Junior AFCA Rep Bill Higgs CV AFCA Sub-Committee Youth AFCA Rep As junior coaches, we can often feel overwhelmed by the amount of information we need to pass on to the kids we coach. As a first time coach it can be difficult to know where to start with this group of eager to learn young players whose football knowledge and skills are still at the very early stage of development. In looking to provide some guidance for coaches who are working with Under 9, 10 and 12 teams we have decided to break it down into manageable parts so that a training session might look like this: 1) Kicking skills (10 mins) 2) Focus on another skill eg. Marking (15 mins)
3) Focus on another skill eg. Tackling (15 mins) 4) Game sense - games (20 mins) Kicking is the key fundamental to our game and each training session should begin with this critical skill. Kicking skills should increase in difficulty from static kicks to kicking to a player under pressure. With so many different skills in our game it is important that they all get some coverage throughout the year - but they all can't be done at once. The Coaches Curriculum provides a great deal of detail on each skill. Finally, training should always finish with a game. All players love to play a game and there are some great variations on games that really engage young players and allow them to practice the broad range of skills in our game. The main thing I would like to emphasise is to make training fun. Coaches and players alike should come away from training feeling energised and looking forward to the game on the weekend and training next week. Next addition We will cover game day coaching. Craig Simpson AFCA Sub-Committee U8-U12 Skills/Development Checklist (Example for full age checklists please find under AFCA forms on the CV website) SKILL EXTENSION Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Drop Punt Both Feet KICKING (Type of Kick) Torpedo Preferred Foot Banana (Checkside) Quick Kick/Snap Stationary Target To a Lead On the Run KICKING (Accuracy) For Goal- set shot For Goal- running shot For Goal - snap shot HANDBALL (Type of Handball) HANDBALL (Use) Rocket Both Hands From Ground
Hit/Knock On Follow Up MARKING (Type of Mark/Technique) Overhead-Standing Overhead/Chest- Pack Mark Overhead- Jumping-Both Legs Chest In Front-Hand Mark Body Use PICKING UP THE BALL Stationary Ball Ball Approaching Ball going away Ball running across path BOUNCING BALL Touching on Ground Preferred/Non-preferred Hand TAP OUT PLAY ON (* depending on local rules) CHANGING DIRECTION Preferred/Non-preferred hand Selecting When* Baulk/Side Step/Dummy Fending RUNNING TO Technique Receive / Running into Vision Back Up Man Up (Accountability) Running into space TACKLING (*depends on local rules) *Side *Front-Falling SPOILING SMOTHERING SHEPHERDING ON THE MARK *(depending on local rules) CHASING Preferred Side / Rear Side Arm Use Standing the mark Chase
LANDING Two feet One foot Various Positions and Forces RECOVERY 2ND 3RD Effort Maintaining Ground, Keeping Feet DEFENSE Back-line Play Attacking FORWARD Forward-line play Leading Defending TEAMWORK Sharing the ball Protecting teammate Constructive talk SET PLAYS NUTRITION Centre Square, Boundary Throw Ins, and Around the Ground Set Ups & Kick-outs Healthy Choices WELFARE SOCIAL SKILLING How do others see me? 3 Coach Re-accreditation Information All Re-accreditation information (accreditations, AFCA, courses in general) can be found on the Central Vic website: www.aflcentralvic.com.au Once on the website, anything related to coaching and/or development in our region will be under the link: AFCA Once in the AFCA link you will find Re-accreditation forms. To be eligible for reaccreditation your coaching accreditation needs to be within two years or expiry (2013 & 2014). If your accreditation falls outside of these years please contact me for further information.
Coaching Seminar Jason Lappin Performance Analysis Manager North Melbourne Football Club Ashley Hansen VFL Coach Western Bulldogs Football Club Sunday 1 st June 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm Princes Park, Maryborough
Andrew Faulkner From: The Australian AFL on the ball as kids shy off The below link is a follow-up story to our CV AFCA piece last year on contested ball by Dave Newett and myself. We were lucky enough to have the National Coaches Association run with our story and now the Australian has covered some of it as a follow-up story (see link below). http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/afl-on-the-ball-as-kids-shy-off/story-fnca0u4y- 1227347525008 6 Coaching Coordinators All clubs will be expected to have coaching coordinators in place from 2015. AFL Central Vic believes the role of coaching coordinators is essential for all clubs future success. The following role description may assist you or your club in establishing a coaching coordinator at your club. This is just an example as the role description needs to suit your clubs needs and capabilities in regards to personnel available. Please see Coaching Coordinator PD on the next page. If you need more information on this role please contact Rick 0438410315 ricky.coburn@aflvic.com.au
Coach Coordinator Objectives Develop a positive coaching culture within the club To coordinate, educate and evaluate all coaches at training and on match days Responsibilities Be an active member of the Central Vic AFCA Club Coaching Coordinators network Assist with the identification & appointment of all coaches (including retention and succession planning) Assist the development of all club coaches (using the AFCA support network) Assist the coaches to achieve coaching accreditation Act as a communication point between parents/players & coaches Oversee & offer assistance for training skills, drills and games Recommend new equipment purchases where required to the committee establish a club resource centre Liaise with all coaches regularly, providing regular feedback on training and match days Liaise with coaches and support staff to assist in the tracking of players from one age group to the next Relationships Reports to Football Manager or designated person on club committee (for example, President) Accountability Accountable to the Football Manager or designated person on club committee
7 Junior Academy Program AFL Central Victoria One Week in the U13 AFL CV Academy 2015
8 Up-Coming Development Events Information Session Focus Past Events September - May Session Focus Up-Coming Events May- October Bendigo Coaching Seminar Pre-season Training November 16 th Coaching Seminar Maryborough June 21 st National Coaches Conference Melbourne Coaching Coordinators Seminar June TBA School District Program (weekly games V local Schools) School Clinics Prep to Year 12 School Football Carnivals Primary Schools Boys & Girls Year 7s Year 8s Year 1-9 Girls Year 9-10 Boys 3 Level One Coaching Accreditation Courses March 22 nd April 19 th May 3 rd AFL 9s Carnival North Central X 2 Bendigo X 2 Castlemaine X 2 AFL Academy Coaches Program Inductions 30 Coaches involved Coach ID Program Identifying & developing representative coaches October February Player- to- Coach Program Identifying & developing representative coaches Premier League CCB & BSS Sun Country Cup: Maryborough EC Braemar CCB BSS Girton Grammar
9 CONFERENCE 2015 MATT SYMONS DIRECTOR OF COACHING & PLAYER DEVELOPMENT GSJFC AFL LEVEL 2 COACH I was presented with the opportunity to attend this years National Coaching Conference at Etihad Stadium by the Committee of the GSJFC to observe and gain knowledge which would benefit not only the GSJFC Coaches and players but also our football region. Day 1 of the Conference started with Alistair Clarkson, Triple Premiership Coach of Hawthorn being the opening keynote speaker. Fantastic to hear from someone at the pinnacle of our game speaking about selling a sense of belonging to Players, Coaches & Staff, while having fun. The Hawks Coach advised all Coaches to : Play & Design Games (Small Sided, Grids, 3v3, Contests etc). Use different Balls e.g Soccer, Volleyball, Tennis Balls. Be Inventive. Place players in positions where they are under pressure at training. Relays (Skill Training, E.g Kicking, Run Bounce) Make it FUN!! Always ask ourselves where is the FUN in this activity? How do you make the Environment FUN? I was pleased to hear that this is precisely the training that Hawthorn complete day to day and that fun is a major part of every training session at the Hawthorn Football Club. Our greatest goal as a Coach is to make sure our players come back next year. A.Clarkson Day 2 of the Conference I attended a session by Brisbane Lions Academy Head Coach Luke Curran about Developing a Skills Matrix Data Base for your club. A Matrix is a set of conditions that provides a system in which something grows e.g Skills, Development etc. Allowing coaches to identify player s strengths & weaknesses within your group, which will allow you to focus more accurately at player s point of need. By targeting training sessions for improvement in the individual and playing group as a whole.
Skills ( Kicking, Marking, Ground Balls, Handball etc ) Field Positioning Decision Making Game Sense Fitness Mental Game Plan Factors to Consider when Implementing a Matrix - Developmental age of the Player (Chronological Age may be different) Sporting History Skill Level Physical Capability (Size, Strength, Fitness) Mental (Resilience, Maturity, Motivation) Other Factors (Family, Social, Friends) Rate your players using a simple or advanced rating template as your club requires. We have implemented a Skills Matrix Data Base at GSJFC this year and are happy with its progress. During the evening all attendees at the Conference where invited to a dinner, which was a great chance to talk to other coaches from around Australia and make some fantastic contacts within our industry. Shane Crawford being a guest speaker that night was a highlight of the evening, with him having many funny stories of his early times as a player and media personality to share. Over the course of the Conference there where many exciting sessions to attend on a variety of topics with something for everyone wether your a coach or involved in football administration. With over 300 Coaches and Staff from around Australia attending over 3 days, it allows coaches to up skill and stay up to date with the latest Coaching Techniques and Practices. As a participant of this years Conference I found it to be an enjoyable experience along with the extra knowledge I gained, I found it to be of great benefit to me as a coach. I highly recommend that if you can attend the 2016 AFL Coaches Conference get together with your club committee and discus of how it may be of assistance to not only yourself but also your club, players and staff. Matt Symons Director of Coaching & Player Development GSJFC AFL Level 2 Coach
10 Regional AFCA Sponsors If you are interested in a sponsorship package please contact Rick Coburn 0438410315 or ricky.coburn@aflvic.com.au