Passes and 'space' in invasion games and sports

Hi All,

I have just begun examining some of the elements of play with invasion sports and have been examining two particular elements in relation to observation and analysis of players and play; the space that players feel safe and not confronted in and the type of pass they throw. Gréhaigne, Richard and Griffin (the text we base our understanding of play on) suggest that there are four types of spaces that are important to players in invasion sports

Observations on the cost of developing 'Game Sense'

Hi All,

One of the interesting things I noted during the season was the cost of developing game sense on the players. In this I mean the mental cost on the team performance. It was obvious that in the AFL team, we played really well for three quarters of the game and matched it with the best of the teams. However,

Been a while - AFL Training

Hi All,

Been a while, sorry for the delay, PhD's do take a lot of time and energy.
For the AFL and invasion aficionados, had a few games you might want to try in your coaching or units in invasion sports that build on some of the previous posts. In the last 4 weeks, we had a variation to the 9 squares, simplifying it down to two halves but adding a couple of primary rules to get the play we wanted.

In essence, our training game was two teams of nine