AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2017

Draft PROGRAM – SUBJECT TO CHANGE 09/01/2017 MCG – Melbourne

Friday 3rd February 2017

Time 5.00 pm Registration Commences 6.45pm Registration Concludes 7.10 pm Welcome & Introduction MC – Stan Alves OAM, AFL Coaching Ambassador

OFFICIAL OPENING Mark Evans, (AFL General Manager Football Operations)

7:30 pm AFL W Opening Bounce

7.45 pm OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS - John Worsfold (Essendon Football Club)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS AFL TALENT (AFL Talent Team, Football Operations)

9.30 pm Refreshments 10.30 pm Close

AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2017 Draft PROGRAM – SUBJECT TO CHANGE SATURDAY 4th February 2017

TIME SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D SESSION E SESSION F SESSION G Well Being Game Style Game Sense Football Craft Leadership Club Structure

8.30 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Ange Postecoglou (Football Federation Australia)

9:30 am Movement to concurrent sessions 9.35 – 10.45 am 1A Wholistic Coaching 1B Coaching Forwards 1C Game Sense 1D Kicking For Young 1E TBC? 1F Effective Use of Vision 1G iCoach Coaching Players

Matti Clements (TBC) Matt Jones (TBC) Kon Karavias Tim Rouse Warren Nel (Mental Edge (Dandenong (Blackburn FC) (Hudl) (WAFC) Consulting) Stingrays)

10.45 am MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.15 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Bo Hanson (Athlete Assessments)

12.15 pm LUNCH 1:00 – 2.10 pm 2A Self-Regulation for 2B Coaching Rucks & 2C Fundamentals of 2D Developing Clean 2E Consolidating Your 2F Role of Assistant Coach 2G Developing Better Coaching Big Players Contested Ball Hands Coaching Thinking Philosophy Footballers

Michael Poulton Luke O’Shannessy Luke Power Nikki Harwood Lawrie Woodman Mark Riley Ron Rooney (AFL) (Oakleigh Chargers) (AFL Academy) (Collingwood FC) (AFL) & David Parkin (Clontarf Foundation/St (Coach Education OAM (AFL Coaching Bernard’s OCFC?) Consultant) Ambassador)

2:10 pm Movement to keynote address 2.20 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Kate Hall (Clinical Psychologist)

3.20 pm AFTERNOON BREAK 3.50 – 5.00 pm 3A Mental Health – Early 3B Coaching Defence 3C Developing Game 3D TBC? 3E Getting the Best 3F Coaching Female 3G Talent Identification Intervention & Sense Activities from Your Players – Footballers Prevention Elite or Community

Kate Hall (TBC) Dave Reynolds Jamie Maddocks Jenny Williams Simon Dalrymple (Clinical Psychologist) (SANFL) & Jordan Russell (Best on Ground (St Kilda) () (Western Bulldogs) Performance)

5.00 pm Break 5.30 - 8.30pm CONFERENCE FUNCTION – MCG

AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2017 Draft PROGRAM – SUBJECT TO CHANGE SUNDAY 5th February 2017

TIME SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D SESSION E SESSION F SESSION G Well Being Game Style Game Sense Football Craft Leadership Club Structure

9.00 – 9.50 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS - (TBC)

9.50 am Movement to Concurrent Sessions 9.55 – 11.05 am 4A Coach & Player 4B Coaching Midfielders 4C Game Sense & 4D Developing Contact 4E Working with 4F Developing Your 4G Game Day Wellbeing & Stoppages Decision Making Skills Leaders Coaching Career Coaching

Angie Bain (Cricket (TBC) Adrian Fletcher (AFL Peta Searle Robert Harvey Peter Schwab Andy Collins Australia/Netball Queensland (St Kilda) (Collingwood) (AFL) (Williamstown) Australia) Academy) TBC

11.05 am MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.30 am – 12.20 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS Practical Performance Psychology – Cliff Mallet (University of Queensland)

12.20 pm Lunch 1.20 – 2.30 pm 5A Developing 5B Goal Scoring & Goal 5C Effective Training 5D Coaching Effective 5E Life Long Learning – 5F AFL Club Coaching 5G Fundamentals of Resilience Kicking Sessions Kicking Growth Coordinator Contested Ball Opportunities David Wheadon Stan Alves OAM Nick Dal Santo David Sheridan & Steve Luke Power (Nathan Burke (Coaching Consultant) (AFL Coaching (AFL Academy) Teakel (AFL Academy) Consulting) Ambassador) (AFL Victoria)

2.30 pm AFTERNOON BREAK 2.50 - 3.50pm pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS Developing Football Skill – David Rath (Hawthorn)

3.50 - 4.00 pm REVIEW & CLOSE