AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2017

Draft PROGRAM – SUBJECT TO CHANGE 29/01/2017 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

7:30 pm AFLW Opening Bounce

7.45 pm OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Tension is Good - ()

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Developing the Next Rising Stars - Kevin Sheehan OAM & Luke Power (AFL)

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: Coaching the Socceroos – Ange Postecoglou (Football Federation Australia)

9:30 am Movement to concurrent sessions 9.35 – 10.45 am 1A Wholistic Coaching: 1B Coaching Defence 1C Game Sense 1D Kicking For Young 1E Building a Club 1F Effective Use of Vision 1G iCoach Using Emotional Coaching Players Football Program Intelligence in High Performance Sport?

Matti Clements Dale Amos Matt Jones Phiv Demetriou (AFL Kon Karavias Tim Rouse Warren Nel (Mental Edge (Carlton) (Dandenong Victoria) (Blackburn) (Hudl) (WAFC) Consulting) Stingrays) 10.45 am MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.15 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Millennial Challenge – Bo Hanson (Athlete Assessments)

12.15 pm LUNCH 1:00 – 2.10 pm 2A Self-Regulation for 2B Coaching Rucks & 2C Developing Game 2D Developing Clean 2E Consolidating Your 2F Developing Your 2G Developing Better Coaching Developing Talls Sense Activities Hands Coaching Coaching Career Thinking Philosophy Footballers

Michael Poulton Luke O’Shannessy Dave Reynolds Nikki Harwood Lawrie Woodman Ron Rooney (AFL) (Oakleigh Chargers) (SANFL) (Collingwood) (AFL) & David Parkin (AFL) (Coach Education OAM (AFL Coaching Consultant) Ambassador)

2:10 pm Movement to keynote address 2.20 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Making a positive contribution to mental health and wellbeing through coaching - Kate Hall ( & YSAS)

3.20 pm AFTERNOON BREAK 3.50 – 5.00 pm 3A Mental Health – Early 3B Coaching Forwards 3C Fundamentals, 3D Drill Design 3E Getting the Best 3F Talent Identification 3G Crafting Your Intervention & Contested Ball & Workshop from Your Players – Club’s Messaging Prevention Game Plans Elite or Community

Kate Hall Mark Williams Luke Power Jamie Maddocks Jenny Williams Simon Dalrymple Jeff Sly (Deakin University & (Willow Consulting) (AFL Academy) & Jordan Russell (Best on Ground () (Sly Media) YSAS) (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: Working with Leaders - Robert Harvey (Collingwood)

9.50 am Movement to Concurrent Sessions 9.55 – 11.05 am 4A Coach & Player 4B Goal Scoring 4C Using Game Sense 4D Developing Contact 4E Game Day Coaching 4F Role of the Assistant 4G Inclusive Wellbeing to Implement Your Skills Coach Coaching: Game Plan Indigenous and Multicultural Players

Angie Bain (Cricket David Wheadon Adrian Fletcher (AFL Andy Collins Mark Riley Xavier Moloney Australia/Netball (Coaching Consultant) Queensland (St Kilda) (Williamstown) (Clontarf Foundation/St (AFL Victoria) Australia) Academy) Bernard’s)

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 Coaching the Midfield 5C Effective Training 5D Coaching Effective 5E AFL Club Coaching 5F Coaching Female 5G Fundamentals, Resilience Sessions Kicking Coordinator Footballers Contested Ball & Game Plans

Nathan Burke Tim Clarke Stan Alves OAM Nick Dal Santo David Sheridan Peta Searle Luke Power ( (Carlton) (AFL Coaching (AFL Academy) (SMJFL & Hawthorn (St Kilda) (AFL Academy) Consulting) Ambassador) Citizens JFC )

2.30 pm AFTERNOON BREAK 2.50 - 3.50pm pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Skill – what it isn’t, what it might be, and what coaches can do about it – David Rath (Hawthorn)

3.50 - 4.00 pm REVIEW & CLOSE