Geelong Falcons

Parent Information Day 22 March 2014 Sequence • Welcome!!! • Michael Turner – AFL Talent Manager • Andy Allthorpe – Head Coach • Dean Pearce – Football Manager • Jumper Presentation AFL Talent Manager’s Message • The Falcons are the No.1 development program/club in Australia at producing players for AFL • We are No.1 on all Key Performance Indicators [KPI], including:  Numbers drafted  percentage of players drafted who play AFL [80%]  awards won  Premierships  All Australians  Brownlow Medals [Ablett, Bartel], and  AFL Captains - , , Gary Ablett, , Jonathan Brown, & . • As a club, the Falcons aim every year to:  win the TAC Cup Premiership  make the top 4  win as many games as we can like any other club. • We won our last Premiership in 2000 and have been in the finals every year since then but our core business is player development. • As a player, you enter our program our sole focus is to make you the best player and person we can. • Your responsibility [for yourself ]is to give 100% to your development. • Congratulations on being invited to an AFL Academy Program - give it your best and be prepared to make the sacrifices necessary to reach your FULL POTENTIAL. TAC Cup Player – ‘Pyramid for Success’

ATTITUDE At training, home, school, work and in the community BALL WINNING ABILITY …as the standard gets higher, the harder it is to win your own football DECISION MAKING

…particularly when you have the ball in your possession

SKILL DELIVERY … by hand and foot for the advantage of your team and teammates

ATHLETICISM …to play the game at an elite level, players need to have: speed, endurance, mobility, vertical jump, speed repeat, strength, height, weight, body mass Managing External Influences • Player Managers • AFL clubs • Draft Expectations of Player Conduct • Media - Geelong Falcons gear • Local clubs/schools • Geelong College/Geelong Grammar - APS • St. Josephs - ACC • AIS/Vic Country • Other Schools - mid week football • Training at local clubs • Other sports Communication Issues • Facebook/Twitter • How the Falcons communicate: – Verbal – E-mail – Website – Facebook – Twitter • Leadership/buddy system • Fathers at games/huddles AFL Academy Program Remember this is an elite AFL Academy Program

 Listen and trust our staff  Attendance – be on time!  We aim to get the best out of every player at this club Andy Allthorpe Head Coach Coaching Staff

Andrew Allthorpe (Head Coach

Andrew Merriman Daniel Lowther Adam Wilkinson (Backs-Defence) (Midfield) (Forwards)

Damian McMahon Stuart McCoombe Jarrod Reynolds Michael Di Domenico (Welfare/Development) (Oppo Analysis) (Development) (Development) GEELONG FALCONS FOOTBALL CLUB 2014 Training Plan No. 33 Date 19/03/2014 Round Training PRE TRAINING 4.00pm Weights HP Team Meeting

WARM UP 5.00pm Warm up HP Team

SKILL DEV 5.10pm Kicking- Communication AA BUCKS KICKING DRILL- LEADING OUT ON THE 45- Goal Kicking- 3 Variations Skill Development (30%) SKILL DEV 5.20pm CONTESTED Coaches Contested Ball with Bags DL Tackling-Frontal AM - Kicking, Hands, Tackling, Contested Ball Repeat Leading- Box starting point (Tick Leads) AW (NET END)

GAME SENSE 5.35pm Game Sense PREP Coaches 2 v 2- A1/A2-D1/D2 AM (WING) Stoppage Craft DL (WING) Defending The Front AW (NET END) Game Sense (50%)

GAME SENSE 5.50pm GAME SENSE- SLOW PLAY ENTRY/ CONTESTED 2 X 8MIN - Decision Making- With the Ball, Slow Play Entry- 2 v 2 into 4 v 4 AW/AA (NET END) Focus on going inside Fwd 50, from a slow play. Fwds working on understanding space, blocking, tick BILLY-VIDEO - Without the Ball (Off/Def) leads. Backs, starting position, covering the dangerous space. Mids pull the trigger on lead on 45-15m kick CONTESTED SCENARIO- 4 v 4 DL/AM (WING) Mids focused on winning the ball creating OFF roles- A1, A2 and DEF roles-D1 impact D2-checking, shutting Structures (20%) down dangerous oppo. - Stoppages, Forward, Press, Kick Ins STOPPAGE 6.10pm DEFENSIVE STOPPAGE with FWD STRUCTURE VIDEO-BILLY DEF 50 STOPPAGE scenario 6 v 6 FWDS/BACKS & 6 V 6 MIDS ( 4 V 4) All involved (2 groups?1 on 1 off) Focus on def setup both Fwds & Backs/Mids stopping score and exiting BACKS/MIDS- Goal Corridor Side, +1 positioning

WARM DOWN 6.50pm Stretching HP Team Weekly Structure

Mondays If we play on a Sunday-No Monday Geelong Only - Rehab- Hot & Colds, Massage - Review- Individual Edits, Stats

Tuesdays - Geelong Squad Training - Hampden- Train local clubs

Thursday - Full Squad Training - Hampden- Individual Edits, Stats - Team Review- Footage & Stats - Side Announced

Dean Pearce – Football Manager • Congratulations to all players and parents • Paperwork!!! – Player Registration (for insurance purposes) – Player Membership (EFT details) – Player Medical Information (please – treated with confidentiality) • Enjoy the season! Jumper Presentation Thank You