AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2012 Friday 17th - 19th February 2012 (Subject to change)

PROGRAM – FRIDAY 17th February 2012 Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park

Time 5.00 pm Registration Commences

7.00 pm Welcome & Opening

MC – Stan Alves

OFFICIAL OPENING – David Matthews (CEO - GWS Giants), Andrew Dillon (GM National & International Development, AFL)

7.15 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS –

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Paul Reiffel (CA Umpire) – Transition to Umpiring

9.15 pm Refreshments 10.00 pm Close

AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION

AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2012 PROGRAM – SATURDAY 18th February 2012

TIME SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D SESSION E SESSION F

1A Conducting Effective Drills 1B Kicking Remediation 1C Developing Children & 1D Developing Players 1E Coach Coordinator 1F Perfect Preparation 8.30 am Youth Ability to Perform Program Stan Alves Kevin Ball When it Counts Jenny Williams (AFL Coaching (Victoria University) Glenn Wilkins Jason Saddington (Best on Ground Ambassador) (Ballarat Grammar Bo Hanson (AFL NSW/ACT) & Performance) School) & (4 x Olympian & Athlete Steve Teakel Craig McBrien (Park Assessments) (AFL VIC) Ridge SHS) 9.45 am MORNING TEA 10.10 am KICKING AT TRAINING Mark Williams (GWS Giants) Allphones Arena

11.10 am 11.20 am 2A Defensive Strategies 2B Developing Elite Kicking 2C Coaching Junior & 2D Inclusive Coaching - 2E What Research Says 2F What Coaches need to Youth Kicking Communication and about Youth Player know about fitness Marty Allison David Rath Development of Development and (Calder Cannons FC) (Hawthorn FC) Anton Grbac Players from Transition to Elite John Quinn (AFL Victoria) Indigenous and (GWS Giants) Multicultural David Buttifant Communities (Collingwood FC) & Michael O’Loughlin Jason Berry & (Victoria University) Jason Mifsud (AFL)

12.35 pm LUNCH 1.25 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS – (Coach - FC)

2.45 pm AFTERNOON TEA 3:15pm – 3A Understanding the Press 3B Goal Kicking 3C Auskick Skills & Drills 3D Coaching Players 3E Effective Body 3F Combine Testing & Player 4:30pm from Other Sports Contact/Tackling Preparation John Blakey AFL NSW/ACT Game (Sydney Swans FC) (Sydney Swans FC) Development Staff Mark Browning Scott Hill Kevin Sheehan (AFL) (practical) (AFL Academies) (Sports Wisdom) & James Veale (AFL)

5:00pm BUS TO BLACKTOWN

6:00pm NAB CUP FIXTURE – GWS GIANTS/COLLINGWOOD/ Conference Function in the Indoor Cricket Centre – Hosted by Peter Schwab

AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2012 PROGRAM – SUNDAY 19th February 2012

TIME SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D SESSION E SESSION F

9.00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Brendan McCartney (Coach - Western Bulldogs FC)

10.00 am MORNING TEA

10.20 am 4A Developing an Effective 4B Ruckwork 4C Successful Coaching for 4D Communication, 4E Performance Evaluation 4F Finding/Preparing for Forward Line Juniors Learning Styles & Your Next Job Steven King Personal Brand Peter Schwab Leigh Tudor (Western Bulldogs FC) Jason Saddington (AFL) (Sydney Swans FC) (AFL NSW/ACT) Laurie Serafini (AFLCA) (Serafini Communications)

11.35 am

11.45 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Scott Hill (Sports Wisdom) The Art of Coaching – Secrets Learnt from the Masters

12.45 pm LUNCH 1.25 pm 5A Coaching Stoppages 5B Game Sense 5C Skill Acquisition 5D Successful Coaching in 5E Effective teaching – 5F Developing On-Field Community Clubs facilitating learning Leadership AIS/AFL Academy Brett Hand Ben Moore Coaching Staff (GWS Giants FC) (Sydney Swans FC) Ron Rooney David Wheadon Wayne Goldsmith (Coburg Districts FC) (Coaching Consultant) (Moregold)

2.40pm AFTERNOON TEA

3.00 pm The Evolving Modern Game

Introductory comments

PANEL REFLECTION & DISCUSSION – Including David Parkin, , Bryan Sheehan

4.00 - 4.15 pm REVIEW & CLOSE

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