AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2015

FINAL PROGRAM Etihad Stadium – Melbourne

Friday 30th January 2015

Time 5.00 pm Registration Commences 6.45pm Registration Concludes 7.00 pm Welcome & Opening

MC – Stan Alves OAM, AFL Coaching Ambassador

OFFICIAL WELCOME Dorothy Hisgrove, AFL General Manager, People, Customer and Community

7.15 pm OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Senior Coach, )

KEYNOTE ADDRESS Emotional Intelligence in Coaching – Leigh Russell (Inspired Heads)

9.15 pm Refreshments 10.15 pm Close

AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2015 FINAL PROGRAM – SATURDAY 31st January 2015

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

8.30 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS Supplements & Performance – Louise Burke OAM (Australian Institute of Sport)

9.20 am AFL Snapshot: Junior Match Guidelines/Female Football – Josh Vanderloo (AFL) 9:40 am Movement to concurrent sessions 9.50 am 1A List Management 1B Balancing Individual & 1D AFL Club Coaching 1E Building a Game 1F Teaching Contact & 1G Coaching with Team Development Coordinator Plan, Coaching Your Tackling – Using a Technology Program Club Curriculum) (The List Manager) Jason Berry Ricky Nolan (Victoria University & David Sheridan Peter Schwab Neil Mackay (St Marys, NT) Maribyrnong Sports (Hawthorn Citizens) () (Palm Beach Currumbin Academy) & Steve Teakel Sports Excellence (AFL Victoria) Program, QLD)

11.05 am MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.30 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS Coaching Game Sense - Shane Pill (Flinders University & West ) (including On-Field Practical with Matt Jones – Dandenong Stingrays)

1.00 pm LUNCH 1:45 Pm 2A Communication & 2B Constructing & 2D Coaching Talented 2E Building & Coaching 2F Using a Skills Matrix 2G Conducting Building Leading High Female Footballers a Game Plan Effective Training Relationships Performance Club Luke Curran Sessions Culture Craig Starcevich Adam Kingsley (St (Brisbane Lions’ Academy Gianni Petrucci (AFL Queensland) Kilda) Stan Alves (Reynella) Brendan Mason (AFL Coaching (Same Page Cultures) Ambassador) 3.00 pm AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK 3.30 pm 3A Consolidating Your 3B Exploring Game 3C High Performance 3D Developing Good 3E Coaching Attack 3F Coaching Effective 3G Preparing for the Coaching Philosophy Sense Coaching Thinking – Systems Men Kicking Season Ahead to Maximise your Nathan Bassett Lawrie Woodman Shane Pill Message Matt Francis (Essendon) Ron Rooney (AFL) & (Flinders University & (Brisbane Lions) (St Kilda) (North Old Boy’s/St (AFL Coaching West Adelaide) Glenn Stewart Pats) Ambassador) () 4.45 pm Break 6.30pm for 7.00pm DINNER – Etihad Stadium – Medallion Brasserie

AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2015 FINAL PROGRAM – SUNDAY 1st February 2015

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

9.00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS Creating a Learning Environment - Brendon Bolton (Hawthorn Football Club)

9.50 am AFL Snapshot - Umpiring Development – Wayne Campbell & Adam Davis (AFL Umpiring Department) 10.10 am Movement to Concurrent Sessions 10.15 am 4B Teaching for Coaches 4C Sleep, Recovery & 4D Coaching Talented 4E Coaching Stoppages 4F Coaching Rucks & Tall 4G Developing On- Performance Players – & Transition Players Field Leadership Neil Barras Development or (Coaching Consultant) Shona Halson Results? Darren Crocker Adam Skrobalak (St Kilda) Nick Maxwell (AIS) (North Melbourne) (Leadership Coach - Michael Ablett (AFL Melbourne Storm) Academies)

11.30 am MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK 12.00 noon KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Indigenous Cultural Awareness – Mark Yettica-Paulson (Yettica Group)

12.45 pm Lunch 1.30 pm 5A Game Day Coaching 5B Effective Use of Video 5D Four Ps of Coaching + 5E Game Plan, 5F Goal Scoring & Goal 5G Role of the Communication Structures & Kicking Assistant Coach Tim Clarke Aaron Bailey Decision Making (Richmond) & (AFL Vic Eastern Michelle Cowan David Wheadon George Stone Simon Reinsch Region) (South Fremantle Adrian Fletcher (Coaching Consultant) (Coaching (Richmond) FC/Melbourne FC (AFL Queensland) Consultant) Women’s) 2.45 pm AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK 3.15 pm CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS Coaching: What I know at 70 I wish I knew at 30 - David Parkin OAM (AFL Coaching Ambassador)

3.50 - 4.00 pm REVIEW & CLOSE