AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2008 (DRAFT) (May be subject to change)

“Linking AFL & the Community”

Holiday Inn – Surfers Paradise

PROGRAM - FRIDAY 1st February

Time 5.30 pm Registration Commences 7.00 pm Welcome & Opening

MC - Stan Alves (AFL Coaching Ambassador & President AFCA Vic)

David Matthews, AFL General Manager of National and International Development

7.15 pm OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Mark Thompson (Senior Coach, Geelong Cats) – OPENING ADDRESS

John Buchanan (Ex Australian Cricket Coach) – KEYNOTE ADDRESS

9.15 pm Refreshments 10.00 pm Close

AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2008 (DRAFT) PROGRAM – SATURDAY 2nd February

TIME SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D SESSION E SESSION F High Performance and Skill Development Player Development Coaching Strategy and Senior Coaching Skills Youth/Junior/Auskick Elite Management Tactics 8.30 am 1A High Performance 1B Teaching Drills and 1C Screening and 1D Developing Team 1E Coaching Players from 1F Coaching Juniors – why Management Skills Physical Development Defence Other Sports kids play? Matthew Drain David Wheadon of Youth Players Justin Leppitsch Mark Browning Peter Linton (St Kilda FC) (Geelong Cats) Nick Ames ( FC) (AFL QLD) (AFL VIC Junior Coach of (Geelong Cats) and the Year 2007) James Veale (AFL/AIS Academy Rec for HP, Sen & Fit Rec for All Levels Rec Fit, HP, Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for Y & Jun

9.45am MORNING TEA 10.10am KEYNOTE ADDRESS Kevin Sheedy (AFL Ambassador) – The Changing Role of the Coach - 27 Years in the AFL

11.05am ROOM CHANGEOVER 11.15am 2A The Coaching Journey- 2B Skill Acquisition 2C Keeping Players on the 2D 2E Coaching: Caring for 2F Developing and Community to AFL Adam Gorman Field TBC Yourself Conducting Effective Darren Harris (AIS) (TBC) Derek Linsell Drills ( FC) (AFL) Stan Alves (AFL Coaching Ambassador)

Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for all Levels Rec for HP, Sen, Y & Fit Rec for All Levels Rec for All Levels

12.30 pm LUNCH 1.30 pm 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F WORK SHOP WORK SHOP WORK SHOP WORK SHOP WORK SHOP WORK SHOP

Enhancing Talent Effective Kicking Dynamic Warm up’s Coach Mentoring in Communication and Game Sense – Making it Alan McConnell and Geoff Hosford (Perform and Recovery Action Dealing with Conflict Work. others Enhance) Techniques Leigh Russell (AFL/AIS Academy) (TBC) (AFL Coaching (Essendon FC) Brian Cartwright (Eastern Ambassador) and Neil Ranges) Barras (RMIT University) Rec for HP, Sen & Y

Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen, Y & Fit Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for Sen, Y & Jun

3.30 pm AFTERNOON TEA 4.00 pm 4A Indigenous Player 4B Coaching the Big Man 4C Generation Y 4D Developing an 4E Developing Leaders & 4F The Basics of Good Development (TBC)) Brian Douge Effective Forward Line Team Culture Teaching (TBC) (AFL Queensland) Jade Rawlings Ray McLean Simon Wilson (AFL (Richmond FC) (Leading Teams) NSW/ACT)

Rec for All Levels Rec for Sen, Y & Jun Rec for All Levels Rec for Y and Sen Rec for HP, Sen Rec for Sen, Y & Jun

5.15 pm to Break 7.00pm 7.00pm for 7.30pm DINNER – Holiday Inn (Gold Coast) Guest Panel – Kevin Sheedy, Neale Daniher, David Parkin, Stan Alves AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE 2008 (DRAFT) PROGRAM - SUNDAY 3rd February

TIME SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C SESSION D SESSION E SESSION F High Performance and Skill Development Player Development Coaching Strategies Senior Coaching Skills Leadership Elite Management and Tactics 9.00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS (TBC) 10.00 am MORNING TEA

10.30 am 5A Strategy & Tactics 5B Elite Tackling and Body 5C Practical Strategic 5D Coaching Stoppages 5E Game Day Coaching 5F Coach Simulation David Wheadon Pressure Planning for Club Neale Daniher Exercise Pt 1 (Geelong Cats FC) Teams (AIS/AFL Academy) AFL Coaches Steve Ball (Kangaroos FC) (Ron Rooney – Association/AFL (Pacific Institute) Tullamarine FC) Coaching Ambassador)

Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for Sen & Y 11.45 am LUNCH 12.45 pm 6A Coaching Elite Youth 6B Using Video Analysis 6C Building a Game Plan 6D Opposition Analysis 6E Consolidating Your 6F Coach Simulation Players programs Alan McConnell Danny Daly Coaching Philosophy Exercise Pt 2 (TBC) (AFL/AIS Academy) (Kangaroos FC) Lawrie Woodman (AFL) Steve Ball (Oakleigh Chargers - and David Parkin (Pacific Institute) TAC) (AFL Coaching Ambassador) and

Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for HP, Sen & Y Rec for Sen & Y Rec HP, Sen & Y Rec for All Levels Rec for All Levels

2.00 pm AFTERNOON TEA

2.30 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS Neale Daniher (CEO AFL Coaches Association/AFL Coaching Ambassador) – Football Club Influences

3.30 - 4.00 pm REVIEW & CLOSE

PLEASE NOTE: THE PROGRAM MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

(Key for session level recommendations: All – All Levels; Jun – Junior & AFL Auskick Coaches; Y – Youth Coaches; Sen – Senior Club Coaches; HP – High Performance Coaches; Fit - Fitness)

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