2013 AFL NATIONAL COACHING CONFERENCE THE PRESENTERS (Listed in alphabetical order) Michael Ablett Michael Ablett is the AFL’s Academies Development Manager, taking up his appointment in 2012. He was a member of the first (1997/98) AIS/AFL Academy squad which toured Ireland and a four time best and Fairest winner with Frankston Football Club in the VFL. Michael was the inaugural Coach of the Las Vegas Gamblers in the USA and a member of the USA Revolution coaching staff at the 2008 International Cup. He was reserves coach and senior defensive coach at Sandringham in 2011 assisting in the development of both St Kilda and Sandringham players. Michael is a Level 2 Coach. Stan Alves OAM Stan Alves is an AFL Coaching Ambassador and has recently stepped down after 10 years as President of AFCA (Vic). He was Senior Coach of St Kilda from 1994-1998, including the 1997 Grand Final. Stan played 283 games with Melbourne and the Kangaroos and is an AFL High Performance (Level 3) Coach. He is the co-book author of Sacked Coach and a regular media commentator. In 2008 Stan was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to Australian football. He has been awarded AFL life membership and is a Melbourne football club hall of fame inductee. Dale Amos Dale Amos joined the Cats in 2009 as VFL coach. After three seasons in that role he has joined the AFL coaching staff. Dale's role saw him work with the Cats young players who stepped up to AFL level in recent seasons. Dale added the role of match day runner to his duties throughout the 2009 AFL finals series, culminating in the Cats premiership win over St Kilda. Dale led South Barwon to a hat-trick of GFL premierships (2005-2007) and saw his team win 77% of their matches in his five years at the helm (2004-2008). He was named GFL coach of the year in 2006. Gary Ayres Gary Ayres is Head Coach of Port Melbourne Football Club in the VFL. He began his football career with Hawthorn in 1978-1993, playing 269 games and kicking 70 goals. He played in 5 day premierships and 5 night premierships with the Hawks. Gary was awarded the Norm Smith medal in the 1986 and 1988 Grand Finals. He coached Geelong 116 games and Adelaide 107 games for a 223 games total at 54% winning ratio. Port Melbourne won the 2011 VFL Premiership after a perfect season. Gary attended the AFL High Performance (Level 3) Coaching Course in 2011 and has recently become President of AFCA (Vic) following Stan Alves 10 year period in the role. Kevin Ball Kevin Ball is a lecturer in sports biomechanics and is an authority on the biomechanics and skill acquisition of kicking in Australian football. He has worked as assistant coach at Fremantle Football Club, as a sports scientist with Western Bulldogs and Melbourne football clubs and as specialist kicking coach for AFL teams, development squads and the Melbourne Storm rugby league club. Kevin is currently the AIS/AFL Academy kicking coach, the Melbourne Storm kicking coach and consults to a number of AFL clubs. John Barker John Barker joined Carlton in 2011 as an Assistant Coach and will be in charge of Carlton’s forward and offensive line in 2013. John played 167 games for Fitzroy/Brisbane and Hawthorn before turning to coaching including assistant coach roles at St Kilda under Ross Lyon, Alistair Clarkson at Hawthorn and now Michael Malthouse at Carlton. Scott Borlace Scott Borlace is current coach of the Brisbane Lions Academy. Prior to that he was the midfield coach at Norwood in the SANFL where he played 174 games and also captained the state team. He was on Port Adelaide’s list in 2003, and in 2010 worked at Port as runner and on rotations and interchange. Scott is a PE teacher by trade and has a degree in Sports Science (Human Movement). He is currently undertaking AFL High Performance (Level 3) Coach Accreditation. Joel Bowden Joel Bowden is currently the AFL’s Game Analysis Manager; being appointed the role after Andrew McKay left the position to become general manager of Carlton in February 2012. Joel was drafted to Richmond under the father-son rule in 1995, playing mainly as a backman, but also swinging forward from time to time. Joel played 265 games with Richmond winning two best and fairest awards and 2 All-Australian selections. He retired in 2009. Mathew Capuano Mathew Capuano played in two Premierships during his 107 game AFL career with North Melbourne and St Kilda. 2013 will be his fifth season at Carlton and he will once again combine his Development Coach duties with the specialist ruck coach role. Mathew Level is Level 2 Accredited and also participated in the AFL High Performance Coaching (Level 3) Course. He spent two years part-time at North Melbourne as a ruck coach, before heading over to Carlton. Danny Corcoran Danny Corcoran is General Manager Football at Essendon FC. He is a very experienced sports administrator, having worked for Essendon previously as football operations manager (1990-95), Melbourne FC as football manager (1998- -2003). He was CEO at Athletics Australia from 2004 – April 2010 when he became the inaugural general manager of rugby operations at Melbourne Rebels. He was recruited back to Essendon by James Hird in late 2010. Michelle Cort Michelle Cort is Sports Performance Dietitian at Cricket Australia. She has been a dietitian in the professional sport industry now for 13 years, working at AFL clubs, Brisbane Lions, Sydney Swans and currently at Geelong. Michelle has also worked at rugby clubs, South Sydney Rabbitohs and NSW Waratahs, before working at the Australian Institute of Sport, Cricket Australia. She is highly qualified with a Master of Health and Science and Human Nutrition, a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics. Michelle is a consultant to the AFL Academies. Les Fabre Les Fabre has worked in Football since 1984 as a fitness and physical presence specialist. Clubs and development squads he has worked for include West Perth Colts, South Fremantle Colts, East Perth League, West Australian Women’s Talent Academy and the WA State U18 Team (2003-2007). During this time he has produced a DVD and written a number of coaching booklets and articles. In 2013 he is working with the WA State Women’s Team and the South Fremantle Warriors development squad. In his day job, Les, who has a PhD, is an Education Consultant in Perth. He provides professional development for school teachers in boys’ education: workshops for primary and high school students in self-development: and coach education seminars and programs for the WA Football Commission. Adrian Fletcher Adrian Fletcher was appointed Assistant Coach at Brisbane Lions in 2008 with a focus largely on the Club’s midfield and forward line structures. As player he was a prolific ball-winner, playing 231 AFL games with four clubs, including 107 with Brisbane from 1993-1997. He also spent time at St Kilda, Geelong and finally Fremantle whom he captained for two seasons before retiring at the end of 2001. He moved into coaching and worked closely with Mark Thompson and Mick Malthouse in stints as an Assistant Coach with both Geelong (2004) and Collingwood (2005-2007). Adrian is an AFL accredited High Performance (Level 3) Coach. Jeff Gieschen Jeff Gieschen is the AFL Umpires’ Manager. After a short football career, playing 24 games for Footscray from 1974 to 1978, Jeff started his coaching career, coaching local clubs Maffra for three years and then playing coach at Wodonga in the Murray league for five years before moving interstate to coach West Perth. Jeff coached the Falcons for three seasons, including their 1993 Grand Final, winning the JJ Leonard Medal for WA Coach of the Year. In 1995, Jeff was appointed assistant coach of Geelong, where he coached for two seasons, before moving onto to coach Richmond reserves to a Premiership in 1997. He also coached Richmond seniors during part of the year. From there Jeff, who is an AFL accredited High Performance (Level 3) Coach, retired from the coaching scene and in 2000 took up his current role. Drew Ginn OAM Drew Ginn is Rowing Australia’s National Head Coach – integration. He is a four time Olympian who has won 3 Olympic Gold, 5 World Championships and one Olympic Silver medal as a part of Australia’s rowing team. Drew’s first Olympics were the 1996 Atlanta Olympics where he won his first gold. He was part of Australia’s men’s coxless fours – a team known as the ‘Oarsome Foursome’. Drew missed the 2000 Sydney Olympics with a back injury but returned for his second Olympics in Athens 2004 where he won gold in the coxless pairs with fellow ‘Oarsome Foursome’ member James Tomkins. He followed this up to again win the men’s coxless pairs with Duncan Free. At his fourth Olympic Games in London Drew was part of the men’s coxless fours who won silver for Australia. At World Championship he has won Gold in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2007 along with Silver in 1998 and Bronze in 1997 and 2011.Drew is also an accomplished cyclist, having won his first international cycling race – the Oceania Time Trail in 2009. Drew is an accomplished facilitator and presenter and has simultaneously developed a business career in this area, working with individuals and groups to assist them to engage in actions which will create the improvements or changes.