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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
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Apparently we've got a new role focusing just on skill acquisition.
Good article on the Pies website.
| Quote: | During the off-season, Collingwood made a new addition to its coaching staff when it appointed Jamie Cassidy-McNamara to the role of Skill Acquisition Coordinator.
Cassidy-McNamara, 23, works with the club’s assistant coaches on the training track to help improve the players’ efficiency by foot and by hand.
He caught up with collingwoodfc.com.au to discuss his first three months in the role and how he is looking to improve the team’s skills in season 2015.
Luke Mason: What is the scope of your role as Collingwood’s Skill Acquisition Coordinator?
Jamie Cassidy-McNamara: I help organise main training with Nathan Buckley and Robert Harvey (Senior Assistant Coach), and I’m also involved with the football analysis guys.
I look at skills from a decision-making point of view, so along with Bucks and Harves, we’ve created drills that are going to test the players’ ability to make correct decisions under match-like conditions. |
Lots more here. http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2015-03-05/the-finer-points-of-football
I like the theory.
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Achilles
Joined: 25 May 2010
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| Gosh, and he's 23. Hopefully it's working. I thought our skills in the game v Hawkes was pretty good but it was a NAB challenge game which mightn't test players' skills and decision-making to the extent of an AFL match. Still, it's an important thing to practice and work on. |
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Raw Hammer
Joined: 11 Sep 2008
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Don;t underestimate fatigue and pressure (and decision making under pressure) affecting skills. The more accustomed our younger players get to teh demands of AFL football, the better they'll get at executing their skills.
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Darkstranger
Joined: 06 Jun 2012
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| I would have though fatigue & pressure is the only reason we would have poor skills??? |
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Stupied
Joined: 14 Mar 2013
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Read the article guys, simulating match day pressure (or as close to it as possible) is a big part of the drills they're doing to improve skills execution.
As for fatigue, hopefully that is being addressed through the increased emphasis on endurance running of the past couple of preseasons. |
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Pies2016
Joined: 12 Sep 2014
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| Yep and the drones are most likely arriving next week. Its simple really, if you arent doing this stuff, even if only some of it works, you will get left behind. |
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