Game Plan
The game plan usually consists of two parts: basics and tactics.
BASICS
Every coach should create a set of basic rules for the team to follow every week. These basic rules should be used at every possible moment and are critical to the teams performance. The basic rules set a foundation to a team plan and should be practiced at training. Listed below are a few examples of these:
Tactics could vary from week to week and can be many different things. Tactics can change depending on a variety of things such as the opposition (strong or weak), ground size and weather. With a strong opposition you may congest the play and make it difficult for the opposition to clear the ball and with a weak opposition you may be very attacking. With a big ground you will want to use all the ground by playing up the wings and with a small ground you might play down the middle of the ground. Listed below are a few examples of different tactics.
The game plan usually consists of two parts: basics and tactics.
BASICS
Every coach should create a set of basic rules for the team to follow every week. These basic rules should be used at every possible moment and are critical to the teams performance. The basic rules set a foundation to a team plan and should be practiced at training. Listed below are a few examples of these:
- Play in front
- Centre the ball into the forward line
- Punch from behind in a marking contest
- Don't kick across goals in the backline unless 100% sure
Tactics could vary from week to week and can be many different things. Tactics can change depending on a variety of things such as the opposition (strong or weak), ground size and weather. With a strong opposition you may congest the play and make it difficult for the opposition to clear the ball and with a weak opposition you may be very attacking. With a big ground you will want to use all the ground by playing up the wings and with a small ground you might play down the middle of the ground. Listed below are a few examples of different tactics.
- Bottle it up - usually against a stronger opposition you would put lots of player around the ball so they can't get clear possession.
- Running/Possession game - usually for smaller faster teams, allows players to play on, take risks, use short passing and handballing and have numbers behind the ball for the overlap.
- Defensive - usually to not let the opposition score, put all numbers back and put a spare man in defence.
- Use the wings - used for bigger ovals and to create space, come out down one side from the backline and bring it into the middle around the forward 50.
- Switch - used to switch the play across the ground, usually done in the middle of the ground but can be done in defence.