#15 Dale Amos on choosing your captain, Bomber, a player he viewed who exceeded expectations and more!

09/27/20 • 42 min

Dale Amos is the current assistant coach at the Carlton Fc. He started his senior coaching with South Barwon Fc in the Geelong Football League where his team won 3 flags in a row from 2005-07 before joining the Geelong cats in 2008. As an assistant coach at the cats he was involved in the 09 and 11 premiership winning teams. During this episode we discuss his views and insights on all things training, favourite drills, choosing captains, coaches he viewed as successful, how failure has shaped his coaching, common coaching mistakes, player who he viewed has exceeded expectations and a heap more! Enjoy

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Episode 14: #14 Local Series - Luke Morgan - How to be a successful player/coach

Second episode of the local legend series brings us Luke Morgan who has recently been the player/coach at Wangaratta and Benella Football Clubs in Ovens & Murray Football league and Goulburn Valley football league respectively. Prior to these coaching roles, he played 3 seasons at the Northern Bullants in the VFL, and played in a couple grand finals during that time. He was also a co captain for the Murray Bushrangers and took part in the 07 GF in the elite U18 competition here in Victoria. This episode we dive into what it takes to be successful as a player coach, keys to having a successful community club, how to deal with a range of different individuals who make up your team, training plans, favourite drills and plenty more! Great to get a first hand look at what it takes a community level and Luke gives us another great look at it within this chat. Enjoy

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#16 Mark Neeld: Training recommendations, coaching principals, Swanny, Mick and more!

Mark Neeld is the former Senior Coach of the Melbourne Football Club. He was an assistant coach at Essendon Fc and Collingwood Fc (including the 2010 flag). He had local beginnings with Ocean Grove Fc winning 4 flags in a row from 2000-2003. He played 74 AFL games of footy with Geelong and Richmond football clubs.
This episode we dive into training myths and mistakes, coaches he views as successful, key principals for better and more consistent footy, players exceeding expectations, books and doco's and a heap more! Enjoy
Note: Apologies, back up audio used later in episode.