AFL stars boast breathtaking skills, but this hasn’t happened by accident – it is the result of years of toil and sweat on the training track.
Skills of Australian Football, just published, analyses the skills of the game one by one as the stars show how it is done and explain how they made it to the top.
The book covers all aspects of our great game in eight chapters, with kicking, marking, hand, tactical and evasive skills, as well as one-percenters, coaching and preparation.
It contains expert advice and top tips from the AFL’s best players, coaches, and umpires, including Gary Ablett, Matthew Richardson, Brent Harvey, Alan Didak, Jonathan Brown, Lenny Hayes, Cameron Ling, Sam Mitchell, Dean Cox, Matthew Pavlich and Ryan Griffen.
An ideal book for players, coaches and anyone wanting to learn more about Australian Football.
Available now in all good bookstores or purchase online and have the book delivered straight to your door.
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Kicking skills
Alan Didak, Mark McVeigh, Daniel Bradshaw, Steve Johnson, Daniel Motlop and Anthony Rocca take you through the art of kicking.
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Marking skills
The mark is one of the unique features of Australian Football and requires great judgement and often plenty of courage. Matthew Richardson, Jonathan Brown and Brett Burton take you through the techniques.
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Hand skills
The use of the hands in a variety of skills is pivotal to setting up play and turning defence into attack. Geelong’s Cameron Ling shows how to handball and Western Bulldog Ryan Griffen explains the sidestep.
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Tactical skills
Tactics are the methods deployed to exploit the weaknesses and negate the strengths of the opposition. Body positioning, front and square, stoppages, the kick-in and switching play – just to name a few – are examined in detail.
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Evasive skills
Learn to evade an opponent with a well-executed sidestep or blind turn tactics shown by Brent Harvey, Ryan Griffen and Lenny Hayes.
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One-percenters
Courageous acts on the football field can inspire teams to great heights, be it a perfect smother, a team-lifting shepherd, a timely spoil or a legal bump.
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Coaching
Coaches come in many forms – motivators, strategists and teachers. The best in the business manage to combine all those traits in games and at training. Learn how these strategies are executed.
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Preparation
Plenty of work goes on behind the scenes before the players run out on the field each weekend. The hard grind begins on the training track. Learn the tips and tricks to get you prepared for the real thing.
