Skills and game day
Accredited AFL coach
Reviews the skills, structures and game-day content in Books 5, 6, 7 and 9.
Three pillars. Ten books.
Mindset first, then the body, then the craft. Each book opens under the lights with Harry and Lachie, teaches one thing properly, and ends with a letter from home.
The ten books
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01
Mindset and Identity
Origins
Who they are before anyone is watching. Identity, the reset, and why effort is a choice.
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02
Physical Foundations
Physical Standards
What a junior footballer's body needs at each age. Testing without judgement.
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03
Physical Foundations
Speed Blueprint
The first three steps, taught properly. Short, fresh, high-quality speed work.
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04
Physical Foundations
Strength Manual
Safe strength for growing bodies. Landing first, no maximal lifts.
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05
Craft and Game IQ
Craft and Skills
Kicking, handball, marking and ground balls, drilled until they're theirs.
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06
Craft and Game IQ
Tactical IQ
Seeing the game: structures, space and the next contest.
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07
Craft and Game IQ
The System Athlete
Playing a role inside a team, and what a good teammate does.
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08
Mindset and Identity
Mental Toughness
Self-talk, cue words and the reset routine, built for their archetype.
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09
Craft and Game IQ
Game-Day Execution
The week, the warm-up, the quarter-time huddle and the drive home.
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10
Mindset and Identity
Mindset of Champions
The long view: who they become, with or without football.
How a chapter works
- Scene
A moment on the ground, told like a novel, so the lesson has somewhere to live.
- Teaching
Numbered, practical and safe for their age. Landing before jumping. No maximal lifts.
- Calm and Fire
The same lesson said twice: once for the calm reader, once for the fiery one.
- Letter
From the boundary. In the Personal Edition, from you.
Checked by people who coach kids
The training and mindset content is written once, then reviewed by qualified people before launch. Their names go here when they've signed off.
Training loads
Accredited strength and conditioning coach
Reviews every load, landing progression and age band in Books 2, 3 and 4.
Mindset
Registered psychologist
Reviews the self-talk, cue words, reset routine and letter prompts in Books 1, 8 and 10.
Some things are never personalised.
The safety rules are written once, for every athlete, and never softened.
- Training loads, landing progressions and the no-maximal-lifts rule for juniors
- Anything about health, injury, diagnosis, weight or body fat. We never ask, and it never goes in a book.
- School names, surnames or home addresses
- AFL or club names and crests without written permission
Which athlete is yours?
Eight questions. Two minutes. A likely archetype and three cue words.