1. 2009/10 AFL SUMMER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
MARYBOROUGH/HERVEY BAY
BUNDABERG

2. WHAT IS THE AIM OF SUMMER TRAINING?
Improve basic skill levels
Develop leadership skills
Improve game sense/awareness
Address deficiencies in last years rep sides
Provide competition for self improvement
Expose players to new ideas
There is no baby sitting! Part of the development

3. WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OF SUMMER TRAINING?
SKILLS/FITNESS SESSIONS
Three nights a week
Basic skill re-structuring/learning
Running work to be done with balls
Mix up sessions with off the oval trainings
Variety!!

4. WEIGHTS TRAINING
Three mornings a week – Mon, Wed, Fri
Half price Gym membership in all towns
Between 6.30am and 8am
Recommend full year training – cheaper and more beneficial
Based on AFL needs of power and strength
Support the companies that are supporting us!!
Show respect and be role models for AFL

5. CORE STRENGTH
Improved performance
Injury reduction
Improved development in youth players
Easy to do in front of the tv
One test will be holding a 2 minute front bridge by christmas – sound easy?
Who held it the longest last year in Hervey Bay?

6. BUDDY SYSTEM AND GOALS Match up with a mate for the summer
Challenge/push each other
Challenge other ‘buddies’.
Spotter for weights
Share goals and remind each other
Reward your results and efforts
If you have no goals – what are you doing!

7. SUMMER TRAINING TOPS Cost will be a refundable $20
Refund based on 15 afternoon trainings sessions prior to christmas and five after christmas.
Due to people getting a top and disappearing and time frame of receiving them
Two tops available that have been designed by some of last years main trainers.

8. TRAINING TOPS

9. CAN’T MAKE TRAININGS? Let me know – text, email
Attendance to combined/away trainings will be part of judgement
Point system to help those with work and other sporting commitments
Understand good pain and bad pain
Do not train seven days a week. Rest for a day to help the body
Changes to training will be done by and website (development). Make sure I have yours!

10. OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
2009/10 REP PROGRAM
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
Beginning of Summer Program through weights, running and swimming schedule (3 months).
Points system for exercise and only one night a week on skills (2 hour session)
Trip to Brisbane for development
JANUARY
Trial game U18 Wide Bay vs U18 Redlands
U18 and U16 Squad training three nights a week
FEBRUARY
YMCA camp combined with Wide Bay U18s vs Darling Downs U18s (Country South Selection). Camp will be used as leadership and will cost approx. $75 a head excluding travel.
U18 State Country Championships
U16 training one night (depending on clubs) a week with every second Sunday in Childers. Top U14s invited

11. MARCH/APRIL
U16 training continues as February
Visit from Nerangba Valley SHS (AFL School of Excellence) to Gin Gin on a values camp
Wide Bay U16 vs Nerangba Valley SHS
U16 State Country Championships
U14s training starts – same as U16s
MAY
Wide Bay U14s vs Sunshine Coast U14s (Second string)
Possibly Wide Bay U14s vs Wide Bay U15s

12. BASIS OF TEAM SELECTION
ALL PLAYERS MUST BE SELF MOTIVATED.
GIVE SOMETHING TO THE FABRIC OF THE GROUP BE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE OWN GAME FOR THE TEAM. BENEFIT, WE - NOT ME MENTALITY.
HAVE A FEEL FOR THE GAME.
MEET REQUIRED STANDARDS.
DISPLAY LEADERSHIP TYPE QUALITIES use of voice and actions including attendance at training.
HONEST do extra work if required.
PREPARE WELL FOR GAMES diet, sleep, rehab.
PRIDE IN TEAM AND OWN PERFORMANCE.
RESPECT THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT AND STAFF.

13. THE CHALLENGE! BEAT ME! Overweight Slow Flexible as a broom stick!
Weak in core strength
Biological age of 36 but body is much older
If you can’t beat me in the beep test then do you deserve to be representing the best in Wide Bay?? Last years average was under 11.5

14. DRAFT CAMP AGILITY 2008 - Best: 7.77 seconds Top 5: 8.27 seconds
20M SPRINT
Best: 2.80 seconds Top 5: seconds
Best: 2.88 seconds Top 10: seconds
SVJ
Best: 78cm Top 5: 70cm
Best: 76cm Top 10: 66cm
Beep Test
Best: Top 5:
Best: Top 10: 14.5
3KM TIME TRIAL
Best: seconds Top 5: seconds

15. 2010 U18 PROPOSAL
One option that was raised at the development meetings was the option of a combined U18 team being the sixth team in the A grade competition next year.
Basic points would be.
Train in Hervey and Bundy separately on a Monday night doing basic skill development on one-on-one work
Combined training in Childers on Wednesdays (or rotating between Hervey and Bundy and only travelling once a fortnight)
Players not picked train with home club on Thursday night
Probably play in Wide Bay colours
Could be coached by myself with maybe Geoff Ebert and Shaun Stone as a playing assistant coach for leadership on ground (Not discussed yet)
Playing with an aim of at least 5 rookies so as to lessen the players used from clubs (U19 exemption)
Allowance of 3 senior players in the team
Play at what would be the bye teams home ground
Similar to Suncoast Lions set up

16. Positives
Players will get one on one feedback in an A grade environment
Playing with own age against A grade opposition
More capable youth playing A grade that does not happen currently
Can invite rookies to ‘our’ team which is better then ‘go join that team’.
Can follow development program through summer and through the season
Can train the players to prepare for Suncoast Lions and rep opportunities
Suncoast Lions will pick out of our team and not affect clubs players
Only talking U16-U18 kids which are not promoted in A grade now unless needed for a fill in.
Remove the bye
Increase the number of players playing A grade
Could use the game as promotion as it is only one game to shift. Begarra, Childers, Gin Gin etc
Game plan for combined as yearly program rather than six week program.