Will probably get moved from this forum but i'll give it a shot.


I'm wondering if anyone knows where i can find an outline of a typical pre season that an AFL player would undertake....'


in terms of actual physical training, not diet and all that, just the stuff on the park.

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jimmae?

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

come on brother, help me out, would be radical.

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are you talking AFL level or amature? Maybe contact the club.

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Amature? Is that like assexual, as in opposite of sexual?
Opposite of mature.

lol. yeah ammies....

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cool thread.

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Try here radical dude

http://www.afl.com.au/Home/GameDevelopment/Coaching/Fitness/tabid/641/Default.aspx

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

Team I've been playing for does this sort of stuff for a typical pre-season session - we're comprised of teams equivalent to about 3rd / 4th grade teams in the ACT / NSW comp.
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Warm up - two laps plus stretches

Followed by:

3klm run...

we might do about 25 min. hand ball and kicking (lane work) drills (depending on the mood of the coach..)

Further fitness would be a probably 4 or 5 of the following exercses:

Shuttle runs (eg. start at behind post, run to closest goal post and- back, run to furtherest goal post and back, run to other behind post and back)

(Each player would do that run twice in a group of 5 or 6 players)

4 x 220s - you run in a groups of 3 at about 75% (depending on the mood of the coach) from goals to goals with about a 30 second break between each stint (this can be an absolute killer of a run depending on your fitness)

Running around the centre square - you run one length of a square, then 2 lengths, then 3 lengths then the whole square - you may do this twice depending on the mood of the coach!! (about a 30 second break between each run if you're lucky)

Run throughs - as a team run straight up the centre of the oval changing the speed or type of your run at the 50m, chb, centre circle, chf and forward 50m (or variations thereof). Change ups might be 25% to the 50m, 50% to the centre square, 75% to forward 50m then full throttle from there to the goals.

Another mix might be 50% to chb, run sideways to chf, backwards to forward 50m then full throttle to goals (same backward)

We'd normally do 4 - 6 run throughs (2 - 3 times up and 2 - 3 times back)

Stations - up to around 10 stations that you spend about 1 - 2 minutes at or until you complete 10 of each exercise (pushups, sit ups, star jumps, 15m run, burpies etc.)

that's a fair example of a normal pre season night - usually go for about 1 1.25 - 1.5 hours or longer (depending on the mood of the coach).

The closer to pre-season games you get, the more actual footy skills are mixed into each night of training - it tapers off to about 75% skills to 25% fitness during the height of the season but usually focus on fitness will pick up in the lead up and into the finals (depending on the mood of the coach )

Trust that's useful.

Rich

No I was thinking about this:

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If you can get your hands on the March edition of Alpha - they actually have a pre-season training guide in there for footy done by a former fitness advisor of one of the AFL Clubs - cant remember which, maybe the Saints

saints

dont bother then sniffy

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

I'm big into fitness - well have started back after almost 5 months off. There is actually a fitness book for AFL in publish - "available at any good bookstore!" I went looking for a new resource after injuring my back powerlifting last year and came across it. It's full of Collingwood players, so it may provide further motivation!!!! I briefly read it, and it goes through a number of compound exercises and drills which seem highly logical. I would however recommend a book called Core Performance by Mark Verstagen. I can tell you about it if you so wish...

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'Weight Training for Australian Football' by Con Hrysomallis and Nathan Buckley. Good book for setting up a program for yourself, especially if you're into the core strength stuff over beach muscles.

Beach muscle training - that was me 4 years ago!!!!!

It's amazing how much better (proportionate) you look doing core stuff anyhow, let alone the physical benefits of being stronger through the midsection - and thus more powerful - and more flexible.

Most people only train in simple single-plane contraction exercises, which although look good (to some), are highly impracticle.

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Please do so......
And what is the AFLl fitness book?

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Do you have a copy?????

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