The Footy Coach Podcast

Harmit Singh is our 3rd edition to our local legend series - local coaches giving us their insights on how they went about it, what worked for them and how we can adopt these insights into our own coaching. Harmit was Vermont Fc head coach from 2017 to 2020 winning the 2018 and 2019 flags. He was also an assistant coach in AFLW with Collingwood prior to that. This episode we discuss his passion fo...

John Barker is the current Stoppages Coach for the Carlton Football club, and has been at the club as an Assistant Coach since 2011. In 2015, he was the interim Senior Coach for half the season. Prior to this, he had coaching stints at St Kilda and Hawthorn. He played 168 games for both Fitzroy and Hawthorn and kicked 127 goals. In this episode, we have an in-depth chat about stoppages and how you...

Mick McGuane is a premiership player for the Collingwood Fc in 1990,2x Best and fairest winner, All Australian and represented Victoria 4 times. He currently coaches Keilor Fc and has won 3 flags with them. This episode we dive into his coaching and playing days and his insights on a whole range of topics including key principals for better and more consistent footy, coaches he admires, common coa...

Lisa Alexander is the former Australian Diamonds Head Coach, a position which she held for a decade. Her winning record of over 81% is outstanding, including a World Cup victory in 2015 and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. We discuss in this episode key behaviours of successful coaches, common coaching mistakes, how to maximise assistant coaches, key principals for better and more cons...

Jacob Surjan (Surj) is the current Senior Coach at North Adelaide Football Club who are in the SANFL Grand Final this coming weekend Sunday 18th October! He played 121games for Port Adelaide, was Vice Captain in 2010 and was an assistant coach at Port Adelaide from 2012 to 2017. We discuss his views on playing defence, how to play as a small defender against the likes of Cyril Rioli and Eddie Bett...

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 successfu...

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 train...

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 f...

Damian Carroll has spent the past 10 years at the Hawthorn Football club. He was an assistant coach during the 2014 and 2015 premierships, VFL premiership coach in 2013, and most recently Head of Development. He has also coached at Gippsland Power in the elite TAC cup under 18 competition, and as a player coach for Bon Beach Fc at local level. As a player he had a long and successful VFL career wi...

Collingwood legend Anthony Rocca played 242 Games and kicked 415 goals and joins us for this episode. For a decade he was the go to player in the pies forward line and had a legendary long kick that was almost unrivalled. In this episode we dive into how you can coach and improve your long goal kicking and set shots. His favourite training drills, principals for better footy and improvement, how h...

Tim Clarke is the current Gold Coast assistant coach, prior to this role he was assistant coach at the Carlton Fc and Richmond Football club under Damien Hardwick. So much to take away from a current assistant coach in the AFL ranks, his coaching principals for better footy, training methods, mentors, things to avoid as a coach and much more! Plenty to implement into your own coaching and club. En...

Dave Farrell is the senior coach at the South Barwon Fc in the Geelong Football League. This is the first of our local legend episodes where we will chat with high level community coaches and gain their insights into coaching and what it takes to be successful at a community level. Dave has extensive coaching experience with a couple of stints at the Geelong Falcons in the TAC cup competition alon...

Mick Malthouse coaching career is legendary: He is the AFL games record holder for games coached with 718, won 3 premierships, coached at four AFL clubs and also was a premiership player with the Richmond Tigers in 1980. He has done it all. This episode he shares his insights into great leaders and producing high performing teams. How he achieved success and so much more! Plenty here to takeaway a...

Having gone through a number of mental health issues and incidents through his 192 games playing AFL football for St Kilda and Fremantle FC, Heath Black was diagnosed with Bipolar type 2 and adult ADHD type 6 in 2011. From that point on he has dedicated himself to helping others with mental illness and has become a beacon of light for many. Mental heath is at the forefront for the football communi...

Tim Ferguson is a facilitator at Leading teams. This episode we discuss great leadership and what it looks like, how to improve the performance of your team and build the right culture and more! Plenty of great advice and insights to implement into your club and improve your football team! Enjoy

Gary Ayres is a 5 time premiership player, 3 time All Australian and Best and Fairest winner. His Coached over 10 years in the AFL at the Geelong Fc and Adelaide Fc. In 1995 he coached the Geelong Fc to the grand final. Since 2008 he has been the Head coach at Port Melbourne Fc, where he has won 2 premierships, including a perfect season in 2011 winning all 21 games. Areas of discussion include ho...

Tyson is an expert running coach, having competed at national level for a number of years as an elite distance runner including competing at the world university cross country. He has combined his passion for running with football to help players run better and more consistently throughout the season. This episode our discussion includes; running myths and mistakes of current coaches and players,...

David Buttifant is one of the guru's of football performance in the AFL. His 11 seasons at the Collingwood FC where they featured in 4 GF's and won the 2010 premiership is testament to his success. He also had stints at North Melbourne Fc and Carlton Fc. In 2000 he was a part of the Sydney Olympics with the Australian swim team. In this episode we cover a range of topics including players achievin...

Gary Buckenara is a 4time Premiership player for the Hawthorn FC and also a part of their Team of the Century. This episode we dive deep into his playing days, the years he spend as the recruiting manager for the Hawthorn Fc during their dynasty period of 08,13-15 premierships and the type of players he looked for to achieve that success. So many lessons to take from this episode and apply to your...

2x Premierships, Norm Smith, 3x All Australian, 4x Best and Fairest, 378 games, 575 Goals and a member of the Essendon's Team of the Century. This episode we share Simon's insights into his success. What makes a good leader, how to produce a high performing team and so much more. Enjoy

Western Bulldogs Team of the Century player, 7 time victorian team representative, All Australian and Best and fairest winner, he did it all as a player. He then went onto have a very success coaching career which included assistant coaching stints at Richmond, Melbourne, North Melbourne, St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs. This episode, Brian shares so many insights into coaching and what makes a...

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