Coach AFL

Inside with Issie launched this morning 🎉🎙

A Community Coaching Podcast with guests including current AFL Coaches, on a range of topics including the six key coaching competencies, problem solving and general community footy topics.

Ep. 1: Host Issac Smith is joined by Gold Coast Suns Coach Damien Hardwick, discussing the transition to the sunshine state, lessons in reflection, plus exploring how to shape the team environment as a coach.

Available on all major streaming services. Click the link below to find out more. 👇

INSIDE WITH ISSIE - Play AFL Issie is joined by Damien Hardwick to discuss the transition to the sunshine state, lessons in reflection, plus exploring how to shape the team environment as a coach. 

The Australian Football League is excited to introduce The Youth Coaching Curriculum (YCC) 🎉

The YCC supports youth coaches with tools and guidance to foster player and team development from training to game day.

Whether you are a youth coach or looking for some additional resources to develop your specific coaching skillset in 2024, you can access the guidebook plus, videos and resources to further your coach education.

Check it out here 👉
https://play.afl/learning-resource/youth-coaching-curriculum

Hanging up the boots in 2024? Your weekend routine doesn't have to end. Stay connected to our great game and sign up to coach a team this year.

It's FREE to become a coach, and you’ll even get National accreditation.

head to https://play.afl/coach to get started today.

2024 Coach Registrations are NOW OPEN! 📣

Whether your re-registering for another season or looking to coach for the first time in 2024, it's never been easier to get your free national accreditation.

You don’t need to be an expert to be a coach. Some of the greatest teams have come from strong leadership.

Get started today at play.afl/coach

Check out Fair Play - The four-part series that has been created to share ideas, case studies and resources to assist clubs and programs in creating safe and welcoming environments for people from all backgrounds.

Check out our LGBTQI+ and Gender Diversity episode below 🏳️‍🌈

https://play.afl/learning-resource/diversity -3

Half time belief ✨

Coaches hard at it during finals down south.

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The faces behind footy finals.

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REGISTRATIONS ARE STILL OPEN FOR THE 2023 AFL COACHES ASSOCIATION WOMEN’S COACHING PATHWAY SCHOLARSHIP 📝

All women coaches and players in State Football Leagues (women’s and men’s) and AFLW are encouraged to apply for a chance to gain mentorship from a current AFL Coach plus professional development opportunities will be provided through the AFL Coaches Association.

The 2023 Scholarship recipient will receive:
🏉A funded position to participate in the AFL Coaches Association’s Next Coach Program
🏉Mentorship from a current AFL Coach (with at least 10 years’ experience)
🏉Professional Development opportunities provided through AFL Coaches Association (value of up to $1,000)

Applications close October 20th, 2023.
Check out how to apply and more information at ➡️ https://bit.ly/3F4cKQ0

When coach asks who's ready to GO 🙋‍♀️

Coach: Always the first one on, and last one off the ground ✨

📷 Jacqui Bowshall-Tanner, under 10 coach and President of Kilmore Junior Football Club, gives her all contributing as a coach, player parent and volunteer both on game day and in leadership roles. Jacqui's passion and drive to create a safe and fun space for women and girls to participate in our great game does not go unnoticed, and Jacquie's impact has been an integral part to KJFC to winning the 2023 Junior Club of the Year in the Northern Football Netball League. Keep it up Jacqui 👏

AFLW SEASON 8 STARTS TONIGHT!!

We’re looking forward to seeing what the coaches and players get up to across the 10 week home and away season.

🎫 Get tickets: https://www.afl.com.au/aflw
📺 Watch any game, anywhere: https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/broadcast-guide

Fair Play is a four-part series that has been created to share ideas, case studies and resources to assist clubs and programs in creating safe and welcoming environments for people from all backgrounds 👐

Check out our First Nations episode at https://www.play.afl/clubhelp/club-growth/embrace-diversity-to-achieve-growth/

We are excited to share NEW AllPlay Footy resources developed by AllPlay (Monash University) and the AFL 🙌

AllPlay Footy provides practical tools and resources to help create inclusive footy environments for all players, with a focus towards people with disability, including:

✨Learn about the types of disabilities and strategies that will help you become a more inclusive coach
✨Adapting your sessions to support inclusion
✨How to support players in areas that might prevent participation in footy

Check out the resources to ensure everyone can have a go at https://www.play.afl/play/disability-inclusion/allplay-footy/resources/

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight 🌟

Chlo coaches the youth girls team at Central Broken Hill Football Club, who have struggled with numbers and get numbers to play each week, however Chlo works tirelessly to ensure the team get out to train and play on a Wednesday night. With only a 4 team competition, Chlo ensures no matter the outcome of a game, or the challenges a smaller team faces, she still gets the girls turning up each week to have fun and compete. Her dedication to the team also ensures the competition has a fourth club on the fixture, if not, many players would miss out playing each week.

From designing training sessions to rounding up players, organizing fundraisers and sponsorships or being a friend and a coach, Chlo balances it all well, ensuring to still prioritize her special education teaching at the local high school in a remote town in Broken Hill.

Regardless of a smaller competition, and a smaller team Chlo makes the time to do things with the girls during and after the footy season, whether it’s a dinner or lunch, or a walk and talk Chlo is always there for her team when any of them need her. Chlo has made an obvious positive impact on the young girls in the team and this can be seen when they excel on the footy field but also off the field. The youth girls team are so grateful to have you Chlo, thank you for being you ✨

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight🌟

Emily is both an amazing assistant coach and player for Yarra Junction Football Club, leading the team from both on and off the field, with a team that constantly struggles for numbers due to the number of women's teams in the surrounding towns.

Emily has forged the way in making sure the club in an all-inclusive space for new players and has encouraged and support many women to join the team that have not played football before. Helping them with skills, confidence and friendship.

Thank you for being a driving force out a Yarra Junction Emily 🙌

If you know a coach that deserves a shout out, you can head over to https://www.play.afl/coach/womens-coaching-month and give them some recognition today!

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight🌟
Bianca is an incredibly passionate, kind, positive and hard working coach at the Phillip Island Bulldogs.

Bianca’s knowledge of the game is enormous, and devoted time with each and every under 10’s player to understand why they and what skills they want to learn. Improving the teams skillset and playability beyond words. But it’s not just about on field skills, she oozes sportsmanship and her leadership and team mentality have every player and parent proud of their game ✨

While working hard on field, Bianca makes just as big and impact behind the scenes, having the well-being and safety of the players at the forefront, especially ensuring that the girls feel included within the mixed teams.

Thank you Bianca, and keep up the amazing work 😁

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight 🌟

Rennie has been a welcome addition to Busselton Football Club, transitioning from football from netball when the first Busselton women's side was formed. Rennie has always shown leadership qualities while competing after becoming pregnant with her first child, the club was lucky enough that she put her hand up to be the Senior Women’s Coach.

Previously being chosen to play in the South West Inaugural team and the WA Women's State team in 2021, Rennie has a wealth of knowledge and experience which is evident in her coaching style and ability.

After the birth of her daughter mid season, Rennie worked hard to get her way back into the playing group, and if juggling a new baby and training wasn’t enough, she was still committed to fulfil the Head Coach role and take her team to win the first ever Women's Premiership for Busselton Football Club! Rennie is coaching this season 2023 and her team has some young talent that she has taken on the challenge to fit into the group, with a strong team and a powerhouse coach, her side is standing a tally of 0 loses for the season 👏

Rennie has been appointed the assistant coach of the Women’s WA State team for 2023, and has continued to play on the field, while juggling her work and family life as well as being an amazing role model for young women with Football aspirations on and off the field. How lucky that the women and girls of Busselton have someone like Rennie to look up to 🙌

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight 🌟

Georgia is the Head Coach for the Grade A Girls at Vermont Football Club Inc. A passionate and talented footballer herself, Georgia has taken up coaching for the first time this year. And WOW, what a coach she has been, with the ability to share her skills and knowledge with girls in a similar wavelength 👏

Georgia is a great leader and mentor on so many levels and has earnt respect by teaching the team to be good people playing good footy, and having fun.

Georgia has introduced many initiatives into the club and team including NAIDOC week, committing to an acknowledgement to country prior to each game and supporting the education about indigenous heritage and the meaning of wearing Indigenous designs.

As well as promoting a supportive, respectful and nurturing environment where players can be themselves! Georgia’s first year coaching and she has been a terrific leader, mentor, and coach and this can be shown both behind the scenes and on the scoreboard, finishing top of the EFNL ladder and ready for finals 🤝

Another multiple-nomination getter, keep smashing it Georgia!

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight 🌟

Kaitlin is one very dedicated coach of the women’s side at Maroubra Saints Juniors AFC. Through the wins and losses, thick and thin, Kaitlin continues to encourage and inspire the girls every weekend on the field and during training 🙌

Loved by the whole team, who feel so lucky to have a young female coach leading their team forward. And Kaitlin doesn’t stop there, also supporting training and coaching for other age groups at the club too. Kaitlin is a great role model, and her contributions to Maroubra Saints do not go unnoticed. Keep kicking goals Katlin!

A shout out to some of the other amazing coaches Maroubra Saints have been highlighting as part of Women's Coaching Month.

If you know a coach that deserves a shout out, you can head over to https://www.play.afl/coach/womens-coaching-month and give them some recognition today!

🌟 Women's Coaching Month Spotlight 🌟

Jaydene is the Under 12’s Coach at North Bendigo Junior Football Club. And as a proud Indigenous woman and strong leader within the community Jaydene has prioritized creating a culturally safe and inclusive place for young boys and girls to participate across the Bendigo Junior Football League.

A health practitioner by day, an active North Bendigo Women’s football player and U12’s Coach by night, Jaydene gives it all to everything and does this out of the passion she has for her community.

Jaydene was the driving force for the very first Junior Indigenous round to celebrate NAIDOC week is 2023, and has built partnerships with organisations to create this community event to celebrate the inclusiveness with the junior North Bendigo Football League 🖤💛❤️

Jaydene is continually showing amazing leadership within the community and demonstrating equality and diversity within the junior football league and broader community, the high percentage of indigenous players and female players are a testament to the environment Jaydene has created at the club. Including encouraging mothers and female carers to join in and support the children with practice and with game day, bringing the half time oranges, being first aids volunteers and fundraising events.

Thank you for all you do, Jaydene ✨

If you know a coach that deserves a shout out, you can head over to https://www.play.afl/coach/womens-coaching-month and give them some recognition today!

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight🌟

Amanda is a big contributor at Bribie Island AFL Club, wearing many hats as a coach, committee member, team manager, plus any other job that’s needs to be done Amanda will put her hand up to do 👏

Her love and passion for football paired with her upmost professionalism, is a constant support for her club and community. And that passion goes beyond the club, Amanda was given the opportunity to coach the girls AFL team at Banksia Beach School, who last year were winners against 300 other schools in the state 🏆

Amanda gives it her all, and the women and girls in the community are so lucky to have someone like Amanda to look up to.

If you know a coach that deserves a shout out, you can head over to https://www.play.afl/coach/womens-coaching-month and give them some recognition today!

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight🌟

Charlie is the female coordinator and year 8 girls coach at Myponga Sellicks Football Club and has given blood, sweat and tears to ensure a female team was able to get off the ground. Encountering many obstacles along the way, her passion and determination came to fruition with the clubs first ever female Under 17’s and Open Women's teams this year in 2023.

With minimal resources and lack of volunteers, Charlie liaised with the league, undertook all administration, recruited players, coaches, game day volunteers, managed the guernsey design, managed all PlayHQ requirements, sought sponsorship, all whilst coaching her under 17’s team 🤯

At only 21 years of age, Charlie has made the game possible for so many women and girls in her community. The team and community could not be prouder of her and are looking forward to what the next few seasons hold ✨

Charlie means a lot to the people of Myponga-Sellicks Football Club, and her multiple nominations have absolutely spoken for themselves. Well done Charlie 👏

If you know a coach that deserves a shout out, you can head over to https://www.play.afl/coach/womens-coaching-month and give them some recognition today!

🌟Women's Coaching Month Spotlight🌟

Jess has made quite the impact at Mitcham Football Club as the Senior Womens Head Coach. Jess is a phenomenal player yet, doesn’t let her current injury hold back the impression she has made on the club. The space Jess has created for every player to grow and develop in an inclusive and equal environment is beyond her years ✨

Jess has a very strong will to ensure that the next generation of players have an exciting outlook and pathway and is a beacon of support for Mitcham’s under 16's girls team. Giving them the opportunity to train with the senior group, allowing these young girls to enjoy an unbelievable footy experience and also have an amazing pathway and future connections should they continue to play. Her impact doesn’t stop there, this season Jess accepted a role to be in the coaching group for the EFNL interleague under 14 Boys team which just completed their carnival over Kings birthday weekend.

The young players at Mitcham are so fortunate to have someone to look up to like Jess and be able to enjoy their footy experience in a supportive and growth minded environment no matter of their gender, skill level, age, you’re always welcome in Jess’ team 👏

If you know a coach that deserves a shout out, you can head over to https://www.play.afl/coach/womens-coaching-month and give them some recognition today!

Are you coaching players with disability this season?

AllPlay (Monash University) and the AFL have created the AllPlay Footy Disability Inclusion Coaching Course to help you learn how to be an inclusive coach 🙌

Sign up at CoachAFL for FREE to complete the course so that you can support all young people to play, regardless of ability.

Log into your CoachAFL Account and check it out here➡️ https://afl.androgogic.com.au/