Matt Zurbo continues his series junior coaching. Here’s his suggestion on what to do if a kid feels like quitting.
Kids5: Supporters’ awards
September 11, 2015 by 6 Comments
Matt Zurbo continues his series on coaching young footballers. Here’s another suggestion – which doesn’t cost much.
Kids4: Empty Nights
September 10, 2015 by 6 Comments
What does Matt Zurbo suggest when hardly any players turn up for training?
Kids 3. Body Language
September 9, 2015 by 4 Comments
Matt Zurbo’s writings on coaching kids continues. Part three is about body language; “Coaching kids who are losing each week is the best challenge there is in football… You have to speak from your ribs. You have to believe, or there’s no point at all.”
Kids 2. First Give Them Fire
September 8, 2015 by 1 Comment
Matt Zurbo on coaching juniors: Part 2. “The biggest mistake you can make is treating them like kids…”
Kids 1
September 7, 2015 by 5 Comments
Matt Zurbo begins a 15-part series on coaching kids. Here’s some suggestions which I suspect you wouldn’t have thought of before. [Wish you were my coach Old Dog – Ed]
This series will run Monday-Friday for three weeks.
I Hate a Mob
June 23, 2015 by 20 Comments
Matt Zurbo with some thoughts on the booing of Adam Goodes .
Round 7 – Sydney v Geelong: Today and Then and Football
May 19, 2015 by 8 Comments
Old Dogs watches Sydney and Geelong go at it and wonders how a foreigner would view the spectacle.
2015 ICC World Cup – Final: For Love of Underdogs and the Australian Way (and Blog – add your comments)
March 29, 2015 by 41 Comments
Matt Zurbo argues the case that, if you’re really in touch with what it means to be Australian, then you’ll be barracking for New Zealand today.
What do you reckon? Add your pre-game comments. And join in the conversation during the game.
Moments and Friendships
March 10, 2015 by 6 Comments
A sunburnt Old Dog just kicks back every now and then and thinks about what’s been going on and who he’s bumped in to and what’s coming up. Another footy season approaches and the oval hardness may be too much for one sprinkler. [I love a good Zurbo refelction – Ed]
A skill that can’t be measured
January 28, 2015 by 17 Comments
Stan Alves turns it around and asks Matt Zurbo a question. A good one too. [Old Dog with some of his trademark footy-thinking]
So This is Christmas: Old Dog’s Top 10 of 2014
December 24, 2014 by 8 Comments
Good will: for the beer of it. That, and other terrific lines from one of the Knackery’s Henry Lawsons. A travelling minstrel. Observing. And sensing what matters. Thanks Old Dog.
Simon Black and the things that count
November 19, 2014 by 8 Comments
In writing his book, Old Dog spends some time with Simon Black. The conversation reminds him of an old footy story.
Simplifying Football
October 29, 2014 by 10 Comments
Ben Rutten has inspired this piece because Old Dog loves backmen. He loves watching backmen. He hates how they’re ignored when votes are awarded. He doesn’t like how stats rule – and he points out a ripper stat about the Swans premiership back line
No Skills Required
October 15, 2014 by 4 Comments
Old Dog recalls a footy-less warm-up. [Ray Wilson and his Uni Blacks are onto something – Ed]
Buddy v Royce
September 24, 2014 by 6 Comments
This is an intriguing experiment. Old Dog, thinking creatively, again.
Ruck-a-Muck
September 20, 2014 by 24 Comments
Matt Zurbo on the significance of ruckmen and their influence on games. [Top stuff – Ed]
As featured the the Age sports section today.
AFL Round 18 – Hawthorn v Sydney: The Slap
July 28, 2014 by 5 Comments
Old Dog watches one of the best AFL games he’s seen in years – taking in the skill in the face of pressure and the fact that it was the frenzied chaos we value so much.
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