Aaron Fearne on Tagging Up, Special Situations, and Building Player-Led Cultures {UNC Charlotte/New Zealand NT}

Inside the Episode: Aaron Fearne

We talked about a lot more than Tagging Up with Coach Fearne in this week’s latest Slappin’ Glass Podcast. As mentioned above, Coach Fearne is highly regarded as a full 360 thinker and teacher of the game, and we were happy to explore many of those areas during our conversation including:

  • Building Player-Led Cultures
    • Techniques and Practices used in Australia and New Zealand to build dynamic cultures all year long
    • How they form “Leadership Groups” and who’s on them
    • How they define team characteristics and goals
    • Their Post-Game Analysis exercises
  • Tagging Up: See Above!
  • “Start, Sub, or Sit?!”
    • Rugby, Cricket, or Australian Rules Football
    • Attacking Ice Coverages: Flip the Screen, Release and Throw back to DHO, Attack Baseline and Hit Roller
    • Special Play Packages: SLOB, BLOB, Full Court Press Breaks
    • Playing through the Post: Top of the Key, Elbow, or Block
  • Handling Stress and Adversity as a Coach