ICT IN AUSSIE RULES (PART #2)

Reviewing the 2011 football season it was brilliant to see the development of skills and strategy over the year. ICT helped the players learn these skills through videos, questioning and discussions. It was pleasing to hear the players talk on the field with keywords used in these videos, like "Kerr-Cousins guys, Kerr-Cousin" relating to the movement of the ball down the wing and drawing an opposition player out of the play.

Obsurvey.com was also used at the half-way point to gain feedback about the football program. Keywords, strategies in the forward or defensive half, player enjoyment and the structure of training were all part of the survey. The results were an interesting mix of keywords used by coaches, gaps in some players' knowledge of extended ideas and an overwhelming emphasis on the importance of fun while playing footy!

I look forward to finding some apps to include next season and integrating iPads into the program. It is a quick and easy way of communicating game play and assessing player understanding and gain their honest feedback through anonymous survey. Go ICT!