Melbourne coach, Simon Goodwin, speaks about managing stress and delegating responsibility on The Coaches' Box Podcast.

Tackle Your Feelings program psychologist, Luke Jankie, speaks about the role that community coaches play in supporting their players mental health on The Coaches' Box podcast.

We’ve got some considerations for how you and your club can support mental health to create a wellbeing game plan. Just like in a footy season where the premiership isn’t won in round one, these initiatives can be implemented across the course of a season to help you achieve sustained success. 

Tackle Your Feelings is delighted to welcome a pair of premiership coaches to the program ahead of the 2022 season. 2021 AFL premiership coach, Simon Goodwin, and, 2017 AFLW premiership coach, Bec Goddard, have joined the program as ambassadors alongside player recruits Ellie Blackburn, Steven May, Karen Paxman, Tom Barrass and Brit Bonnici. Tackle Your...

Like many, I was optimistic about a COVID free 2022, unfortunately that is not the case. The uncertainty that COVID brings can potentially bring up uncomfortable emotions.

It’s been a long time between kicks, and we are excited to see community football returning for pre-season! Whilst we are experiencing the joy of reconnecting with our teammates, dusting off the whiteboard, and re-familiarising ourselves with the scent of deep heat, many may be experiencing feelings they didn’t expect.

We started 2021 hitting the ground running. As a program, and a nation, we were fortunate to escape COVID-19 for the early parts of the year, which allowed us to deliver our program to new regions. One of the highlights from this time was our trip with King Island alongside AFL Tasmania, to deliver the...

We are pleased to announce that applications for the Tackle Your Feelings program for the 2022 season are now open.

Words by TYF Psychologist Luke Jankie This blog first appeared on Maccabiah As a fundamental rule, humans crave stability. We generally find comfort in the things that are familiar to us and thrive in situations where we feel safe. Unfortunately for us though, we’ve been living in a perpetual state of uncertainty for the best...

We’re giving away 20 Tackle Your Feelings apparel packs valued at $3,500 each! Simply tell us what your club has learnt from the TYF program to go in the draw. But, that’s not all! We also have 10 football packs (valued at $1,600) and 10 coaches’ packs (valued at $1,000) to give away as well.