AFLW - General discussion thread

[Thryleon]

There 0.5s difference between men and women at the Olympic 100m, and the girls run the marathon in 2hr 15m which is not far off men at 2hr 01m.

I doubt you could even notice the difference on a football field without video analysis, unless it was a straight up footrace from FB to FF!

Probably the biggest visible issue is kicking power, but it's improving all the time. Regardless about 50% of all kicks for both men and women are wasted.

Don't look at elite athletes from both genders in a very specific discipline regarding covering the ground for less than 15 seconds in one sprint.

Marathon runners:

https://www.verywellfit.com/what-is-a-go...on-2911426

In terms of average marathon times, the median marathon finishing time in 2016 for men in U.S. marathons was 4:22:07 (9:59 minutes per mile pace), according to Running USA. The median finishing time for women was 4:47:40 (10:58 minutes per mile pace).  Thats a 20% variance in performance over the course of the marathon.  During each Mile we are talking about 10% variance in pace.

Keeping all that in mind, AFLW is in its 3rd season.  Even their most seasoned players are 3rd year in the system.  The AFL players are career footballers by comparison.  They have been through a junior system that has been aimed at producing an elite AFL footballer and competition for spots has been quite different when compared to females.

The result is you are comparing an elite male marathoner, vs a female marathoner who might only be going at Median pace.  THAT is the difference I am thinking is going to be significant here.


So, contrasting that with this link about the fastest marathoners ever:

https://www.runnersworld.com/races-place...n-courses/

I get it, they are relative to each others competition, but these things shouldnt be disregarded.  When playing on grounds like Icon park, this is a massive variance for these girls to contend with.

Food for thought:

http://www.stpats.vic.edu.au/en/news/art...shield-fi/

St Patrick’s College 10.12 (72) d Essendon Keilor College 6.7 (43)

Names of some of the players that played that day:  Daniel Rioli, Jacob Hopper

Now these guys played down at Port Melbourne as year 12's. 

Is that an average score??  I don't know.  I can't answer that, but compared to AFL mens, its not a big score.



Coming back to compare the mens vs womens, check out that actual statistics (to lessen bias, I will look at the stats for one round in each year):


https://www.afl.com.au/stats

AFL Mens Round 1, 2018:

Avg Kicks:  212.3
Avg Handballs: 161.2
Avg Disposals: 373.5
Avg Marks: 90
Avg Hit Outs: 38.8
Avg Frees For: 20.5
Avg Frees Against: 20.6
Avg Tackles: 64.8
Avg Goals: 11.9
Avg Behinds: 11.0


AFLW  Round 1, 2018:

https://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/stats


Avg Kicks:  126.3
Avg Handballs: 61.5
Avg Disposals: 187.9
Avg Marks: 36.5
Avg Hit Outs: 24.7
Avg Frees For: 15
Avg Frees Against: 15
Avg Tackles: 60.8
Avg Goals: 4.9
Avg Behinds: 37.8