AFLW-Raising the skill level.

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It’s talent and skills but also a big mental block to be overcome.
AFLW sees some pretty big, hard hits dished out and frankly most women are not mentally ready for it.
The cows, Lions and Dees dish out loads of hard hits that batter and intimidate, they are a step above and ahead of the rest.

That's an interesting point.
I remember back in the days before a national competition watching underage football and even SANFL and thinking that the skills on display were superior to what was on show in the VFL.

It wasn't until later that I realised the skills 'looked' superior because the players in those secondary competitions had more time and less pressure applied.
The VFL was a whole step above in terms of physicality and pressure.

Even in our dark days, many of the players we were critical of, in terms of their disposal, were probably 'deadly accurate' on the training track when the pressure wasn't the same as in a match.