04-24-2023, 12:16 AM
Not a great game to go to. Our daughter looked up from her ipad occassionlly when we said "look ,flashing blue lights" after we kicked a goal. She's only 7, but don't think footy is for her. She had the best afternoon of the four of us.
I think someone said that we outlplayed St Kilda and I kind of agree - it is our wastefulness that hurts. What I observed:
- A lot of kicks coming out of the backline aren't to the next players advantage when they are in space - they have to prop and go back, sideways to get the footy to then go forward again, which ruins some momentum
- When we try to play on quickly, it is almost like they don't care about what happens to their disposal. There were some horrific turnovers from just blindly playing on
- a lot of our dinky kicks put pressure on the receiver, as they are slow and have air.
- There were at least 2 times where we had the ball and ran into our own players, as well as several other times where it seemed we weren't talking to each other. This is basic U10s.
- Young in the ruck isn't the answer (not sure what the question was)
- Harry kicked a goal with a nice drop punt. Don't get why he didn't do that with the one when he was going for his 7 point play.
- Cripps needs to work on his run up with set shots. It is uneven and doesn't know where he is going to kick it from.
- JSOS say no more. Inexcusable from 20 out.
- where are the little fellas?
- need to work out what type of player the sub should be. We talk about impact - LOB isn't that. He did get 5 for the quarter, which is a good game (averaging it out), but isn't damaging in that time. Should it be the flashy? Don't know when it is going to work.
Finally, we don't run out games because we waste so much energy trying to get a goal. Everyone is coming forward and then we stuff the kick into the forward line, we don't have presence on the ground, the ball is gone and we have to run hard to get back, which is not our strong point. Not the fitness coach's problem.
I think it was in the first quarter, we had the ball and running forward and you could see the pace of the Saints player bearing down from a long way away (might have been Hill). Didn't get there, but put some good pressure on us.
I think someone said that we outlplayed St Kilda and I kind of agree - it is our wastefulness that hurts. What I observed:
- A lot of kicks coming out of the backline aren't to the next players advantage when they are in space - they have to prop and go back, sideways to get the footy to then go forward again, which ruins some momentum
- When we try to play on quickly, it is almost like they don't care about what happens to their disposal. There were some horrific turnovers from just blindly playing on
- a lot of our dinky kicks put pressure on the receiver, as they are slow and have air.
- There were at least 2 times where we had the ball and ran into our own players, as well as several other times where it seemed we weren't talking to each other. This is basic U10s.
- Young in the ruck isn't the answer (not sure what the question was)
- Harry kicked a goal with a nice drop punt. Don't get why he didn't do that with the one when he was going for his 7 point play.
- Cripps needs to work on his run up with set shots. It is uneven and doesn't know where he is going to kick it from.
- JSOS say no more. Inexcusable from 20 out.
- where are the little fellas?
- need to work out what type of player the sub should be. We talk about impact - LOB isn't that. He did get 5 for the quarter, which is a good game (averaging it out), but isn't damaging in that time. Should it be the flashy? Don't know when it is going to work.
Finally, we don't run out games because we waste so much energy trying to get a goal. Everyone is coming forward and then we stuff the kick into the forward line, we don't have presence on the ground, the ball is gone and we have to run hard to get back, which is not our strong point. Not the fitness coach's problem.
I think it was in the first quarter, we had the ball and running forward and you could see the pace of the Saints player bearing down from a long way away (might have been Hill). Didn't get there, but put some good pressure on us.