07-10-2023, 08:43 AM
(07-10-2023, 08:17 AM)Lods link Wrote:Hit out to advantage at 0.08 sec ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix_tPTv-wZQ
It's interesting I've been watching a few clips of Nicholls and Polly Farmer.
Farmer in particular had a habit of taking the ball from the ruck and hand-balling it to a team-mate.
Its a tactic that if you had the sort of ruck dominance Freo had yesterday may have served them better...or even the big whack forward.
2 things.
1. Great vid. Its funny the Pittonet tap i was trying to remember looked very similar to the first highlight you saw from big nick. A big round arm over the shoulder into the breadbasket of a teammate.
2. The 'dominance' of a ruck is something that we do not see enough of. Pittonet uses his strength to physical move his opponents out of the way. The grabbing out of the ruck is definitely a sign of dominance that is under utilised. Ironically its more the key forwards who use that tactic, ala Hawkins. The punch forward also seems to be lost to the game for some reason. This is something that can be arranged pre-game as a set play. 'The 3rd centre bounce of each quarter is going to get thumped forward' or whatever 'tell' you wanna use to communicate to your teammates.*
As a former wicket-keeper, i had to know what my bowlers were going to bowl and when. There were a number of signals that were used, some super simply. When a bloke adjusted the chain around his next - wrong-un. When i guy lifted his bowling arm and adjusted his clingy shirt to that shoulder at the top of his run, slower ball. Nobody else knew there was even a signal happening. Same SHOULD be going on at the footy.