AFL Rd 23 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast in Perth

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And I will add that way too many Mark Of The Year contenders have gone to someone who took a chest mark speccy that could have been marked without the big leap and just by putting the arms up (easier said than done of course). I would like an analysis/estimation done of the highest marks taken - that is the ball caught at the highest point. Think Jezza on a ruckman's shoulders with his arms up.

There was a ground level photo of a Dawk who got launched taking a mark with arms straight up, it's luck in that the timing has to be perfect to steal vertical momentum off opponents. But the player was standing on the shoulders of another player who was also about half a body length above the flat footed ruck. That puts the marking hands 3m to 4m above the ruckmen head so 5m or 6m off the ground.