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(04-05-2022, 06:03 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:I have a theory on this. Some people over think it.
Have you ever just reacted instinctively and surprised yourself? I have on the sports field a lot. Hell, the more I listen to my instincts the better served I am.
The more I think about it, the more nervous, worked up, and then ultimately suffering is the only result. I think this is what star wars talked about when discussing light and dark side. (04-05-2022, 06:15 AM)LP link Wrote:This is very true, I've had some high level success in different sports, and the best advice I ever got and that I could ever pass on is to always deliver it cold. Act like you've been there before, seen it before, and that you belong there. It's amazing how that mindset can calm you into a high level of performance.
I've also heard this is one of the biggest benefits of visualising the contest prior to the actual event, it tricks / makes you feel you are in a familiar environment. I'll put it in a slightly different way. It's impossible for humans to think their way through complex movements. Otherwise, the brainiest people would be the best sportspeople. If we try to work through a list of 10 or so separate things when we kick, for instance, we'll lose any fluency. We'll be like a meccano man.
In order to master complex movements, we have to "download" the checklist of actions into muscle memory. Then we keep 1 thing in mind such as "make sure you drop the ball in line with your kicking foot rather than between your legs" and that can help to a degree.
So, practice (or perfect practice as Ron Barassi said) is the key to developing a natural and fluent action in kicking or any other skill you might want to master.
Batsmen and tennis players often recover their natural motions by "opening their shoulders" and just letting loose.
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(04-05-2022, 06:46 AM)tonyo link Wrote:Chol did kick 3 goals last week. Do not underestimate.
In the last quarter when the game was done.
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Gold Coast is clearly a danger game for us. They have a lot of high draft picks who are highly talented. We have had a history of not turning up against. Lost to North Melbourne Gold Coast and Collingwood last season, lost to Hawthorn and Adelaide the previous season and I think we have had a history of consistently losing to bottom four sides over the past few years. even when we are not a bottom four side. As I have said in the past, losers lose because they lose, winners win because they win. We were lucky to get away with a win last week against, not that I thought Hawthorn deserved to win, but because we stopped playing smart and started playing lazy and dumb. The ball bobbled out a couple of times to Hawthorn players in the final minute but Weitering was able to intervene and save us. Our midfield should overpower Gold Coast and our forwards should be able to kick enough goals to win. However, what we should do and what we actually do do has been a large gap recently.
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(04-06-2022, 04:55 AM)Blue Moon link Wrote:Gold Coast is clearly a danger game for us. They have a lot of high draft picks who are highly talented. We have had a history of not turning up against. Lost to North Melbourne Gold Coast and Collingwood last season, lost to Hawthorn and Adelaide the previous season and I think we have had a history of consistently losing to bottom four sides over the past few years. even when we are not a bottom four side. As I have said in the past, losers lose because they lose, winners win because they win. We were lucky to get away with a win last week against, not that I thought Hawthorn deserved to win, but because we stopped playing smart and started playing lazy and dumb. The ball bobbled out a couple of times to Hawthorn players in the final minute but Weitering was able to intervene and save us. Our midfield should overpower Gold Coast and our forwards should be able to kick enough goals to win. However, what we should do and what we actually do do has been a large gap recently. Agree that in the past we have benevolently ran teams and players into form. This is a test for for us and will show if we have indeed changed our spots under Voss. Providing we don't take them lightly, we should win comfortably.
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(04-06-2022, 07:10 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Agree that in the past we have benevolently ran teams and players into form. This is a test for for us and will show if we have indeed changed our spots under Voss. Providing we don't take them lightly, we should win comfortably.
Yes, despite only relatively few new faces on the ground, we have a very different team this season. Clearly, there's still work to be done to iron out a few flaws in our play and we have a few blokes who could come into the team and strengthen it. The fact that there's genuine competition for a spot in the 22 should mean 100% effort from everyone and, more importantly, there seems to be a real pride in wearing navy blue. I don't think we'll give Gold Coast a sniff.
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Durdin out with Covid...... enter Motlop?? Timing is everything!!!
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(04-06-2022, 08:25 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Durdin out with Covid...... enter Motlop?? Timing is everything!!! Here's your chance kid
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(04-06-2022, 08:27 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Here's your chance kid
Reckon he'll take it.
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Anyone who has had Covid or knows someone who has (don't we all!!) will know that after the 7 day isolation, you can still feel weak, lethargic and just 'off colour' for a while. We are expecting the likes of Cerra, Martin, Saad, etc who may have had it, to do their 7 days and come back match fit and ready to go. It's not going to always work that way......
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(04-06-2022, 09:13 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Anyone who has had Covid or knows someone who has (don't we all!!) will know that after the 7 day isolation, you can still feel weak, lethargic and just 'off colour' for a while. We are expecting the likes of Cerra, Martin, Saad, etc who may have had it, to do their 7 days and come back match fit and ready to go. It's not going to always work that way...... True. However, Cerra and Martin should be better this week. Saad will be better the week after.
That said, Saad is still probably a better bet than Boyd at the moment. However, we will have to manage his game time.
One of the big issues we face is the fitness of Pittonet. He has been a major factor in our centre square resurgence. If he doesn't come up, then we have to manage Witts, who has played well against us before and is very tall. Do we play Mirkov? The lad has made a lot of improvements, but is he ready yet for senior footy?
Jack did the job last year at times, but Witts is more than 10 cm taller. Tom de Koning would be our primary ruck, no matter what happens.
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