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Examples please. Please.They will be.
Watching him run midfield drills under Choco was s**t scary and uplifting. Couple of poignant moments i wont forget.
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Examples please. Please.They will be.
Watching him run midfield drills under Choco was s**t scary and uplifting. Couple of poignant moments i wont forget.
I don't know about you but I would think having Choco and Walsh barking orders at you would make me be fully focussed and run hard!They will be.
Watching him run midfield drills under Choco was s**t scary and uplifting. Couple of poignant moments i wont forget.
Examples please. Please.
I know I'm re-raising an observation I've already made, but we're going back to an anaerobic run all day type fitness program? Funny how footy goes in full circles. In 2012 it was all about bulk, now it's back to where we started.
Perhaps when the next footy trend comes around we should just stick it out for a few years and then we'll be ahead of the pack.
He's big on brutal tackling in the midfield and also elite hands under pressure so he used to run this drill with the midfield group where it was all about copping a hit and inside hands to improve handballs at stoppages. There was one rookie list player who kept either handballing around the outside or looping handballs over the packs and he tore strips off him a couple of times. But not just ranting, real direct messages about why this was important and that he'd never make it if he couldnt do these types of tasks. Got sent to the sidelines to watch it done. Then was given a vest and made the go-to player again, and again, and again until he understood what was going on. Turned out alright.
Very big on motivation, positive reinforcement and praise, especially with young players. A couple years later using a similar drill and there was a first year player who was copping an absolute hammering, probably the most brutal training drill ive seen but was hitting the targets with the handballs and he pretty much made Choco stop the rest of the training so all the lads could get around him and gave him some huge praise in front of the group.
Big on positive reinforcement, big on praise, but look out if you are slacking off or doing the wrong thing.
anyone who can't can piss off right now for all I care.Lets not forget how precious our players are. Will they handle it?
Great to see he landed a job and has actually become a pharmacist. I went through with him during Uni back in 2002 and we thought he'd never finish. Big fella. Chicks loved him. Haha.
Thanks for sharing mate - stoked with those stories.Pearce is the first one. Boak is the second one.
There needs to be a button for 'dislike' .I wish we'd kept LJ now
There needs to be a button for 'dislike' .
I think you've misunderstood, I don't want him humiliated, I want the player we all know is there to be pushed to get the maximum out of him. He'd be a damn fine player if he pulled him finger out.What does it say about us when we like to watch other people being denigrated or to laugh at them in their discomfort?
Most old guys can relate to being a young guy. It usually happened to them once.but but the coach needs to be able to relate to the younger players!!
Phil is older than Craigy was
Thanks for sharing mate - stoked with those stories.
What's his biggest area of concern in taking the top job from your perspective?
I think you've misunderstood, I don't want him humiliated, I want the player we all know is there to be pushed to get the maximum out of him. He'd be a damn fine player if he pulled him finger out.
All good, don't think Sando would have pushed him, not sure if he was there for craigy?He's had that many opportunities, I can't see Walsh would have the slightest effect on his 'training' standards.
I've been studying reality tv and society at uni at the moment, so this whole laughing at others is at the forefront of my mind, so my assumption on what you said. Happy to be corrected
There needs to be a button for 'dislike' .
He's had that many opportunities, I can't see Walsh would have the slightest effect on his 'training' standards.
I've been studying reality tv and society at uni at the moment, so this whole laughing at others is at the forefront of my mind, so my assumption on what you said. Happy to be corrected
Good observation and I've thought the same over the last couple of years.For me personally one aspect of Walsh's coaching that I'll be watching closely and feel will be important - both tactically and symbolically - is his use of Scott Thompson. I know Thommo's a club legend and been a terrific player for a long time but I've had the creeping suspicion these past couple of years that it's been more about him (getting a game when injured, getting a possession) than the team...which I know is a big accusation to make.
If Walsh is true to his word of team-first and taking a longer-term approach to build a winning squad then I want to see Thommo playing less games and when he does play being more accountable defensively and spending less time in the centre square so the likes of Lyon, Grigg and the Crouches can get a fair crack. I for one don't think we'll lose much, if anything, in the short term and will gain in the long term...but doing this without causing dissension in the ranks relies on Thommo understanding and accepting that this is the best thing for the team and supporting it 100%.
exactly what is needed i feelBig on positive reinforcement, big on praise, but look out if you are slacking off or doing the wrong thing.
Good observation and I've thought the same over the last couple of years.
I think we all accept our elite players are just that, and we also accept that improvement must come from below.
However the harsh analysis stops there - apart from the ritual whipping of fringe players. There's a whole category of player that escapes the spotlight but they are the real problem.
In the last 2 years Thommo has been at the forefront of that group, together with MacKay and this year Hendo.
I think you can in context of his reduced effectiveness over the last 2 years.You can't bundle Thommo in the same basket as Mackay and Hendo. Not in any context.