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Not a particularly gruelling session today, as the boys were off the track by 11.15. A couple of observations:
-The rehab group consisted of Sylvia, Tapscott, Clisby and Stark. They ran multiple laps and never reached any great speed.
-Dunn and Gawn did some speed work separate to the main group. They both moved really well. Dunn later joined the main group.
-Hogan and Toumpas also worked separate to the main group. They did lots of ball work, repeat running. Hogan went on to run 5 x 200m at good speed. Hogan's hands out in front were incredible. He just did not drop anything, particularly balls kicked to him at good speed.
-Trenners was the only player I didn't see.
-Mark Neeld was also nowhere to be seen. Neil Craig ran the majority of the session.
-Two lads from the AIS Under 18 group joined in some of the training today. I didn't get their names, but one was from Vic Metro and the other was from Vic Country.
-Three AFL umpires took control of some of the full ground drills, and spent some time explaining decisions they made, and bouncing the ball at stoppage works for the mids.
-As is Neeld's game plan, the players spent a lot of time chipping the ball around the boundary line in full ground drills. They were really careful about not coughing the ball up. In fact, at one stage Tommy Mac turned the footy over coming out of defence. Craig stopped the play and made him take his kick again. Tom turned it over again, at which point Craig roared at him and made him take his kick a third time!!!
-Jack Grimes took part in the whole session and looked pretty sharp. It was good to see.
Players that caught my eye:
-Dom Barry was lightening quick, and used the footy really well. A couple of times he jumped out of the way to avoid body contact, but you'd expect that from a 67kg kid.
-Jack Viney won heaps of the footy in contested and full groud drills. His break away speed was pretty good, as was his ability to hit a target by foot.
-Chris Dawes moved well and took a couple of solid overhead marks, including a one-hander against Sellar. He looked a bit unsure about where to lead at times, but that will come as he gets to know his teammates better.
-Cam Pedersen worked hard and used his voice well. He leads at the footy and hopefully he will provide a good target for our mids.
-Tom Gillies was surprisingly mobile for a big fella, and was able to match up on smalls and talls. He made some good decisions with the footy.
-Sam Blease was in everything. At one stage he took a mark, and Jack Viney was right on top of him. Blease looked at him, turned around and took off. Viney chased him hard, but Blease left him for dead. I had to chuckle to myself. Bleasey also kicked 4 goals in an up and down the ground drill.
Enough waffle from me. If you have any questions, just fire them through.
-The rehab group consisted of Sylvia, Tapscott, Clisby and Stark. They ran multiple laps and never reached any great speed.
-Dunn and Gawn did some speed work separate to the main group. They both moved really well. Dunn later joined the main group.
-Hogan and Toumpas also worked separate to the main group. They did lots of ball work, repeat running. Hogan went on to run 5 x 200m at good speed. Hogan's hands out in front were incredible. He just did not drop anything, particularly balls kicked to him at good speed.
-Trenners was the only player I didn't see.
-Mark Neeld was also nowhere to be seen. Neil Craig ran the majority of the session.
-Two lads from the AIS Under 18 group joined in some of the training today. I didn't get their names, but one was from Vic Metro and the other was from Vic Country.
-Three AFL umpires took control of some of the full ground drills, and spent some time explaining decisions they made, and bouncing the ball at stoppage works for the mids.
-As is Neeld's game plan, the players spent a lot of time chipping the ball around the boundary line in full ground drills. They were really careful about not coughing the ball up. In fact, at one stage Tommy Mac turned the footy over coming out of defence. Craig stopped the play and made him take his kick again. Tom turned it over again, at which point Craig roared at him and made him take his kick a third time!!!
-Jack Grimes took part in the whole session and looked pretty sharp. It was good to see.
Players that caught my eye:
-Dom Barry was lightening quick, and used the footy really well. A couple of times he jumped out of the way to avoid body contact, but you'd expect that from a 67kg kid.
-Jack Viney won heaps of the footy in contested and full groud drills. His break away speed was pretty good, as was his ability to hit a target by foot.
-Chris Dawes moved well and took a couple of solid overhead marks, including a one-hander against Sellar. He looked a bit unsure about where to lead at times, but that will come as he gets to know his teammates better.
-Cam Pedersen worked hard and used his voice well. He leads at the footy and hopefully he will provide a good target for our mids.
-Tom Gillies was surprisingly mobile for a big fella, and was able to match up on smalls and talls. He made some good decisions with the footy.
-Sam Blease was in everything. At one stage he took a mark, and Jack Viney was right on top of him. Blease looked at him, turned around and took off. Viney chased him hard, but Blease left him for dead. I had to chuckle to myself. Bleasey also kicked 4 goals in an up and down the ground drill.
Enough waffle from me. If you have any questions, just fire them through.
