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Chayce Jones. Guy in the middle is Jack Bytel. Both academy members training with us like Balta did last year.Who is wearing 33 there?
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Chayce Jones. Guy in the middle is Jack Bytel. Both academy members training with us like Balta did last year.Who is wearing 33 there?
I'd say I'd like the latter to be at the club next year but I think we'd be pretty s**t if it were to eventuateChayce Jones. Guy in the middle is Jack Bytel. Both academy members training with us like Balta did last year.
Bytel reminds me of Will Brodie, I'll be suprised if he lasts to our pick but considering Fogarty went outside the top 10 this year it's not impossibleI'd say I'd like the latter to be at the club next year but I think we'd be pretty s**t if it were to eventuate
So whats the deal with the academy these kids are in? Do we not have any rights to them at all? If so, whats the point of having them train with us??Bytel reminds me of Will Brodie, I'll be suprised if he lasts to our pick but considering Fogarty went outside the top 10 this year it's not impossible
The players selected in the AFL Academy are considered the best group of players for the their draft, this has been going on for years where some of the players from the academy go to each AFL team to train, Myles Poholke trained with us from the 2016 draft and Noah Balta trained with us from this years draft. It benefits the kids in getting to train with elite players and pick their brains while it gives guys like Dodoro more information on those players to see how they do training at the elite level.So whats the deal with the academy these kids are in? Do we not have any rights to them at all? If so, whats the point of having them train with us??
Never knew this was a thing. ThanksThe players selected in the AFL Academy are considered the best group of players for the their draft, this has been going on for years where some of the players from the academy go to each AFL team to train, Myles Poholke trained with us from the 2016 draft and Noah Balta trained with us from this years draft. It benefits the kids in getting to train with elite players and pick their brains while it gives guys like Dodoro more information on those players to see how they do training at the elite level.
If the article is correct it's very dissapointing only 6 players ran a faster time than 6:44.
I think I remember last year Zaka and Colyer both broke their mark of 6:30.
Bit of Bismack Biyombo and Thon Maker about him.Fridge is looking cut. How he's only 19 is beyond me.
just a bit of a thing I've noticed
lots of the regular preseason pics from other clubs in camp lugging tyres, leaping sand dunes, crawling thru mud and what not
we seem to be doing our pre season with ball in hand, I like it.
does this imply we are honing our team for a tilt at the pointy end? no more bulk athletic training practices off site in swamps - we are learning strategy and skills as we build our base this year?
Or maybe our skills haven't been up to it and they decided we really need to focus on skills under fatigue and under pressure. As long as we're working as hard as we would be on a training camp I've got no issues with it.just a bit of a thing I've noticed
lots of the regular preseason pics from other clubs in camp lugging tyres, leaping sand dunes, crawling thru mud and what not
we seem to be doing our pre season with ball in hand, I like it.
does this imply we are honing our team for a tilt at the pointy end? no more bulk athletic training practices off site in swamps - we are learning strategy and skills as we build our base this year?
Or maybe our skills haven't been up to it and they decided we really need to focus on skills under fatigue and under pressure. As long as we're working as hard as we would be on a training camp I've got no issues with it.
just a bit of a thing I've noticed
lots of the regular preseason pics from other clubs in camp lugging tyres, leaping sand dunes, crawling thru mud and what not
we seem to be doing our pre season with ball in hand, I like it.
does this imply we are honing our team for a tilt at the pointy end? no more bulk athletic training practices off site in swamps - we are learning strategy and skills as we build our base this year?
Or maybe our skills haven't been up to it and they decided we really need to focus on skills under fatigue and under pressure. As long as we're working as hard as we would be on a training camp I've got no issues with it.
As long as we are not in bed with the Dark Army I'm ok with it.I prefer it.
I reckon you go in stages. The boot camp bs is for younger squads who need to forge bonds and get to know one another (we cover that with our tiwi camp with the new ones)
We could be in stage 2, we know each other, we are ready for a tilt, lets get ball in hand, run like hell and run our plays, all summer.
While we’re at it, whatever happened to those high altitude jaunts in the U.S? Always wondered why most team pro sports ensure pre season training in warm climates, yet here were AFL clubs going to ice cold mountain areas. Simply because Pies has some success one year.
From memory; the benefits of altitude training don't really last enough to be still persisting by the time the season starts, and the additional difficulty from heat / humidity creates a similar(ish) increase in training difficulty, whilst being accessible significantly cheaper and closer to home.
So the theory the Pies used was sound, but the practicality of it ongoing is what kind of killed it for the clubs.
just a bit of a thing I've noticed
lots of the regular preseason pics from other clubs in camp lugging tyres, leaping sand dunes, crawling thru mud and what not
we seem to be doing our pre season with ball in hand, I like it.
does this imply we are honing our team for a tilt at the pointy end? no more bulk athletic training practices off site in swamps - we are learning strategy and skills as we build our base this year?
Just how complicated are these game plans you speak of??No fan of boot camps because that's one week less to work on game plan and skills.
He came off being carried by trainers on Monday I think. Worried about a knee injury. My mate was at training on the 11th so I'm not sure if he has been on the track since then.Any track watchers for Stringer?
He came off being carried by trainers on Monday I think. Worried about a knee injury. My mate was at training on the 11th so I'm not sure if he has been on the track since then.