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I noticed an article about Paul Hood suggesting 50 metres penalties are too determinative of scoring goals.
"With very few female players in the AFLW able to kick 50 metres and goal-scoring difficult, a 50-metre penalty – which is applied in the same manner as the AFL – that results in a goal can be game- and season-changing."
I'm not sure about the logic of Hood's comments about the 50-metre penalty but he's right that scoring is a concern. And clearly there is a willingness in some quarters to tweak rules accordingly.
When we have low scores in the men's code, everyone panics and talks about the scourge of congestion. People talk about limiting interchanges, shortening the game or removing the wingers. It's an annual circle-jerk.
So this is not a gendered criticism. We have these conversations about the men's code too.
In light of that, should the game be fundamentally tweaked to promote scoring. If so, how?
Coaches will understandably coach defence first - and that contributes to low-scoring games. Is that inevitable and everyone just accepts it? Or does the women's game need to be altered to assist scoring?
Obviously you don't want to make it a Mickey Mouse game on a smaller field or by softening rules around tackling. But games of 3 goals versus 5 goals aren't good for the code. I don't mean to be a jackass who is critical for the sake of it but that should be obvious.
Should rules to be tweaked to promote scoring? If so, how?
Cats coach floats 25m penalty for AFLW as costly 50m penalties mount
Geelong AFLW coach Paul Hood wants to retain the 50-metre penalty but suggests umpires should have more discretion to pay 25-metre penalties depending on the circumstances.
www.theage.com.au
"With very few female players in the AFLW able to kick 50 metres and goal-scoring difficult, a 50-metre penalty – which is applied in the same manner as the AFL – that results in a goal can be game- and season-changing."
I'm not sure about the logic of Hood's comments about the 50-metre penalty but he's right that scoring is a concern. And clearly there is a willingness in some quarters to tweak rules accordingly.
When we have low scores in the men's code, everyone panics and talks about the scourge of congestion. People talk about limiting interchanges, shortening the game or removing the wingers. It's an annual circle-jerk.
So this is not a gendered criticism. We have these conversations about the men's code too.
In light of that, should the game be fundamentally tweaked to promote scoring. If so, how?
Coaches will understandably coach defence first - and that contributes to low-scoring games. Is that inevitable and everyone just accepts it? Or does the women's game need to be altered to assist scoring?
Obviously you don't want to make it a Mickey Mouse game on a smaller field or by softening rules around tackling. But games of 3 goals versus 5 goals aren't good for the code. I don't mean to be a jackass who is critical for the sake of it but that should be obvious.
Should rules to be tweaked to promote scoring? If so, how?