What an extremely lovable campaigner cotch is.
Thank God Carlton won the kreuzer kup
We wouldn't be where we are today if things had been different.
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What an extremely lovable campaigner cotch is.
Thank God Carlton won the kreuzer kup
Who is this Cotch people are occupied with in the Jack the greatest graham thread
I could roost a torp back in the day. Very strange that you can have players like Quinlan, Blight etc who could kick a torp at the drop of a hat, yet players today who are full time footballers don't have the time to learn how to do it. 55m out a torp makes the distance most times, not many drop punts do.Hehe, mongrel floaters are always a highlight!
I grew up kicking drop-kicks in my youngest footy years, was a brilliant way to drill a pass that never went above chest/shoulder height in flight, especially on a windy day. Torp's were practiced regularly - I think it's a real shame the drop punt has almost taken over completely. Practicing all the styles of kicking made you a better kick overall, IMO. You can't begin to kick a proper drop-kick without getting your head fully over the ball and kicking right through it, which is the best technique for drop-punts too.
Blasphemer!Who is this Cotch people are occupied with in the Jack the greatest graham thread
Reckon the demise of the Torp coincided with no set positions in footy anymore and more running in the game taking the energy out of the legs of footballers..I could roost a torp back in the day. Very strange that you can have players like Quinlan, Blight etc who could kick a torp at the drop of a hat, yet players today who are full time footballers don't have the time to learn how to do it. 55m out a torp makes the distance most times, not many drop punts do.
The drop kick, loved it, but we are showing our age now.
I could roost a torp back in the day. Very strange that you can have players like Quinlan, Blight etc who could kick a torp at the drop of a hat, yet players today who are full time footballers don't have the time to learn how to do it. 55m out a torp makes the distance most times, not many drop punts do.
The drop kick, loved it, but we are showing our age now.
I could roost a torp back in the day. Very strange that you can have players like Quinlan, Blight etc who could kick a torp at the drop of a hat, yet players today who are full time footballers don't have the time to learn how to do it. 55m out a torp makes the distance most times, not many drop punts do.
The drop kick, loved it, but we are showing our age now.
Torps are far far easier to kick with the old Ross Faulkner ball, not so easy with the Sherrin , although easier to kick a drop punt.
there used to be two balls offered by umpires , the captain chose (usually a mid fielder), bias towards field kicking drop punts and eventually Sherrin won out
Nice insight mateTorps are far far easier to kick with the old Ross Faulkner ball, not so easy with the Sherrin , although easier to kick a drop punt.
there used to be two balls offered by umpires , the captain chose (usually a mid fielder), bias towards field kicking drop punts and eventually Sherrin won out
Thats why Hafey said to the players no sext the night before the game " taking the energy out of the legs of footballers..:Reckon the demise of the Torp coincided with no set positions in footy anymore and more running in the game taking the energy out of the legs of footballers..
Still can recall PMcKenna kicking a torp for goal on the boundary 20meter out and nailing it...dead eye dicks!...none of this banana sheet!
I never liked the RF balls and their shape was slightly more 'fatter' than the sherrin and they felt softerTorps are far far easier to kick with the old Ross Faulkner ball, not so easy with the Sherrin , although easier to kick a drop punt.
there used to be two balls offered by umpires , the captain chose (usually a mid fielder), bias towards field kicking drop punts and eventually Sherrin won out
I sort of was
No, your just too soft!I never liked the RF balls and their shape was slightly more 'fatter' than the sherrin and they felt softer
You can understand why Carlton went after him last year....
I remember Gerard Healy explaining this on radio. He said captains (trend towards midfielders) more often than not, chose the Sherrin because accuracy of drop punt. Narrower ball spinning , allowing better control in passing . So after some time, ALF just went with the one maker. Its a pity. Imagine it would make pretty an interesting game now if the swapped back! Please feel free to suggest it to SHocking...Nice insight mate
Any idea why this is the case?
Mainly just because of the shape?
Yes 100% because of the shape. The RF was 'fatter', more surface area than the Sherrin to 'spin the ball on the tip to tip axis of the ball (if that makes sense) . whereas the Sherrin , the opposite (so easier to spin along the centre axis doing the drop punt). And all the variations of banana etc.Nice insight mate
Any idea why this is the case?
Mainly just because of the shape?
We used to kick torps with balls of all sorts, new old even rugby balls. I've seen my son when he was 14 dropping them. But then they stop, only for mucking around at practice. Might be slightly harder with a Sherrin, but when you are 55m out and the siren has gone, what have you got to lose, if they practiced. As you said, Dusty can do it because he knows he can (do just about anything on the footy field).Yes 100% because of the shape. The RF was 'fatter', more surface area than the Sherrin to 'spin the ball on the tip to tip axis of the ball (if that makes sense) . whereas the Sherrin , the opposite (so easier to spin along the centre axis doing the drop punt). And all the variations of banana etc.
Mind you, Dusty is the master of all this. The goals he kicked in that last game last year were brilliant exponent of physics
I remember a class in maths at school (a very long time ago) where the teacher was explaining that full time Russian Olympic athletes were way ahead of the rest because they were studying all the physics of all things such as ball movement, and blown away with it. We discussed physics of kicking the footy (didn't help me much unfortunately)...
Jimmy Jess was a master of the torp. Boy could he roost it.Reckon the demise of the Torp coincided with no set positions in footy anymore and more running in the game taking the energy out of the legs of footballers..
Still can recall PMcKenna kicking a torp for goal on the boundary 20meter out and nailing it...dead eye dicks!...none of this banana sheet!
in WA the 'burley' brand was all the rage. magnificent ball to kick. pretty sure its stilll the preferred brand in the waffle.I remember Gerard Healy explaining this on radio. He said captains (trend towards midfielders) more often than not, chose the Sherrin because accuracy of drop punt. Narrower ball spinning , allowing better control in passing . So after some time, ALF just went with the one maker. Its a pity. Imagine it would make pretty an interesting game now if the swapped back! Please feel free to suggest it to SHocking...
Burley is still the one in both WA and now SA...in WA the 'burley' brand was all the rage. magnificent ball to kick. pretty sure its stilll the preferred brand in the waffle.
We used to kick torps with balls of all sorts, new old even rugby balls.
And the brown plastic ones..... enough nostalgia I think.Hehe, yep, was bloody hard going with the mini footies!