Long time BF member/Swans supporter, short term Swans forum lurker and 1st time poster!
I've done a bunch of my own analysis of the Swans new game style this season on my website, including last weekends heart breaker, so I thought I'd post one of my clips from earlier this year (West Coast flogging) for anyone that is interested.
I'm a bit of a coaching geek so happy to discuss your thoughts.
2022 for the win!
HANDBALL OPTION FROM BEHIND
Local footy hasn't really taken as much to the new man on the mark rule as much as they could in my opinion but the Swans have used it for great positive change in their ball movement and this is a great look at the intricacies of how to go about it:
McInerney makes a short pass to Rampe who takes the mark and turns away from the Eagles goal which is important because it doesn't give away what he wants to do next which is handball off.
If he faces backwards then everyone in the world knows he can only do 1 thing and that's handball back, which we used to do a lot to Lloyd but that only forces us to start transition offense from deep in our own defensive half.
Fox is the first Swans player to run past but is ignored - why you ask?
The umpire has yet to called "stand" on Darling running in to man the mark so if that handball is given there's no real advantage as he can simply apply pressure straight away.
As stated Fox is ignored and he then simply turns off towards the boundary to re-create that option-from-behind space where we can now see McInerney re-enter the picture, with Darling stuck to the ground as he man's the mark.
The handball is given and is then received in front of the man on the mark rendering him useless - you'll also see the big pockets of space either side of the ball carrier to allow this run from behind to occur.
Also on the above image you can see an Eagles player coming into screen in the top left corner, who is now drawn to McInerney, leaving 2 Sydney players unmarked along the boundary line, who are then given a heap of more space once that underlined Eagles player commits to McInerney.
That Eagles player looks to be a part of the 2nd layer of the Eagles team defense but he has now left 2 Swans players open for the short 45 kick in Wicks and Buddy, even though they get in each other's way.
I've done a bunch of my own analysis of the Swans new game style this season on my website, including last weekends heart breaker, so I thought I'd post one of my clips from earlier this year (West Coast flogging) for anyone that is interested.
I'm a bit of a coaching geek so happy to discuss your thoughts.
2022 for the win!
HANDBALL OPTION FROM BEHIND
Local footy hasn't really taken as much to the new man on the mark rule as much as they could in my opinion but the Swans have used it for great positive change in their ball movement and this is a great look at the intricacies of how to go about it:
McInerney makes a short pass to Rampe who takes the mark and turns away from the Eagles goal which is important because it doesn't give away what he wants to do next which is handball off.
If he faces backwards then everyone in the world knows he can only do 1 thing and that's handball back, which we used to do a lot to Lloyd but that only forces us to start transition offense from deep in our own defensive half.
Fox is the first Swans player to run past but is ignored - why you ask?
The umpire has yet to called "stand" on Darling running in to man the mark so if that handball is given there's no real advantage as he can simply apply pressure straight away.
As stated Fox is ignored and he then simply turns off towards the boundary to re-create that option-from-behind space where we can now see McInerney re-enter the picture, with Darling stuck to the ground as he man's the mark.
The handball is given and is then received in front of the man on the mark rendering him useless - you'll also see the big pockets of space either side of the ball carrier to allow this run from behind to occur.
Also on the above image you can see an Eagles player coming into screen in the top left corner, who is now drawn to McInerney, leaving 2 Sydney players unmarked along the boundary line, who are then given a heap of more space once that underlined Eagles player commits to McInerney.
That Eagles player looks to be a part of the 2nd layer of the Eagles team defense but he has now left 2 Swans players open for the short 45 kick in Wicks and Buddy, even though they get in each other's way.