AFL Player 31: Zach Reid

[Lore]

 

[ghostdog]

As a racing fan I’m always impressed with what the top agents and buyers are doing with yearlings.

With as little as a 10 second video of the horse walking, scanned with the appropriate technology, they can get a great insight into the horse’s biomechanics and compare it with an enormous database - showing what correlates with horses that have developed well physically and become elite athletes.

The very advanced tech can tell you - within a margin of error, of course - which horses are more likely to break down as they enter training and develop physically.

Of course, it’s used in combination with more basic measures such as bone scans and the trained human eye.

But I have wondered, with AFL footballers drafted so young, what is done with medical technology to get a better idea. Or is it considered unethical to treat them like animals with predictive technology.

I just had visions of Fletch's gait, then thought of someone like Mal Michael. How do they even compare to predict? And it couldn't account for gamesmanship or 'footy smarts' either.

 

[ghostdog]

What freaky websites have you been visiting?

Ugh. I glanced at your response first, then the bold type, then read "humans eat poo," casually omitting the comma. Go brain.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Imagine Collingwood didn’t draft Dane Swan

Dane Swan

Age

41

Ht

185cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.9

5star

K

16.4

5star

HB

10.4

5star

M

5.9

5star

T

3.1

5star

CL

5.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

12.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

because of his running gait analysis…

 

[Lore]

I just had visions of Fletch's gait, then thought of someone like Mal Michael. How do they even compare to predict? And it couldn't account for gamesmanship or 'footy smarts' either.

Just put a very light person on their shoulders with a riding crop. Problem solved

 

[fairbump_playon]

Imagine Collingwood didn’t draft Dane Swan because of his running gait analysis…

They made him take pingers in an MRI machine and were amazed by what they saw

 

[ghostdog]

Imagine Collingwood didn’t draft Dane Swan because of his running gait analysis…

Cale Hooker's would have been extraordinary.

 

[justlookingaround]

I am on height watch because I reckon he was still growing the last couple years.

Could you please comment on his massiveness?

Yeah he’s huge. I only realised it was him after the regular double check you do of seeing a giant

 

[eighties_bomber]

tall but soft as butter

 

[fairbump_playon]

tall but soft as butter

Hard to be hard when you do t trust your body. We will see.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I’m calling gumbleton 2.0

 

[Call Me Cake]

I’m calling gumbleton 2.0

Gumby was on the injury list for far longer than Reid was

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Gumby was on the injury list for far longer than Reid was

seems reid is destined for the same

 

[srobbo]

Let’s just see if he can get through a pre season without any issues. Won’t be holding my breathe.

 

[TheGrizz]

I am the bandwagon driver on this guy it seems.

Too many teammates think he is too talented to fail provided the body holds up. I am holding out hope as talls that big (generally ruckman) take a bit to get the body right and in AFL condition.

 

[citizen-erased]

I am the bandwagon driver on this guy it seems.

Too many teammates think he is too talented to fail provided the body holds up. I am holding out hope as talls that big (generally ruckman) take a bit to get the body right and in AFL condition.

i think thats where most the pessimism comes from.

talent is there. we need a bit of luck here (for once)

 

[Runk]

I am the bandwagon driver on this guy it seems.

Too many teammates think he is too talented to fail provided the body holds up. I am holding out hope as talls that big (generally ruckman) take a bit to get the body right and in AFL condition.

I'm with you mate, I think he'll make it and be a ripper

 

[Vander18]

Keep hoping I’m going to open this thread and find photos of a jacked Reid smashing out pre pre season weights sessions……

 

[mike ross]

I am the bandwagon driver on this guy it seems.

Too many teammates think he is too talented to fail provided the body holds up. I am holding out hope as talls that big (generally ruckman) take a bit to get the body right and in AFL condition.

I'm with you

 

[fairbump_playon]

I'm with you mate, I think he'll make it and be a ripper

Yep I’m in this club too

 

[fairbump_playon]

Keep hoping I’m going to open this thread and find photos of a jacked Reid smashing out pre pre season weights sessions……

Get ready. It’s gonna be juicy.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Up to 205cm now.

 

[tperks]

His injury history makes a bit more sense now considering he’s grown since we drafted him. If he was a ruckman I don’t think people would have expected him to play much yet. Just need to be a bit more patience. I have faith in you Reidy.

 

[Just A Tragic]

Up to 205cm now.

Where does this come from? Geeze I hope he can hold some width in time.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Where does this come from? Geeze I hope he can hold some width in time.

Brad Scott.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Where does this come from? Geeze I hope he can hold some width in time.

Scotty mentioned it on Gettable.