Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Noah Mraz!

[TheFourPillars]

Copped a knock at training

 

[lyger]

Copped a knock at training

Hopefully not a back injury.

 

[Pinoy Hawk]

Some off season work for Jase.

 

[TFFM]

He's a future star...get in behind him

 

[mustang]

Could he be the star ️ CHB of the Competition one day, and when we go up against Darcy and the Dogs we have this generation's Carey v Jackovich in Darcy v Marz.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Could he be the star ️ CHB of the Competition one day, and when we go up against Darcy and the Dogs we have this generation's Carey v Jackovich in Darcy v Marz.

...based on Pinoy's picture, he's at least a shot to give Darcy a high-five

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Smart move by the club to sign him up so early for another couple of years.

Other clubs will be watching Noah very closely, he looks like a rare athletic specimen.

 

[tommyk72]

Some off season work for Jase.

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Awesome!

How does this test work? Adjusted for height? Or just pure distance off the ground?

 

[eldorado]

Awesome!

How does this test work? Adjusted for height? Or just pure distance off the ground?

I would expect it is the height you reached while jumping with no run-up, minus your standing reach (with heels on the ground).

 

[kazzooka]

I would expect it is the height you reached while jumping with no run-up, minus your standing reach (with heels on the ground).

This is it, you stand flat footed and reach up as high as you can and they set 0 and whatever you reach. Then you jump and flick the highest stick you can reach and that's your standing vertical jump measurement.

 

[Sprint Artisan]

This is it, you stand flat footed and reach up as high as you can and they set 0 and whatever you reach. Then you jump and flick the highest stick you can reach and that's your standing vertical jump measurement.

Most of the time when people jump they lift their feet, which can give an inflated sense of how high the torso has been displaced. Even decent quality athletes sometimes struggle to get themselves 20cm in the air for a single leg bound...

 

[matey]

From memory pretty sure that Mraz was in the top 10 in the jumping test during the draft combine ….. so at 198cm wowee!

 

[TheFourPillars]

So he is tall and fit and has great endurance and good speed but most importantly he loves body contact and plays physically throwing his weight around. He judges the ball in the air very well and can take a mark. Liked him the moment I saw him at training. Kicking needs a bit of work but was already improving over the season this year. Looking forward to what he can offer this year.

 

[GerryLewis]

Lovely kid as well. Was down in Torquay with the family and one of my kids approached him to say hello, think he was surprised to be recognized but couldn't have given the kids more time.

 

[tommyk72]

So he is tall and fit and has great endurance and good speed but most importantly he loves body contact and plays physically throwing his weight around. He judges the ball in the air very well and can take a mark. Liked him the moment I saw him at training. Kicking needs a bit of work but was already improving over the season this year. Looking forward to what he can offer this year.

Hoping he gets a clean run at it this year!

 

[cryptor]

Most of the time when people jump they lift their feet

 

[Sprint Artisan]