Loonerty
Moderator
Contract Status: Out of contract 2023
Last Game Played: Currently in the side
Injury Status: Leg injury, resumes full training soon - 21/2
Last edited by a moderator:
Player Watch # 2: Sam Draper
- Thread starter Loonerty
- Start date
- Tagged users None
Contract Status: Out of contract 2023
Last Game Played: Currently in the side
Injury Status: Leg injury, resumes full training soon - 21/2
Lore
Moderator ❀
- Dec 14, 2015
- 21,753
- 27,628
- AFL Club
- Essendon
Meanwhile, on the Essendon website:
www.essendonfc.com.au
Youngster in focus: Sam Draper
Dons Digital catches up with emerging ruckman Sam Draper to talk pre-season and 2021 goals.
Megabattimus
Senior List
andleanback
Premiership Player
- Aug 21, 2016
- 3,754
- 3,110
- AFL Club
- Essendon
Meanwhile, on the Essendon website:
Youngster in focus: Sam Draper
Dons Digital catches up with emerging ruckman Sam Draper to talk pre-season and 2021 goals.
eth-dog
Premium Platinum
Bunk Moreland the curse of a ruckman in a small number.
VelvetSledge
Modagainerator
Man, T-Bell really passed the torch
BrunoV
Brownlow Medallist
- May 5, 2009
- 17,820
- 22,338
- AFL Club
- Essendon
Didn't he do one of the big sessions recently?
I wouldn't worry unless he is listed in the injury reports.
ant555 has said this in another thread but work loads are managed. There is threshold level of work for a player to have completed to be in the range of optimum fitness (at least in terms of what the training program is trying to achieve). It would likely equate to about 80% of sessions (which is not to say that's the only way the level can be achieved). If Draper has been flying to this point, and worked hard over NYE, he could already be close enough to the required level to be 100% for a practice match in 2 weeks. At this stage it could just be about maintaining the gains of the rest of the pre-season.
The reason you pull him from a session is that if he is sore or even hinting at being sore there isn't much benefit, in a physiological sense, to work him into the red zone where an injury is more likely to occur.
Ideally he can just do every session without incident, because that helps with touch, etc, but it's rarely the case anyone can get through that workload at the best of times and particularly while still developing physically. Remember, he's learning how to put a >110kg rig through a midfielders workload.
I wouldn't worry unless he is listed in the injury reports.
ant555 has said this in another thread but work loads are managed. There is threshold level of work for a player to have completed to be in the range of optimum fitness (at least in terms of what the training program is trying to achieve). It would likely equate to about 80% of sessions (which is not to say that's the only way the level can be achieved). If Draper has been flying to this point, and worked hard over NYE, he could already be close enough to the required level to be 100% for a practice match in 2 weeks. At this stage it could just be about maintaining the gains of the rest of the pre-season.
The reason you pull him from a session is that if he is sore or even hinting at being sore there isn't much benefit, in a physiological sense, to work him into the red zone where an injury is more likely to occur.
Ideally he can just do every session without incident, because that helps with touch, etc, but it's rarely the case anyone can get through that workload at the best of times and particularly while still developing physically. Remember, he's learning how to put a >110kg rig through a midfielders workload.
rumply
Brownlow Medallist
- Apr 11, 2002
- 23,362
- 22,851
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Iggles, 76ers.
Me & my spelling
Bunk Moreland
Hall of Famer
It never goes well. We need to stop it. Big men need big numbers. 38 was perfect.
Ah well. It opens for the door for Cox to quickly become the league’s best ruckman. Should be there by the end of 2021 now.
Old Campaigner
Premium Gold
- Nov 22, 2012
- 9,922
- 10,840
- AFL Club
- Essendon
Is there an upper limit on the number you can give an AFL listed player? A stud like him would've worn #69 like a glove.
BrunoV
Brownlow Medallist
- May 5, 2009
- 17,820
- 22,338
- AFL Club
- Essendon
88 but it's controversial.
yodellinhank
Brownlow Medallist
Anybody else's junior footy team have a kid run out in #111 because there was duplicate #11 jumpers?
eth-dog
Premium Platinum
Happens in threes footy too
VelvetSledge
Modagainerator
We did that, but only because they ran out of #3s so we used Roman numerals for that one kid
Pweter
Brownlow Medallist
- Feb 12, 2010
- 13,597
- 17,283
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Central Districts, Detroit Pistons
If one of the 1s was a strip of strapping tape, yes
We always went with #77. Strapping tape can solve almost anything...
HollyValentine
Debutant
- Oct 23, 2017
- 75
- 58
- AFL Club
- Essendon
Draper
Rebellya
Premium Platinum
- Oct 17, 2012
- 1,680
- 4,103
- AFL Club
- Essendon
Running and kicking freely today, but didn’t play the practice match
rumply
Brownlow Medallist
- Apr 11, 2002
- 23,362
- 22,851
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Iggles, 76ers.
Easing the big fella in, no rush.
tenderwarrior
Norm Smith Medallist
Somebody I know who claims to have inside knowledge tells me he has a leg injury.. i know that is a bit vague!
Anyway, I hope he is okay. He has huge upside.
Anyway, I hope he is okay. He has huge upside.
'51 Bewick
All Australian
Nice story
VelvetSledge
Modagainerator
I love the headline of this thread. We have rumours that players AREN'T injured now.
tenderwarrior
Norm Smith Medallist
You told me last year you knew somebody at the club that gives you information, so I assumed that if you made a claim it had some weight behind it, so asked the question here to see if somebody had more information. No offence intended.
Similar threads
