Father Sons

[Greggy]

Just a refresher on a familiar topic, are there any potential father son selections in the near future? I'm asking because I just watched Matty Knights farewell match and his son looked about 4 or 5 back in 2002. There's gotta be some talent out there surely.

 

[SdKfz 181]

I have been thinking about this recently, and would love to know if they is any up and coming. I remember hearing about Michael Pickering's son playing in the TAC Cup around the same time Josh Free was playing, im unsure if he was under 18s or 16s at the time.

 

[SdKfz 181]

I found this from a topic at Punt Road End forums from late last year.

Quote from: yandb on January 11, 2011, 03:33:54 pm
Wayne you mention that maurice Rioli has a son. I noticed in the paper today that he has 4 children and 7 grand children but didn't mention their gender. I only hope that his skill is passed onto one of his children or grand children so the football public can be reminded of how enjoyable is was to watch mr magic.


It was an interview with Maurice Rioli on radio, the day we we beat Sydney.

He said his eldest son wasn't into footy, but a younger one (12-13 years old maybe??) was showing some good signs.

I wonder if anyone has heard anything about Maurices younger son?

 

[Toadvine]

Craig Lambert is supposed to have two boys who a good footballers and keen to play for Richmond. He metioned them when being interviewed by KB and on SEN. KB spoke as if he had seen them play and seemed excited at the news and joked how they're much better kicks than Craig.

No idea how old they are though.

Rioli has had numerous sons but none are very interested in Footy except for one who is supposed to be quite talented and around 12-13 years old.

 

[SA TIGER]

I reckon Mark Lee has a son who would have to be well into his teens by now.

 

[Greggy]

This article is from 2006, is this plan still in place??

RICHMOND will start the potential league careers of former players' sons at the tender age of 10.

The kids, whose ages will range from 10 to 15-plus, will begin training with the Tigers in a father-son academy from next season. Coach Terry Wallace is behind the ambitious plan to identify and improve the skills of the sons of former Tiger footballers.

He said the youngsters would be invited to special training programs at Punt Rd during each school holiday break.

After their strengths and weaknesses are identified during the special sessions, the children will be given training programs to follow.

And as they become older, they will be also instructed on other aspects of football, including weight training and diet.

Wallace said the only way a club could specifically recruit a young player in the national draft was through the father-son rule.

Clubs must give their third round selection in the draft to take the son of one of their former players.

There have been cases of the sons of former players not being taken because they might have a certain deficiency in their game.

Wallace said the kids' program at Punt Rd could help the youngster overcome the deficiency so hopefully he would become a viable selection for Richmond under the father-son rule.

Had the system already been in place, the Cloke brothers -- Jason, Travis and Cameron -- might have trained with the Tigers since the age of 10 and could have decided to play with Richmond rather than Collingwood, where their father David also played.

"If you go overseas, particularly Europe, you see where they have the ability to start developing their players at 12 years of age though junior squads from 12s and 14s and all the way through," Wallace said.

"Before the draft system, we had the ability to develop players when there was zoning and the more work you put into your zone, the more likely you were of getting some quality players out of it.

"If you did it now, they could finish up anywhere, but the one place we can still monitor and assist them is father-son because you know you have got a hold of those players."

Wallace said getting the sons at an early age would give them the chance to become the best possible player.

"The holiday program is there for them to have fun but if we can be identifying kids along the way and assist them with their footy, it's a good service for them and could help us down the track," he said.

"There will be age groups which can be worked on -- 10s to 12s, 13s to 15s and above. The 15s would train like under-18 teams would train and you would start to work with things like diet.
"This will also give us a closer liaison with our past players."

Wallace said he believed kids at 10 could start to work on their skills.

He said a player who might have a problem with a skills such as kicking would benefit greatly from working under someone like Nathan Brown.


Tigers to nurture cubs in father-son plan
05 December 2006 Herald Sun
Daryl Timms

 

[Roachy8]

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Did that program ever get off the ground?
Not a bad idea at all but I don't recall ever hearing anything much further about it.

RFC_Official... any info?

 

[nut]

I found this from a topic at Punt Road End forums from late last year.
I wonder if anyone has heard anything about Maurices younger son?

I heard Maurice on ABC radio about 3-4 months before his death talking about his son... I thought he said he was about 8-9...

 

[Toadvine]

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Did that program ever get off the ground?
Not a bad idea at all but I don't recall ever hearing anything much further about it.

RFC_Official... any info?

I suppose it is....

I remember in Josh Free's draft year they interviewed him on TAC Cup future stars with Francis Jackson saying they had been monitoring his progress and he'd been training at the club and given advice on his game etc.

I think we just need something to develop more than anything

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

This article is from 2006, is this plan still in place??

RICHMOND will start the potential league careers of former players' sons at the tender age of 10.

The kids, whose ages will range from 10 to 15-plus, will begin training with the Tigers in a father-son academy from next season. Coach Terry Wallace is behind the ambitious plan to identify and improve the skills of the sons of former Tiger footballers.

He said the youngsters would be invited to special training programs at Punt Rd during each school holiday break.

After their strengths and weaknesses are identified during the special sessions, the children will be given training programs to follow.

And as they become older, they will be also instructed on other aspects of football, including weight training and diet.

Wallace said the only way a club could specifically recruit a young player in the national draft was through the father-son rule.

Clubs must give their third round selection in the draft to take the son of one of their former players.

There have been cases of the sons of former players not being taken because they might have a certain deficiency in their game.

Wallace said the kids' program at Punt Rd could help the youngster overcome the deficiency so hopefully he would become a viable selection for Richmond under the father-son rule.

Had the system already been in place, the Cloke brothers -- Jason, Travis and Cameron -- might have trained with the Tigers since the age of 10 and could have decided to play with Richmond rather than Collingwood, where their father David also played.

"If you go overseas, particularly Europe, you see where they have the ability to start developing their players at 12 years of age though junior squads from 12s and 14s and all the way through," Wallace said.

"Before the draft system, we had the ability to develop players when there was zoning and the more work you put into your zone, the more likely you were of getting some quality players out of it.

"If you did it now, they could finish up anywhere, but the one place we can still monitor and assist them is father-son because you know you have got a hold of those players."

Wallace said getting the sons at an early age would give them the chance to become the best possible player.

"The holiday program is there for them to have fun but if we can be identifying kids along the way and assist them with their footy, it's a good service for them and could help us down the track," he said.

"There will be age groups which can be worked on -- 10s to 12s, 13s to 15s and above. The 15s would train like under-18 teams would train and you would start to work with things like diet.
"This will also give us a closer liaison with our past players."

Wallace said he believed kids at 10 could start to work on their skills.

He said a player who might have a problem with a skills such as kicking would benefit greatly from working under someone like Nathan Brown.


Tigers to nurture cubs in father-son plan
05 December 2006 Herald Sun
Daryl Timms

This Program was also adopted by Essendon and Carlton (late last year) ?

Richmond have Francis Jackson's son as a potential F/S next year.

 

[tugga]

How many games did Lambert play for us and how many did he play for Brisbane?

EDIT: 123 for Richmond, 96 with Brisbane

 

[tugga]

This Program was also adopted by Essendon and Carlton (late last year) ?

Richmond have Francis Jackson's son as a potential F/S next year.

EPL clubs, particularly Scumchester Utd, sign kids as young as 7 so I guess it makes sense that our clubs will follow suit one day in the future, if not already so it seems.
Jackson only played 6 games for us. The rest with South Melbourne, ironically, 100.

 

[KeilorUnder9s]

Does Dustin Martin have any kids?

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

EPL clubs, particularly Scumchester Utd, sign kids as young as 7 so I guess it makes sense that our clubs will follow suit one day in the future, if not already so it seems.
Jackson only played 6 games for us. The rest with South Melbourne, ironically, 100.

When I was playing football (soccer) overseas (in Greece and Turkey) at all three of my clubs over there - they had a similar set up.

Kids as young as 8 years old were training with the Under 16's Development Squads, it was unbeleivable to watch.

 

[Toadvine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Lambert

Richmond (1988-1993)
123 games, 53 goals

Brisbane Bears (1994-1996)
49 games, 19 goals

Brisbane Lions (1997-2000)
47 games, 8 goals

 

[delediofan3]

Lets wait for Shane Tuck's son. I bet Tuck is gonna grow him up to be hard at the ball. Hopefully improve his kicking.

 

[Greggy]

Richmond have Francis Jackson's son as a potential F/S next year.

I wonder if we'll recruit him

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

I wonder if we'll recruit him

If the Vickery family is anything to go by .... then perhaps?

 

[Rustof]

Do you happen to know what type of player, FJ's kid is?

 

[Frustrated Tiger]

With half of our sides over the last 20 years being made up of spuds, do we really want any of their sons???

 

[Tigermad2011]

How does Jackson's son play for?

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

I cant seem to find him listed - but I heard it last year that his son was playing and eligible for the upcoming draft?

 

[jihg]

With half of our sides over the last 20 years being made up of spuds, do we really want any of their sons???

Maybe the talent skipped a generation.

 

[telsor]

With half of our sides over the last 20 years being made up of spuds, do we really want any of their sons???

We recruited a lot of athletes with no skills...Athletic ability is far more likely to be inherited, so if they have decent junior development, there is hope.

 

[Bojangles17]

I wonder if we'll recruit him

FJ played 6 games for us and 100 for south melbourne, we have no claims if he is indeed any good