I understand the forward press and flooding etc. But can somebody please help why when the opposition flood up the ground one of our forwards dont stay in the goal square. Surely when the ball is turned over a quick kick into the forward 50 would result in a goal with a loose player. Time after time i see west coast get the ball in the centre with nobody forward to kick to because everyone has pushed up. Thoughts please are welcome.
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Flooding question
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Re: Please explain
i think the question is fair enough i've often thought of the same thing myself
why are they not instructed to?
i think the question is fair enough i've often thought of the same thing myself
It is an excellent suggestion.
The current eagles are not "Geelong", "Collingwood" nor "Essondon" who have a lot of fast running forwards. Many occassions, you found our forwards cannot run away from the opposition defenders when we have a turnover moving forward opportunity while there are plenty of spaces in front. Putting a strong marking and fast leading forward (like Jack darling) in the goal square all the time should be benefitial to the Eagels.
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I presume that it means that the opposition have a spare man in our 50. However, gvien how little space there is that is not really so much of a concern. I'm pretty sure they would put someone back to cover. SO why not leave 3 back and drag 3 of them back and open things up? Or why not go man on man and dictate the terms? I'm no coach so perhaps someone else can answer...
I don't think theres a team in the AFL that does this anymore.
Leading back into space is just as big a weapon as coming at the player. Its making the right decision and realising the space that player has in front of them as well as weighting the pass correctly which is the issue we need to work on.
