Resource Hinkleyball - A Short History

[Progressive Aggresion]

More than enough Hinkleyball games to make a walk-in museum of gameday souvenirs and TV screens of match replays to recapture its full glory.

 

[Cheesey Mac]

More than enough Hinkleyball games to make a walk-in museum of gameday souvenirs and TV screens of match replays to recapture its full glory.

The Hinkleyball House of Horrors

 

[Long live PAFC]

Not sure if they’ve been mentioned but

• games against ‘contenders’ who are missing their best few players
• statement or prime time games
• playing injured and out of form players

And the pièce de résistance, the victory over a contender, against the odds, with a slightly different game plan, where it ‘clicks’, where you think maybe, just maybe, things are changing. Only to revert to form a week later and that being the last victory we have against top eight sides.


At least after a decade of losing games due to poor goal kicking, Ken has got the boys doing more work than they ever had before after identifying the issue in the off season…..

Honest Ken can honestly f$@k off.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Have certainly noticed a switch in the past month that our kickouts from a behind have returned to Hinkleyball classic.

First couple weeks we were using the 45 and making short sharp passes to move the ball forward with some purpose.

We’ve reverted back to flooding one side of the ground, all stand stationary at the corner of the square and simply going long to a pack. All this in the hope of either a contested mark (rarely happens) or we win a scrappy contest, quick kick down the wing where it either goes OOB and we reset, or the opposition wall cleans up the loose ball. Rinse and repeat.

Our kickouts have been trash for years. Had slight hope the first month that it appeared we had worked on that over the off season. Bit of pressure, lose here and there and bam, we’re straight back to this bull.

 

[Del165198]

Have certainly noticed a switch in the past month that our kickouts from a behind have returned to Hinkleyball classic.

First couple weeks we were using the 45 and making short sharp passes to move the ball forward with some purpose.

We’ve reverted back to flooding one side of the ground, all stand stationary at the corner of the square and simply going long to a pack. All this in the hope of either a contested mark (rarely happens) or we win a scrappy contest, quick kick down the wing where it either goes OOB and we reset, or the opposition wall cleans up the loose ball. Rinse and repeat.

Our kickouts have been trash for years. Had slight hope the first month that it appeared we had worked on that over the off season. Bit of pressure, lose here and there and bam, we’re straight back to this bull.

For the most part there's no dare or run from behind. Guys like butters or JHF try to create but there's no one going with them so they end up in trouble. It basically looks like everyone has lost faith in the game plan, which is not surprising. Most supporters lost faith years ago

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Have certainly noticed a switch in the past month that our kickouts from a behind have returned to Hinkleyball classic.

First couple weeks we were using the 45 and making short sharp passes to move the ball forward with some purpose.

We’ve reverted back to flooding one side of the ground, all stand stationary at the corner of the square and simply going long to a pack. All this in the hope of either a contested mark (rarely happens) or we win a scrappy contest, quick kick down the wing where it either goes OOB and we reset, or the opposition wall cleans up the loose ball. Rinse and repeat.

Our kickouts have been trash for years. Had slight hope the first month that it appeared we had worked on that over the off season. Bit of pressure, lose here and there and bam, we’re straight back to this bull.

It seems like every year Ken tolerates new game plan ideas from his assitants for 6 weeks before undermining them and reverting to form.

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[SC_Power]

It’s 2025, and this week might be an early season entry in the Hinkley-ball HOF.

(It’s not at AO but still……)

To summarise from early posts….

We all know Hinkleyball. A close game. That feeling of dread. The fumbling from our players. The shanked set shots. By contrast, the apparent sky high confidence and silky skills of the opposition players, seemingly unable to miss a target or a shot at goal. It's another night of Hinkleyball.


Watch out for the signs

• Twilight or night game
• Defeat by a few goals or less
• Defeat despite a significant advantage in inside 50s and/or shots on goal
• Jumped early before mounting a faux final quarter comeback where it 'looks' like we might win but we don't
• An opposition player kicking a goal after the siren to win the match, possibly from a free kick
• The opposition later win the premiership and credit this game as the one that made them believe
• games against ‘contenders’ who are missing their best few players
• statement or prime time games
• playing injured and out of form players

 

[Schulzenfest]

Sorry, it's not Hinkleyball unless it comes from the Hinkley region of Adelaide Oval. Otherwise it's just sparkling shitness.

 

[VineValerian]

It seems like every year Ken tolerates new game plan ideas from his assitants for 6 weeks before undermining them and reverting to form.

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A coach needs to be constantly ahead of the curve.
First two years of Ken we were maniacal, never gave up, super fit.
Other clubs copied us, and evolved the game plan even further, and leap frogged us, whilst we remained static.
We've been chasing tails ever since.
We see a new game plan develop elsewhere over a few years and be successful.
We try to copy it, but don't try to go further.
It takes club's a couple of years to perfect the new style within their playing roster. Then they take off.
But other clubs have taken the original game strategy and evolved it more, and are further in front by this time.

In recent years:
A. MaCrae developed the Pies' run and gun style. After a couple of years he had success.
B. Mitchell followed suit, and as Collingwood had a flag hangover, Hawks became a very good side. Another year to get the polish on it, and watch out.
C. Voss was similar with the Blues, and reasonably successful last year, but their list is average, and they my drop down the ladder this year.
D. Essendon and N Melb tried to replicate the Hawk's model last year - but not that well.

It takes a couple of seasons to rid your team of bad habits. But persevere, and good things will often result.

You just need to be strategically savvy enough to push a game style that's a step or two further in front of the current successful model, or everybody does the same and you're stuck in the same position relative to everyone else!

Mr "Hardery for Longery" doesn't have the tactical acuity to take what works today, and push a game style a bit more. So we're stuck a holding pattern year after year.
And he doesn't have the patience to stick with a new system long enough to become a winner.

After half a season he thinks "we're not going to be any good and we'll finish way down", and reverts back to type.
Back to where his comfort zone lies.
And we never leap frog any teams.

But he finishes generally top 8 or just misses out. And the current regime lowers the bar, and considers that to be a success.
FMD.

Aim high.
Develop a better system than anyone else.
Give it a couple of years to come together.

That's why this season is a complete waste of time.
Should have seen Carr in and with a totally new game plan, train the old habits out of our list, and accept that the first year will be a low finish.
Then reap the benefits in the 2nd or 3rd year.

 

[tribey]

 

[Chewy316]

Reverted to type in the fourth quarter when the pressure was on.

Going to be a monumental task for Carr to coach Hinkley ball out of the players.

 

[tribey]

 

[Contested Marx]

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