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Anyone else notice how slow we are bringing the ball back into play after a behind has been scored.
We slowly walk and pick up the ball and then we wait for Hurn no matter where he is to run over and take the kick.
Now we all know that Hurn is a brilliant kick and in a perfect world we would love him taking the kick all the time but we are to slow at bringing it in.
Almost all sides would have the ball on the wing before we have thought about even kicking it back in.
We are an AFL side and the idea is to put the opposition under pressure, to do that you need to bring the ball into play quickly. Whoever is first to the ball should just run and get on with it as other sides do.
Obviously our players are instructed for Hurn to take the majority of kick ins but it is like we are waiting for the flags to be waived. The opposition have ample time to set up, cover our men and squeeze up their press.
Any player at AFL level should be able to kick the ball in, other clubs don't seem to care who it is. Of course if Hurn is close it will be him but if you have to even think or wait for him then he should be out of the equation.
We need to get on with it.
We slowly walk and pick up the ball and then we wait for Hurn no matter where he is to run over and take the kick.
Now we all know that Hurn is a brilliant kick and in a perfect world we would love him taking the kick all the time but we are to slow at bringing it in.
Almost all sides would have the ball on the wing before we have thought about even kicking it back in.
We are an AFL side and the idea is to put the opposition under pressure, to do that you need to bring the ball into play quickly. Whoever is first to the ball should just run and get on with it as other sides do.
Obviously our players are instructed for Hurn to take the majority of kick ins but it is like we are waiting for the flags to be waived. The opposition have ample time to set up, cover our men and squeeze up their press.
Any player at AFL level should be able to kick the ball in, other clubs don't seem to care who it is. Of course if Hurn is close it will be him but if you have to even think or wait for him then he should be out of the equation.
We need to get on with it.
