- Jul 15, 2012
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One of the areas that needs work is the quality of our goal shooting choices. I think we often take the lower percentage choice. There are a number of situations:
Fast break: isolated one on one, running toward goal. With an open forward 50 we generally do ok if the ball is out the front of our players, not so well if we try to land it on their head. I would back Hipwood, Linc, Charlie and Rayner to beat their opponent more often than not on the run with a ball bouncing ahead. Our players can get the ball and outpace the opposition. So we need to manufacture these opportunities.
Slow up the boundary: we take this option and get a 30-50 metre shot at a wide angle and we do pretty poorly at this. Teams like Geelong look for a 15 metre (or 8 metre depending on the umpiring that day) better option and we probably need to develop that. It has to be quick and accurate but still offers more hope than the shots we continually miss.
The big bomb to a pack: we take our share of marks but too frequently miss the kick and this is the one that costs us most because other teams get theirs. If the ball goes to ground we lock it in quite well but the next shot is almost always a rushed snap. It would be better to show more patience and clear it to space and find the unmanned target in front. I think better teams do that instinctively. Quick snaps look great when they come off but ours don’t come off very often.
Player running into the 50 in space: This one is the real killer. We miss these with alarming frequency. A clear run, time to balance, minimal pressure and we miss so frequently. I recall one junior coach who insisted that during warm ups and kicking practice that for about half the time, his players were only allowed to take shots on the run with a defender either running towards them or chasing them down because it most closely replicated the shots they were missing in games.
Game after game we have these shots, a very standard kick on the run that literally just needs to go straight for a goal and we are missing more than we get. At this level we need to be getting 8/10 of these. I swear Richmond get 9/10 when they get these opportunities. It feels like we are currently around 3/10.
Fast break: isolated one on one, running toward goal. With an open forward 50 we generally do ok if the ball is out the front of our players, not so well if we try to land it on their head. I would back Hipwood, Linc, Charlie and Rayner to beat their opponent more often than not on the run with a ball bouncing ahead. Our players can get the ball and outpace the opposition. So we need to manufacture these opportunities.
Slow up the boundary: we take this option and get a 30-50 metre shot at a wide angle and we do pretty poorly at this. Teams like Geelong look for a 15 metre (or 8 metre depending on the umpiring that day) better option and we probably need to develop that. It has to be quick and accurate but still offers more hope than the shots we continually miss.
The big bomb to a pack: we take our share of marks but too frequently miss the kick and this is the one that costs us most because other teams get theirs. If the ball goes to ground we lock it in quite well but the next shot is almost always a rushed snap. It would be better to show more patience and clear it to space and find the unmanned target in front. I think better teams do that instinctively. Quick snaps look great when they come off but ours don’t come off very often.
Player running into the 50 in space: This one is the real killer. We miss these with alarming frequency. A clear run, time to balance, minimal pressure and we miss so frequently. I recall one junior coach who insisted that during warm ups and kicking practice that for about half the time, his players were only allowed to take shots on the run with a defender either running towards them or chasing them down because it most closely replicated the shots they were missing in games.
Game after game we have these shots, a very standard kick on the run that literally just needs to go straight for a goal and we are missing more than we get. At this level we need to be getting 8/10 of these. I swear Richmond get 9/10 when they get these opportunities. It feels like we are currently around 3/10.