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A couple of strategies we used this year have fascinated me. I'm not sure I know how they work, but they sure have worked brilliantly this year.
1. Fast Scoring: in several games, we have racked up 5, 6, up to 10 consecutive goals against opposition teams. Nearly every time, we turned the game on its head and went on to notch easy wins. The obvious ones were against Geelong and the Swans, but even against Collingwood and Carlton, we just blew them out of the water.
Are these planned?
Why does it happen in the third quarter?
Do the coaches say, it's time, let's turn it on?
Or is it that the other teams can't handle our relentless pressure and cave in?
2. Hodge & Burgoyne playing various positions: these 2 players pop up in every position around the ground. Hodge regularly scores goals, e.g. in the Grand Final, yet next minute he's spoiling Buddy in the last line. Burgoyne is the same, he just turns up everywhere the ball is there to be won.
Are these planned by the coaches?
Or do Hodgey & Burgs just decide when to go?
Is it a coaching strategy to confuse the opposition?
I suspect it may be a combination of all of the above.
1. Fast Scoring: in several games, we have racked up 5, 6, up to 10 consecutive goals against opposition teams. Nearly every time, we turned the game on its head and went on to notch easy wins. The obvious ones were against Geelong and the Swans, but even against Collingwood and Carlton, we just blew them out of the water.
Are these planned?
Why does it happen in the third quarter?
Do the coaches say, it's time, let's turn it on?
Or is it that the other teams can't handle our relentless pressure and cave in?
2. Hodge & Burgoyne playing various positions: these 2 players pop up in every position around the ground. Hodge regularly scores goals, e.g. in the Grand Final, yet next minute he's spoiling Buddy in the last line. Burgoyne is the same, he just turns up everywhere the ball is there to be won.
Are these planned by the coaches?
Or do Hodgey & Burgs just decide when to go?
Is it a coaching strategy to confuse the opposition?
I suspect it may be a combination of all of the above.
