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Something I have noticed this year is that the 666 and Kick-In rules really do suit Geelong's playing style...
For years, we have been a team that does well when we can dominate opportunities from momentum, flow and skills-based passages of play. That is, creating opportunities from runs, short-sharp-passes, creating space, more run, handballs, more run...etc.
The new rules also open up opportunities for one-on-one contests at both ends of the ground and this is when you see highly-skilled players getting the chance to play to their strengths rather than be inhibited by packs of opposition players
And then, of course, there's the centre-clearance dominance. Case-in-point...
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This style of play was a key part of our '07 - '11 era of success. Ahh, gotta love watching highlight reels from those days.
The club's training methods obviously place emphasis on run and technical skills.
And when our Cats have the space to run, their skills really do shine through.
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On the flipside, we've never really been a team that does well in the long run when the dominant style of play is flood, scrimmage, body-strength, etc.
(side note: Ok, the exceptions there include players like Max Rooke, Darren Milburn, Josh Hunt and Joel Selwood... human wrecking balls, tanks and kamikazes, you've gotta have one or two in a team)
From around 2010 onwards, other teams started figuring out a good counter-strategy to our preferred approach was indeed the pack-based style of footy. Then from 2012 onwards you started seeing that ugly and boring version of AFL-Rugby coming to prominence.
In the first few weeks of this season when the 666 and Kick-In rules have come into effect, teams that loved a good (cuddle) wrestle on the ground aren't doing so well.
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Anyway, the new rule for starting positions at centre clearances has opened up the ground and it reduces the frequency of flood/scrimmage/pack footy.
Our beloved Cats are clearly loving this opportunity!
What do you think of the new rules? Do you also think they work in the Cats' favour? What other opportunities does they present us? Anything you think that might be an issue with them?
- 666 opens up the ground, reduces prominence of flood/pack/scrimmage footy
- Kick-In makes it easier to get the ball out of the backline and into space
- Enables more run/flow/skills-based footy to be played
- Geelong's preferred style of play is very much skills based and we're benefiting from this opportunity
- Teams that prefer ugly scrum/rugby style of footy are struggling
Something I have noticed this year is that the 666 and Kick-In rules really do suit Geelong's playing style...
For years, we have been a team that does well when we can dominate opportunities from momentum, flow and skills-based passages of play. That is, creating opportunities from runs, short-sharp-passes, creating space, more run, handballs, more run...etc.
The new rules also open up opportunities for one-on-one contests at both ends of the ground and this is when you see highly-skilled players getting the chance to play to their strengths rather than be inhibited by packs of opposition players
And then, of course, there's the centre-clearance dominance. Case-in-point...
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This style of play was a key part of our '07 - '11 era of success. Ahh, gotta love watching highlight reels from those days.
The club's training methods obviously place emphasis on run and technical skills.
And when our Cats have the space to run, their skills really do shine through.
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On the flipside, we've never really been a team that does well in the long run when the dominant style of play is flood, scrimmage, body-strength, etc.
(side note: Ok, the exceptions there include players like Max Rooke, Darren Milburn, Josh Hunt and Joel Selwood... human wrecking balls, tanks and kamikazes, you've gotta have one or two in a team)
From around 2010 onwards, other teams started figuring out a good counter-strategy to our preferred approach was indeed the pack-based style of footy. Then from 2012 onwards you started seeing that ugly and boring version of AFL-Rugby coming to prominence.
In the first few weeks of this season when the 666 and Kick-In rules have come into effect, teams that loved a good (
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Anyway, the new rule for starting positions at centre clearances has opened up the ground and it reduces the frequency of flood/scrimmage/pack footy.
Our beloved Cats are clearly loving this opportunity!
What do you think of the new rules? Do you also think they work in the Cats' favour? What other opportunities does they present us? Anything you think that might be an issue with them?
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