Training 8/12

[Marlin01]

Brown's quite the unit..

You're not kidding... He looks substantially bigger than his twin brother.

 

[Mop]

I thought it was Davis and McGinnity but you guys were closer. Davis was holding him on the ground and when they got up I thought I saw some jumper punches. Not sure about the seriousness of it tho.

I saw Davis, didn't see the other guy though, Beatle did.
I don't think it was McGinnity though, because, from what I did see, Davis and another light-headed bloke were going at it, elbows were raised a bit.

I don't know what's going on there, but if it keeps up I'd expect something to be done about it.

 

[Crimson King]

Is that Masten in the white cap? Because if it is..

Thanks once again to all who went down.

 

[greennick]

That trend has mostly stopped. Listening to some of the assistants on SEN over the past few weeks they have highlighted that the straight distance running isn't much good, it's the repeated bursts they require. For that stuff, the ball work is as good as anything. That's not to say the boys won't be doing more base fitness work, but they probably won't be doing it in their big sessions. The Famous time trials the Carlton boys do (about 3.8 km from memory) is aparrently the longest run they do all summer....

The Princess Park course is 3.2km.

You would think there would be some benefit in doing some distance work. I mean, we do need to run out games. Being good at repeat sprints would only go so far you would think. Doing a lot of distance running didn't really seem to hurt Cousins' fitness too much...

 

[fryzie]

Yeah think that was Masten... he's still pretty slight IMO.

Bit of a clown too, was mucking around with the draftees, talking while the coaches were talking lol...

 

[Crimson King]

The word "nuggetty" comes to mind

Will definitely be ready to tear up at the AFL level next season. Man looks like those 4 or so months off have been spent well by Masto.

Yeah think that was Masten... he's still pretty slight IMO.

Bit of a clown too, was mucking around with the draftees, talking while the coaches were talking lol...

Fair enough, but he certainly is coming along well in the fitness department by the looks of it.

 

[Mop]

Is that Masten in the white cap? Because if it is..

Thanks once again to all who went down.

Yes it is!!!
It surprised me just how big he is up close. He's coming along really nicely.

He's currently sporting sideburns as well, which suits him IMO.
Sideburns Masten.

 

[Lakey91]

Great work here boys! Found it really interesting read and a great writeup - wish someone did the same for the swans :S

 

[larrikin]

The Princess Park course is 3.2km.

You would think there would be some benefit in doing some distance work. I mean, we do need to run out games. Being good at repeat sprints would only go so far you would think. Doing a lot of distance running didn't really seem to hurt Cousins' fitness too much...

I'm not saying they do no distance work, they still need their base. They just do less, and I believe that for most clubs they do this as individuals or small groups - not as part of the main sessions

 

[Crimson King]

Yes it is!!!
It surprised me just how big he is up close.

He's currently sporting sideburns as well, which is a good look.
Sideburns Masten.

Haha yeh, those sideburns suit him, he did it for one game last season didnt he?

 

[fryzie]

I'm not exactly sure what the deal is with OP, but given he is putting a bit of weight on would that suggest the trainers are confident his body will cope?

Sideburns looked boss, same as when Cuz had his beard, just gives him the Outlaw look lol. I hope Masten can play 15+ this season, from the little we saw of him last year he's going to be special. It'd be nice to silence the 'Palmer is better than Masten' mob down the road also

 

[Mop]

Had the day off work so thought I'd meander down and watch the boys train this morning.

I'm sure mop and bs will be putting up a full training report, but just thought I'd mention a few things.

Adrian Barich was there and I overheard him talking to someone about mop and beatlesmith saying;
"They're actually pretty good, they do a full comprehensive write up on training.."
Well done boys, you've got Barra's approval!

At one point Shannon Hurn (training with the midfield) ducked his head and broke through about 4 blokes who tried to tackle him in a training drill like they weren't even there. Even had Coxy cheering! About 2 minutes later in the same drill he wrapped up Priddis and drove him into the turf pretty hard. Looked very fit and aggressive.

Looked like all the draftees were there, can't be certain because I don't know what they all look like yet. Not training, just handballing to each other etc... Naita was standing next to Coxy for a few minutes and didn't look too much smaller in his frame, would be able to handle AFL football bodywise for sure, just gotta wait and see what the coaching staff want from him this season.

Seaby is not looking good, owned by Cox in every ruck contest and at one point kicked the ball into the man on the mark, Chad Fletcher, who is like 5 foot tall.

Coxy looked awesome as usual and reinforced my belief that he should be Captain, keeps the talk up through the whole training session, every few minutes I'd hear Cox's voice encouraging the boys.

Didn't see Kerr train, just standing near the Eagles van and having a chat to a trainer..

I hope Notte puts on some weight, his hands and skills are great to watch.

Mitch Brown is a monster and it is not beyond the realm of possibility that he eats small Volkswagons for breakfast.

Anyway I'll leave it at that as I'm sure beatlesmith and mop will have a comprehensive Barra approved training report coming up sometime today.

Nice report, mate.
Should've come up and said hi.

Yeah I went down today too and said G'day to Barra and he asked me if I was a reporter for Bigfooty and I told him I was a Bigfooty member but the boys over there (pointing in the direction of who I thought was Beatlesmith and Mop) were the ones that did the training reports. He was really impressed with the reports and he said to keep up the good work.

Barra looked at us, gave us the and told us to mention him in the report.
Thanks for the headsup.

 

[Prolix]

Woosha: Masten! I thought I told you to get rid of those sideburns!
Masten: Look Woosha, I don't know what you think sideburns are but -
Woosha: DON'T ARGUE WITH ME JUST DO IT!


Great write-up guys.

 

[Mattman93]

Not at all.

Shuey looks a lot like McGinnity, Beatlesmith was convinced it was in fact McGinnity until Mattman's wonderful brain and eyes of a hawk verified that he was wrong.

Edited for accuracy.

 

[Shadow Minister]

I saw Davis, didn't see the other guy though, Beatle did.
I don't think it was McGinnity though, because, from what I did see, Davis and another light-headed bloke were going at it, elbows were raised a bit.

I don't know what's going on there, but if it keeps up I'd expect something to be done about it.

Hmmm I thought the other guy had short dark hair which is why I thought it was McGinnity compared to Stevenson who has longer lighter hair. Maybe my memory and eyes decieve me tho.

 

[jaxxon]

Over the past 5-10 years distance running has gone out the window for AFL clubs. At most, besides the time trials, they would barely run over 1km at once. They do a lot of repetitive runs, like repeat 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m or 1km. That is a lot tougher than running the distance.

 

[greennick]

I'm not saying they do no distance work, they still need their base. They just do less, and I believe that for most clubs they do this as individuals or small groups - not as part of the main sessions

I see what you mean.

We should be putting them in running groups and make them go running in the days in between training. For professional athletes, these guys don't really seem to spend too much time training. Particularly with the young blokes we have, we could get a lot out of getting their fitness bases up there early on in their careers.

 

[Mop]

Hmmm I thought the other guy had short dark hair which is why I thought it was McGinnity compared to Stevenson who has longer lighter hair. Maybe my memory and eyes decieve me tho.

This was before the wrestle, so it could've been two different guys.

 

[jaxxon]

I have to say, our latest recruits certainly have a good size to them, very solid the lot of them, even Swift who at his height you think may be a bit slim. Definitely a bonus you would think.

 

[Shadow Minister]

This was before the wrestle, so it could've been two different guys.

I can't remember but at the time I wrote in my phone that it was Davis and McGinnity but perhaps there was a different incident with Stevenson or I could just be wrong. Davis seems to be quite aggressive nonetheless

 

[fryzie]

I have to say, our latest recruits certainly have a good size to them, very solid the lot of them, even Swift who at his height you think may be a bit slim. Definitely a bonus you would think.

Shoey, Smith and Jordan (i think) were all standing in front of me for a while and appeared to be around the same build - which to me looked bigger than Masten. By round 22 it's entirely possible all the recruits could get a few games in.

As you say Swift is a bit slighter, but given his height and speed may just play a few games off the wing. Naita is massive and has been playing against WAFL ruckmen including Seaby for a whole year without any dramas so I think physically Naita is AFL ready.

 

[Shadow Minister]

Why do our new draftees not seem to do any training.I would think they could do some training with the main group. I know they need a reduced workload but a few handballs and kicks doesn't seem enough. Do they just concentrate on weights to begin with?

 

[Mop]

I can't remember but at the time I wrote in my phone that it was Davis and McGinnity but perhaps there was a different incident with Stevenson or I could just be wrong. Davis seems to be quite aggressive nonetheless

It could very well be that we're both wrong, the pictures I have of that drill have many blonde moptops in the proximity of Davis..

 

[Underdog]

I see what you mean.

We should be putting them in running groups and make them go running in the days in between training. For professional athletes, these guys don't really seem to spend too much time training. Particularly with the young blokes we have, we could get a lot out of getting their fitness bases up there early on in their careers.

It's far too early to get really hammered. Otherwise we'll start seeing occurrences of shin splints and impact related leg injuries before the season starts. That sets you back much further.

 

[wirra44]

nice work fellers thanks for the write up