Training Reports

[RFC_Official]

Reece Bathrooms

 

[nugget_12]

Ok lads, Back from training! ive emailed through 21 pics to dea_day so when he gets a chance to upload them you can all view them!
They probably arent much because its pretty hard to get good action shots from the other side of the ground with only an iPhone 4!

Anyways give me a sec and ill write up my take on this mornings session!

 

[THE_GUN]

Well looks like its was just nugget & myself there today (also about 10 other people that were supporters) but didn't say hi so i'm guessing not B/F people lol.

Was a good session & lasted 2 hours in 28 degree heat,boys looked good

New Recruits .... Just ran laps

Reece Conca, just ran laps with 1 of the trainers who were monitoring,doesnt really look that tall but similar to grimes & even jack , walks with a bit of a hunch so you never know. but needs to put some muscle on the kids still pretty light. We were spoilt with martin being afl ready last year.

Batchelor, Liked the look of this kid looks really eager & rareing to go.
Ran a few laps with the other draftees & was looking like he wanted to be involved (was really intrested in the drills) looks like a good runner with a good work ethic from the little we seen of them. Looks a bit like a young(1st year) Brendon Goddard in apearance hope he plays like bj

Helbig, Although you cant really tell much from kids running laps,There were only 4 of them running together(conca ran with the trainer) This kid led the group clearly followed by bachelor then Derickx followed by a distant McDonald (but i will get to him later) Helbig looks like he is the fitest of all the recruits also possibly the fastest & has a reasonable size to him that also looks like he will fill out.

Derickx, Loved the size of this guy Taller brad miller physically ready to go
as i mentioned before they only ran about 4 laps so im only posting on appearance & Demeanour. You could tell he was older and took it all in but looks to be fairly mobile & runs pretty well............. GOOD SIZE hopefully tank to match.

McDonald, Physical size wise this kid looks like he can play tomorrow BUT he cant. poor kid really struggled with Running 4 laps & has a long way to go as far as fitness goes,he looks like 1 of those laconic types that doesnt really enjoy the hard training & hard work but loves the footy in his hand and playing games. Will be a long hard pre season for the kid & i wouldnt expect to see him play senior football this year unless the year is shot & they just want to give him a taste. But certainly looks big enough.

couple of coburg kids also in attendance,Jacobi & ruckman Fewster also 2 more kids i didnt recognise clifton could of been 1 of them.

Overall good look at the kids & really enjoyed it but the boys trained well in the heat for 2 good hours.

 

[nugget_12]

Ok firstly just like to say how beautiful the facilities are looking!
Myself and The_GUN met up for a good chat over training and we both made some observations!

To start off, the boys hit the track at about 10:00 for warm up but i didnt get there till 10:20 then they went inside at about 10:45 and returned just before 11 for the training session!

Those completely missing from today's session were: Connors, Edwards, Moore, Griffiths, McGuane, Foley, Grigg, King, Gus, Nason, Farmer, Webberly and Taylor
Taylor is back at the club but was absent because he was sick according to Jack Reiwoldt.
Foley completed an early morning session, He's Fine according to Jack!
Grigg/Vickery/Gus/King/Webberly all completed the warm up then only popped out a few times from the gym presumebly!

The Draftees:
Conca = Only completed Laps today, looks good but is a little light, should fill out nicely though!

Batchelor = Looked really good! Great height, beautiful kick, very focused, he was always concentrating on every drill trying to pick it up as quickly as possible! Really good size and will also fill out nicely and was burning the other draftees in the 400's, looks super fit! Pick of the draftees on day 1!

Helbig = Similar to Jake, was very composed, focused and concentrated on every drill and wasnt far behind Jake in the laps!

McDonald = Great Size already but lacks fitness, is very quick over the ground and has a great kick on him, his profile pic is very deceptive he's already very well filled out, once again just needs fitness! leppa called him "a little loose" in a brief chat i had with him!

Derickx = Great size, beautiful kick for a big man, has a very low ball drop so has great control of his kicks, didnt do any ruckwork but his fitness seems up there with the rest of the boys because i hardly seen him puffing!

The draftees took off inside for about 45 minutes during but emerged for the last 45 minutes of training!

Of the rest = Cotch, cant say anything but 2011 B&F, looks a million bucks, so solid and every kick hit a target and ran a full tilt without any hesitations! Great sign!

Lids was his usual self, champion! as was Newy! Tucky was working his ass off, Gourdis and Rance look like they could be doing runway modelling, ripped as can be and most importantly i didnt see either shank a kick all training! both look super fit!

Contin will win the Burgers B&F next year, the kid is silk, kicked well is super fit and has put on a significant amount of size! starting to love this kid!

Houli was in superb nick and his kicking is some of the best ive seen, the kid is a monster aswell, the guns on bachar should be legally registered with the firearms authorities! Even won a few Hard ball contests, Bomber fans will be quiet about him this year!

Happy to answer any Q's u guys have on the other boys so fire away!

Lastly the funniest part of the day was a scuffle to win the ball between Dusty and Cotch, ended up in a wrestle that had me and THE_GUN hoping it was just a stuff around which it was! Dusty didnt appreciate being thrown around by Cotch and the next contest launched him out of the way and dived on the ball! Dusty emerged with a ripped singlet!

Anything else comes to me ill post it! any Qs feel free to ask!

 

[Wacky Tiger]

Ok firstly just like to say how beautiful the facilities are looking!
Myself and The_GUN met up for a good chat over training and we both made some observations!

To start off, the boys hit the track at about 10:00 for warm up but i didnt get there till 10:20 then they went inside at about 10:45 and returned just before 11 for the training session!

Those completely missing from today's session were: Connors, Edwards, Moore, Griffiths, McGuane, Foley, Grigg, King, Gus, Nason, Webberly and Taylor
Taylor is back at the club but was absent because he was sick according to Jack Reiwoldt.
Foley completed an early morning session, He's Fine according to Jack!
Grigg/Vickery/Gus/King/Webberly all completed the warm up then only popped out a few times from the gym presumebly!

The Draftees:
Conca = Only completed Laps today, looks good but is a little light, should fill out nicely though!

Batchelor = Looked really good! Great height, beautiful kick, very focused, he was always concentrating on every drill trying to pick it up as quickly as possible! Really good size and will also fill out nicely and was burning the other draftees in the 400's, looks super fit! Pick of the draftees on day 1!

Helbig = Similar to Jake, was very composed, focused and concentrated on every drill and wasnt far behind Jake in the laps!

McDonald = Great Size already but lacks fitness, is very quick over the ground and has a great kick on him, his profile pic is very deceptive he's already very well filled out, once again just needs fitness! leppa called him "a little loose" in a brief chat i had with him!

Derickx = Great size, beautiful kick for a big man, has a very low ball drop so has great control of his kicks, didnt do any ruckwork but his fitness seems up there with the rest of the boys because i hardly seen him puffing!

The draftees took off inside for about 45 minutes during but emerged for the last 45 minutes of training!

Of the rest = Cotch, cant say anything but 2011 B&F, looks a million bucks, so solid and every kick hit a target and ran a full tilt without any hesitations! Great sign!

Lids was his usual self, champion! as was Newy! Tucky was working his ass off, Gourdis and Rance look like they could be doing runway modelling, ripped as can be and most importantly i didnt see either shank a kick all training! both look super fit!

Contin will win the Burgers B&F next year, the kid is silk, kicked well is super fit and has put on a significant amount of size! starting to love this kid!

Houli was in superb nick and his kicking is some of the best ive seen, the kid is a monster aswell, the guns on bachar should be legally registered with the firearms authorities! Even won a few Hard ball contests, Bomber fans will be quiet about him this year!

Happy to answer any Q's u guys have on the other boys so fire away!

Lastly the funniest part of the day was a scuffle to win the ball between Dusty and Cotch, ended up in a wrestle that had me and THE_GUN hoping it was just a stuff around which it was! Dusty didnt appreciate being thrown around by Cotch and the next contest launched him out of the way and dived on the ball! Dusty emerged with a ripped singlet!

Anything else comes to me ill post it! any Qs feel free to ask!

Super stuff Nugget. Really appreciate all the effort. Would be awesome to be able to pop down to training and have a look occasionally. Also thanks to The_GUN.

 

[nugget_12]

Also Jack and Dave Astbury sat in the stands eating salad sandwich's, i wandered over for a brief chat with them, both were fine, they completed warm up and then im guessing Gym, Astbury is looking alot bigger, has big strong shoulders now and is a really down to earth bloke, used my name during the chat and was very polite, Jack was very polite aswell, happy to answer any questions i had and was great to chat to briefly! Has his little finger on his left hand all strapped up but that didnt stop him from going Godzilla on his Sanga!

 

[Morro]

Thanks for the reports guys, really appreciate it. And love that the young blokes are dishing it up to each other in a bit of friendly fire.

 

[db26]

How did young Westoff look guys like this kid and has talent just needs to fill out???

 

[THE_GUN]

As Nugget mentioned bachar Houli looked great & was involved in everything tackling was good & kicking was fantastic every kick hit the target low & fast.

Rance,Gourdis,Delidio,Cotchin,Miller,Martin all look like supreme athletes they are but the young guys that look like they have baulked up are.
Post,Vickery,Dea,Contin,Hicks.

The player that has trimmed down a fair bit & looks reallly really fit from what i saw today was Mitch Morton. Worked really hard on the track.
If today is anything to go by, he really looks like he will be playing midfield & looks really determined to make a real go of it.

Could be the suprise packet of the year !

 

[TOOs_Finest]

Training pics - 22nd Nov 2010

Provided by nugget_12. Please direct any questions to nugget.

Thanks nugget for making the effort to provide these.

 

[TOOs_Finest]

 

[nugget_12]

Yeh sorry i forgot to write up about Mitch Morton!
He is looking in great shape! i was saying to GUN that he will be a real weapon IMO for us this year, while the tags go to the Cotchs and Martins and Foley's Mitch will gather his 25 touches and 2 goals!

Looking really good!

Westhoff is still very skinny! is bigger than last year and he certainly can play full forward, he has a great kick and leads well but he's probably 5 - 7kgs from being a decent playing weight!

 

[TOOs_Finest]

 

[nugget_12]

Cheers to Dea_day for uploading these!
There is 21 pics all up!

 

[TOOs_Finest]

 

[THE_GUN]

How did young Westoff look guys like this kid and has talent just needs to fill out???

still looks like he needs another 10-12 kgs took part in all the training & drills and did what he needed to do but didnt see anything that stood out.

Dylan Grimes competed in alot of 1 on 1 stuff along with will thursfield,Gourdis & Post i think it was.

After all the players wen in to the change rooms there were 2 players left on the track 1 was cotchin just having a kick and chatting with campbell.

the other was Dylan Grimes who was getting alot of attention from 2 coaches as much as fighting for the ball & body stuff went about 10 mins after every player was gone.

 

[nugget_12]

You guys will have to excuse the tips of my runners in some of the pics! i was relaxing with my feet on the fence at the time!

 

[TOOs_Finest]

Cheers to Dea_day for uploading these!
There is 21 pics all up!

I have received and uploaded 11 pics. The rest I will have to check on my pc tonight when I get home. I'm not sure if the emails came through, but apparently my missus opened my email at home, possibly causing them to download there and making them not accessible to me at work here.

 

[nugget_12]

I have received and uploaded 11 pics. The rest I will have to check on my pc tonight when I get home. I'm not sure if the emails came through, but apparently my missus opened my email at home, possibly causing them to download there and making them not accessible to me at work here.

yeh no problems mate! cheers!

 

[THE_GUN]

Delidio ........ All Class true proffesional
Cotchin ....... All Silk '' ''
Mratin ......... What A Machine (cant believe this kid is 19)

Rance ......... alot of people bag him about his kicking , awareness , Reading of the play. Today i can tell you EVERY kick hit its mark & looked as good as any other player on the ground. Really hope this kid makes it his work ethic,profesionalism,presentation,endeavour & enthusiasm is 2nd to none.

The same goes for Gourdis as well,with 2 more years of development into these boys along with Grimes & Astbury our defence could be a real unit.

 

[nugget_12]

Brad Miller impressed me too today, he played as a hit up CHF and his marking and positioning was brilliant, his kicking inside 50 to the FF was first clas and he really looks in good shape!

IMO a bargain for a mature age rookie as structural insurance!

 

[The RFC]

Cheers Nugget and Dea Day.
Appreciate you both taking the time to let fellow tiger heads know what went on at training today.

Like what you are saying about the absolute professioanls - Lids, Cotch, Dusty, Newy et al. Important to have these role models for the rest. I expect this group of professionals to grow and grow over the summer.

Really happy to be hearing positive things about Rance's kicking, Morts' focus on being in the guts and the fact that the all the boys are focussed on doing the hard yards.

Also, really happy to hear about new recruits Batch and Big Dekka - sounds like they will be pushing for selection in 2011.

Conca has just had ankle surgery so it's pleasing that he can do some running at this stage.

Again, thanks boys!

 

[nugget_12]

Its important to note that Conca wasnt running with a limp or anything, he ran fine i think the club may just be taking a cautious approach with him!

 

[_RT_]

Thanks for the reports guys, made my day after a long hard hot day at work.

 

[The Goon]

Thanks for the reports guys, made my day after a long hard hot day at work.