Why are behind posts shorter than goal posts?

[cancat]

Serious question but feel free to amuse yourselves...

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Maybe it is more important to get 6 points right rather than 1 point right? Probably a better reason than that but that will do.

 

[Herbs]

Be easier to differentiate from a distance which posts are which I suppose.

 

[YOTC]

because it looks better.

 

[kane249]

It makes it easier to identify which set of posts you should be aiming to get the ball between?

Seriosly it's probably as simple as that. I rememebr playing as junior and when you would have all 4 posts the same height it is easy to get disorientated and aim for the wrong side when your having to get rid of the ball quickly.

 

[lucas_hsv]

It makes it easier to identify which set of posts you should be aiming to get the ball between?

Seriosly it's probably as simple as that. I rememebr playing as junior and when you would have all 4 posts the same height it is easy to get disorientated and aim for the wrong side when your having to get rid of the ball quickly.

A few people would run in and kick open points back in the juniors.

 

[kane249]

A few people would run in and kick open points back in the juniors.

I remember seeing the same thing a few times as well. When you have all 4 posts the same height it's easy to get lost as to which post is which when you have to make a quick decision

 

[richardnose]

when they make them, they chop the wood off further down.

 

[fabulousphil]

A few people would run in and kick open points back in the juniors.

Goal posts always have to be crooked in juniors .... rule 52b.....auskick ones have to be crooked and plastic.

 

[Brilliant]

cost cutting

 

[cancat]

Trick question. They don't have to be. Only the minimum height is specified. 6m for goal posts, 3m for behind posts. So behind posts can be taller than goal posts.

 

[tandino]

The posts at AAMI are pretty close in height.

Compared to say, Waverley

 

[Red Crow]

The posts at AAMI are pretty close in height.

Compared to say, Waverley

But those shots are from completely different eras. I seem to recall that back in about 2004 all goal posts were replaced with taller posts... due to the controversy at the time about incorrect decisions, etc. The existing goal posts in turn replaced the behind posts.

So I believe that the behind posts in that pic of AAMI Stadium are the old goal posts. I also think the height difference between the posts is about the same now at the various AFL grounds around the country. The difference is substantially smaller than it ever used to be, like say in the Waverly picture which is pre-height change.

 

[scarecrow2k1]

I know at the G and the Dome they changed the height of the behind post to the height of the old goal posts, and then increased the height of the goal posts a couple years back

 

[Grimreepah]

It is a symbolic representation of their importance.

 

[sen entertainment bloke]

This is a behind post. It's short.

 

[Inside Goss]

Did you also know that the 2 posts on the furthest side from the main cameras(i.e one goal and one point post) are 2 and 3.2cm taller respectively then the 2 closer to the main cameras.

This is so the TV angle looks like the posts are even from the boundary line, and gives the look on T.V a better 'feel'

 

[Thrawn]

It is a symbolic representation of their importance.

Best answer of this thread.

 

[tribey]

A few people would run in and kick open points back in the juniors.

Which is why a lot of ovals here in SA have red behind posts - a win for common sense I'd have thought.

Probably why Blighty kicked that famous 'open point' in his days at Arden Street.

 

[bakerboy]

Serious question but feel free to amuse yourselves...

Save money?

 

[Wojee]

The goal umpire gives the goal posts a bit of a stroke before the game.

 

[Aristotel]

....to save wood.

 

[cancat]

Perhaps it's a phallic symbol.

 

[cos789]

In the SANFL the behind posts are painted red .
This further differentiates between the two areas .
IMO this should be the norm , so when watching TV
you can differentiate the goalposts in a close up .

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[Chewy]

The posts aren't any shorter. They're just planted a bit deeper.