1st in 20m Sprint
2nd in agility
McQuade said:1st in 20m Sprint
2nd in agility
So if he nicks your wallet you are bugger all chance of getting it back.
Quick farker.
Quad’s are not usually quick. Depending on the extent I’d think 4-season in terms of being available for seniors…
We’ve had our troubles with guys who have absolute elite pace, to get past their injury concerns. I’m no physio, but could it have something to do with fast twitch muscle fibre players trying to play an endurance sport?
Dempsey had huge problems early in his career. When he hit 90% speed, guaranteed he’d pop a hamstring. He eventually dropped his acceleration speed.
Then there’s guys like Winderlich and Dalgleish. Who we just couldn’t get on the park. I’m sure there are other players I can’t think of.
Fmd. Injury prone or what. Its not a good sign this early
How is Alex tracking? Elite speed, kicking and jumping. Anybody have an inside word from the club on his progress?
Did anyone else just get an image of him jumping over someone on the wing in an intercept mark and then burning them off to spear a pass to someone 20 out in front?
Did anyone else just get an image of him jumping over someone on the wing in an intercept mark and then burning them off to spear a pass to someone 20 out in front?
I got a reverberation of quarterbrain bleating “he’s run too far, but he still kicks, a goal”
Finally managed to watch some of the replay of the Cats game last night and although Alex didn’t get a heap of touches, I thought he looked quick and physically ready for senior footy.
Seemed to position himself well, chase hard and provide some good defensive pressure on the Cats’ ball carriers.
Also liked his composure - he didn’t seem to panic and fire off the first option with his disposals.
Think I’m going to slide aboard the bandwagon for this kid. If his hammies stay intact I reckon he’s ready to play a fair bit of senior footy this year.
In the first half he made a lot of leads to space that were ignored. Then he got tired.
Finally managed to watch some of the replay of the Cats game last night and although Alex didn't get a heap of touches, I thought he looked quick and physically ready for senior footy.Seemed to position himself well, chase hard and provide some good defensive pressure on the Cats’ ball carriers.
Also liked his composure - he didn’t seem to panic and fire off the first option with his disposals.
Think I’m going to slide aboard the bandwagon for this kid. If his hammies stay intact I reckon he’s ready to play a fair bit of senior footy this year.
Have to agree.
I think we may have found one here.
Muscles 2.0
Will be spending the next 5 weeks on a modified training program to reduce his hamstring risk, so unfortunately, probably unlikely we will see him in the seniors this year.
Will be spending the next 5 weeks on a modified training program to reduce his hamstring risk, so unfortunately, probably unlikely we will see him in the seniorsthis yearfor a month or two.
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Jeez I hope his hammies hold up, seems to be an issue for him
Here is the article. Whilst disappointing I think this year really gives us the option of doing the very best by our young players and I have no doubt this is what is happening in this case.
Essendon draftee Alex Morgan will spend the next month away from the main group as part of a plan to prepare his body for the rigours of senior football.
Morgan suffered a significant hamstring injury last season while playing in the TAC Cup with Oakleigh Chargers.
He returned to play in the Grand Final victory and got through most of the pre-season after he arrived at the Bombers.
But the Club has decided to take the time now to build his body up, so Morgan can cope with the demands of the game down the track.
“We knew when Alex arrived at the Club that he’d had a history of hamstring problems that year before,” High Performance Manager Justin Crow said.
“He got tight in his hamstring last week – it was a minor issue, so minor in fact, he was back doing six kilometre running today.
“Nevertheless, we’re going to take a long-term approach with Alex – take him out of the program for four or five weeks and look to build his robustness.
“We’re really confident we can get some good work into him, build him into a stronger athlete and then get him back in for the rest of the season.”
RIP in peace Alex Morgan
Man he’d be feelin pretty peaceful
Crow seems like a great HP manager. He doesn’t just wait till problems occur, he identifies them early and works on correcting them for the future.
Better to have a 4-5 weeks of preventative training than ping 3 hamstrings and loose the whole season.
Can’t remember the last time we had an injury list so small.