Players paired off and the emphasis was on moving back quickly to speed up taking your kick. The actual instruction was asking them to kick off one backward step but this was largely disobeyed as players took several steps to get balanced. I'm inclined to agree with them the kick off a single backward step is difficult to do and often goes astray And should be more of any emergency measure.
Thanks JM. Awesome as usual.
As for the above. I was always taught work on your weaknesses not your strengths.
Surely it is easy to kick when balanced so why not work on kicking under duress.
Your argument is sound but at the start of the drill the coach said "Everything you do do well" so if he wanted them to practice kicking under duress off one step he should have insisted on it instead of telling them to do one thing (kick off one step) and then letting them do another which is not the key to having a disciplined unit as we saw on Tuesday night when they continually played down the line instead of spreading and following the game plan. Perhaps I'm getting too concerned with the nuances of training but do you see what I am raising as an issue which reflects on the bigger picture of how they train?
Players paired off and the emphasis was on moving back quickly to speed up taking your kick. The actual instruction was asking them to kick off one backward step but this was largely disobeyed as players took several steps to get balanced. I'm inclined to agree with them the kick off a single backward step is difficult to do and often goes astray And should be more of any emergency measure.
Thanks JM. Awesome as usual.
As for the above. I was always taught work on your weaknesses not your strengths.
Surely it is easy to kick when balanced so why not work on kicking under duress.
Your argument is sound but at the start of the drill the coach said "Everything you do do well" so if he wanted them to practice kicking under duress off one step he should have insisted on it instead of telling them to do one thing (kick off one step) and then letting them do another which is not the key to having a disciplined unit as we saw on Tuesday night when they continually played down the line instead of spreading and following the game plan. Perhaps I'm getting too concerned with the nuances of training but do you see what I am raising as an issue which reflects on the bigger picture of how they train?
Players paired off and the emphasis was on moving back quickly to speed up taking your kick. The actual instruction was asking them to kick off one backward step but this was largely disobeyed as players took several steps to get balanced. I'm inclined to agree with them the kick off a single backward step is difficult to do and often goes astray And should be more of any emergency measure.
Thanks JM. Awesome as usual.
As for the above. I was always taught work on your weaknesses not your strengths.
Surely it is easy to kick when balanced so why not work on kicking under duress.
Your argument is sound but at the start of the drill the coach said "Everything you do do well" so if he wanted them to practice kicking under duress off one step he should have insisted on it instead of telling them to do one thing (kick off one step) and then letting them do another which is not the key to having a disciplined unit as we saw on Tuesday night when they continually played down the line instead of spreading and following the game plan. Perhaps I'm getting too concerned with the nuances of training but do you see what I am raising as an issue which reflects on the bigger picture of how they train?
Players paired off and the emphasis was on moving back quickly to speed up taking your kick. The actual instruction was asking them to kick off one backward step but this was largely disobeyed as players took several steps to get balanced. I'm inclined to agree with them the kick off a single backward step is difficult to do and often goes astray And should be more of any emergency measure.
Thanks JM. Awesome as usual.
As for the above. I was always taught work on your weaknesses not your strengths.
Surely it is easy to kick when balanced so why not work on kicking under duress.
Your argument is sound but at the start of the drill the coach said "Everything you do do well" so if he wanted them to practice kicking under duress off one step he should have insisted on it instead of telling them to do one thing (kick off one step) and then letting them do another which is not the key to having a disciplined unit as we saw on Tuesday night when they continually played down the line instead of spreading and following the game plan. Perhaps I'm getting too concerned with the nuances of training but do you see what I am raising as an issue which reflects on the bigger picture of how they train?
Players paired off and the emphasis was on moving back quickly to speed up taking your kick. The actual instruction was asking them to kick off one backward step but this was largely disobeyed as players took several steps to get balanced. I'm inclined to agree with them the kick off a single backward step is difficult to do and often goes astray And should be more of any emergency measure.
Thanks JM. Awesome as usual.
As for the above. I was always taught work on your weaknesses not your strengths.
Surely it is easy to kick when balanced so why not work on kicking under duress.
Your argument is sound but at the start of the drill the coach said "Everything you do do well" so if he wanted them to practice kicking under duress off one step he should have insisted on it instead of telling them to do one thing (kick off one step) and then letting them do another which is not the key to having a disciplined unit as we saw on Tuesday night when they continually played down the line instead of spreading and following the game plan. Perhaps I'm getting too concerned with the nuances of training but do you see what I am raising as an issue which reflects on the bigger picture of how they train?
I posted this on the pre-game day thread that has since been locked, but to JM and others who've made it down to training over summer, can I ask how Jobe's pre season has been?
Obviously looked a little out of sorts the other night, is there anything behind that and his no show in game 1? Or am I reading too much into it and his pre season has just been business as usual?
Cheers in advance!
Jobe's pre season has not been sparkling and you will notice that in some of the reports he has been spending a lot of time coaching the players and assisting Bomber in teaching the game plan - he has done this with Joe in particular and it is this that helps to make him a fine captain. Remember there is only one runner this year so the on field leadership becomes more important.
This pre-occupation may have affected his performance and at training there have been some dropped marks and scrubbed or misdirected kicks. nothing really bad but a bit below par and this was reflected in his game on Tuesday.
There is nothing behind his no show in game one that would be planned. If you want him at his best in the finals you may even find him rested for the odd game during the season as part of the plan to monitor the players' fitness and work loads.
Thanks mate, I appreciate the input!
I'm not too stressed about his performance obviously as it is only the NAB cup, I was just interested on how he's looked so far. I know he's had relatively good pre seasons the last 2 years and despite injury during the year, has played fantastically well pretty much each and every game. If he's been doing all the work this year then I'm happy!
I posted this on the pre-game day thread that has since been locked, but to JM and others who've made it down to training over summer, can I ask how Jobe's pre season has been?
Obviously looked a little out of sorts the other night, is there anything behind that and his no show in game 1? Or am I reading too much into it and his pre season has just been business as usual?
Cheers in advance!
Jobe's pre season has not been sparkling and you will notice that in some of the reports he has been spending a lot of time coaching the players and assisting Bomber in teaching the game plan - he has done this with Joe in particular and it is this that helps to make him a fine captain. Remember there is only one runner this year so the on field leadership becomes more important.
This pre-occupation may have affected his performance and at training there have been some dropped marks and scrubbed or misdirected kicks. nothing really bad but a bit below par and this was reflected in his game on Tuesday.
There is nothing behind his no show in game one that would be planned. If you want him at his best in the finals you may even find him rested for the odd game during the season as part of the plan to monitor the players' fitness and work loads.
From what I have seen Jobe has done what he has needed to and no more - which seems to be the general emphasis with the senior players (except Fletch who has been pushed). Jobe spends as much time semi-coaching and directing!
I posted this on the pre-game day thread that has since been locked, but to JM and others who've made it down to training over summer, can I ask how Jobe's pre season has been?
Obviously looked a little out of sorts the other night, is there anything behind that and his no show in game 1? Or am I reading too much into it and his pre season has just been business as usual?
Cheers in advance!
Jobe's pre season has not been sparkling and you will notice that in some of the reports he has been spending a lot of time coaching the players and assisting Bomber in teaching the game plan - he has done this with Joe in particular and it is this that helps to make him a fine captain. Remember there is only one runner this year so the on field leadership becomes more important.
This pre-occupation may have affected his performance and at training there have been some dropped marks and scrubbed or misdirected kicks. nothing really bad but a bit below par and this was reflected in his game on Tuesday.
There is nothing behind his no show in game one that would be planned. If you want him at his best in the finals you may even find him rested for the odd game during the season as part of the plan to monitor the players' fitness and work loads.
From what I have seen Jobe has done what he has needed to and no more - which seems to be the general emphasis with the senior players (except Fletch who has been pushed). Jobe spends as much time semi-coaching and directing!
Does that mean Jobe's 2 year accreditation period has already begun?