Mega Thread 2015 Training Reports

[Mytjoe1]

I'm not sure a bulk rest would really be possible anyway since the reaction to our B-side in 2013. Any more than 3 or 4 players rested would cause a shitstorm.

Agree.They will end up scheduling our first final in Tasmania.....
In all honesty,it would be very disappointing not to finish on top of the ladder after holding that spot since round 4.
I would be nervous if we leave it till the last round to secure that top spot.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

Sounds like Sandi got through the session with no dramas then?

Yep looked pretty impressive and did the full session.

So no big group claps and pats on back. I guess no debuts then :-(

Sorry no group hugs or clap fests out on the track, although going off the last couple of debuts they are generally informed during the gym session that follows the time out on the track (Pearce and Weller both sent up to see RTB mid weights) so match committee seem to finalise team selection during the gym component.

 

[Grandstan]

The wording of the law they put in place from that would let us rest all players with soreness, which they will all have.

I'm confident we would be fine.

You're talking about the rule change nicknamed the "Freo law", designed specifically to stop any team doing it again? Forget about the wording of the law, the AFL sent a clear message and they call the shots.
As a Freo fan I think mass resting is a great strategy, and deserved given the extra travel pressures the team faces. But you're kidding yourself if you don't realise that the rest of the competition considers it akin to tanking.
Like I said, you can get away with resting 3 or 4, maybe squeeze in a couple more under specific short term injuries, and coach the rest to treat it like a training run. But no way you get away with resting 10, no matter how sore you say they are.

 

[Nothing]

You're talking about the rule change nicknamed the "Freo law", designed specifically to stop any team doing it again? Forget about the wording of the law, the AFL sent a clear message and they call the shots.
As a Freo fan I think mass resting is a great strategy, and deserved given the extra travel pressures the team faces. But you're kidding yourself if you don't realise that the rest of the competition considers it akin to tanking.
Like I said, you can get away with resting 3 or 4, maybe squeeze in a couple more under specific short term injuries, and coach the rest to treat it like a training run. But no way you get away with resting 10, no matter how sore you say they are.

The media labelled it Freo's Law, but it is more about tanking like Melbourne did. The AFL specifically came out after it was introduced and said that what Freo did was still OK.

 

[Taylor]

There are parts of the rule that talk about playing badly to get better draft picks.. Its not about us.

 

[nurries]

Look the AFL doesn't do us any favours with fixturing so why can't we push the envelope to get an advantage that East coast teams don't need or take for granted

 

[Grandstan]

The media labelled it Freo's Law, but it is more about tanking like Melbourne did. The AFL specifically came out after it was introduced and said that what Freo did was still OK.

Demetriou was dead opposed and talked about changing the law, then the law changed. I think there's a signal there.
That said, I have no idea what the current regime thinks, just that it would not go down well more broadly.

 

[Taylor]

Politics is about selling changes when they are palatable, such as Freo making 12 changes, and not when they will show up the administration for going soft on a club for tanking, like when Melbourne got found not guilty of tanking.

 

[PapaJ]

Politics is about selling changes when they are palatable, such as Freo making 12 changes, and not when they will show up the administration for going soft on a club for tanking, like when Melbourne got found not guilty of tanking.

I think you'll find it's more accurate to say "found guilty of not tanking".

Yes I know that makes no sense, and it's the incorrect use of the adverb, but that's how the AFL roll.

 

[Righteo]

Let's not get too sidetracked thanks.

 

[Freoforever86]

A few news sites are reporting Freo are going through a heavy training load ATM preparing for finals.
Can anyone who attends confirm if they have been?

 

[Taylor]

A few news sites are reporting Freo are going through a heavy training load ATM preparing for finals.
Can anyone who attends confirm if they have been?

It won't look very different on the track but there will be gym strength on legs, then leg work on the track

 

[go_the_dockers]

A few news sites are reporting Freo are going through a heavy training load ATM preparing for finals.
Can anyone who attends confirm if they have been?

This would explain the fade out in the last quarter, can we please back it off now

I remember the Crows did something very similar in 97/98 and out run teams in the finals. Secretly hoping we can do this.

 

[Wizard]

A few news sites are reporting Freo are going through a heavy training load ATM preparing for finals.
Can anyone who attends confirm if they have been?

You'd think if that's the case that the tapering would be starting from pretty much now.

 

[beetz]

Surely fitness levels are at an all time maximum for players this time of year? Doing more at training couldn't possibly correlate to better running games out??

 

[Vintage]

A few news sites are reporting Freo are going through a heavy training load ATM preparing for finals.
Can anyone who attends confirm if they have been?

Yep, started in round 10.

 

[Wizard]

Surely fitness levels are at an all time maximum for players this time of year? Doing more at training couldn't possibly correlate to better running games out??

You will find that a lot of clubs (especially the ones thinking they can go deep) will do a loading period 2/3 of the way through the season pretty regularly.

 

[Taylor]

Surely fitness levels are at an all time maximum for players this time of year? Doing more at training couldn't possibly correlate to better running games out??

It's about getting their bodies used to higher work-loads, near unsustainable workloads so the last five minutes of each quarter is still as close to full speed as possible. I don't think they can sustain max effort for a full season but they started the season with a blast, I expect the same in the finals.

Last season we got too many injuries and lost too many games so we didn't get the roll off week to freshen up from the higher training loads, this season we have a home final from one more win.

...and it's Taylor, not Shirley.

 

[beetz]

It's about getting their bodies used to higher work-loads, near unsustainable workloads so the last five minutes of each quarter is still as close to full speed as possible. I don't think they can sustain max effort for a full season but they started the season with a blast, I expect the same in the finals.

Last season we got too many injuries and lost too many games so we didn't get the roll off week to freshen up from the higher training loads, this season we have a home final from one more win.

...and it's Taylor, not Shirley.

How many more excuses do the Freo players want?

 

[go_the_dockers]

Surely fitness levels are at an all time maximum for players this time of year? Doing more at training couldn't possibly correlate to better running games out??

You will find that a lot of clubs (especially the ones thinking they can go deep) will do a loading period 2/3 of the way through the season pretty regularly.

Exactly, it will create short term pain as the players will be tired, but ideally they should have hire fitness levels come the finals.

 

[Freoforever86]

This would explain the fade out in the last quarter, can we please back it off now

I remember the Crows did something very similar in 97/98 and out run teams in the finals. Secretly hoping we can do this.

Yeah we definitely ran out of legs in the last. Haven't seen that before this season

 

[Taylor]

How many more excuses do the Freo players want?

Excuses? Would you really listen if Weber told you the grand plan or would you cut him off and tell him to win more pointless games at the end of the season nobody will care about?

Nobody has ever cared about the round 23 belting given out to a nobody club if the belters fell out of the finals because they couldn't run.

 

[pavsbootlace]

It won't look very different on the track but there will be gym strength on legs, then leg work on the track

Why strength work in the gym? Wouldn't it be all about running?

 

[beetz]

Excuses? Would you really listen if Weber told you the grand plan or would you cut him off and tell him to win more pointless games at the end of the season nobody will care about?

Nobody has ever cared about the round 23 belting given out to a nobody club if the belters fell out of the finals because they couldn't run.

So you're telling me the reason for the bad form at the moment is because their training loads have increased therefore they're performance in rounds 20 onwards will suffer?

 

[salim malik]

Why strength work in the gym? Wouldn't it be all about running?

They had a very light and short run last Friday.