Ok I'm not going to get into the whole did he actually make contact with the head or did he get the shoulder argument. The slow mo video at the tribunal will sort that out.
I just wonder where the next natural step will be regarding clubs directions around bumping/shepherding.
The game/coaches/clubs continue to move forward and adapt to all new rule changes and with all the difficulties surrounding bumping and shepherding, including directions to put it away. How long do think it will be before the bio-mechanics experts start working on new tactics?
I reckon at the moment its all about height. You accidently go high you pay the price, fair enough. So if I'm involved as a coach lets teach all my players to stop pulling the arm in and jumping into and up on the opposite player as is natural.
Instead I'd want all my players to drop the shoulder, go low with the point of the shoulder and aim directly at the celiac (solar) plexus.
It has a two fold benefit. You dont get busted for going high. You hit a soft point of impact and you take the opposition out for god knows how long from the game.
Using Waters bump as an example. If he'd driven straight in low,at the solar plex instead of the traditional method he used, he'd be safe, the opposition would be completely f##cked and the AFL powers at be would be looking at trying to make another new rule up to stop the carnage.
The way the game is going I can see it ending only one way. Bumping anyone who doesn't have the ball will eventually be banned. Of course this will mean more congestion as teams wont be able to "clear" ball carriers, and so the merry go round continues.
It all harbours back to the old "leave the game alone". The professionalism and money was always going to change and speed the game up. It never needed constant rule changes that new individuals and countries couldn't comprehend or define, stopping the game progressing around the globe.
Leave it alone!!
I just wonder where the next natural step will be regarding clubs directions around bumping/shepherding.
The game/coaches/clubs continue to move forward and adapt to all new rule changes and with all the difficulties surrounding bumping and shepherding, including directions to put it away. How long do think it will be before the bio-mechanics experts start working on new tactics?
I reckon at the moment its all about height. You accidently go high you pay the price, fair enough. So if I'm involved as a coach lets teach all my players to stop pulling the arm in and jumping into and up on the opposite player as is natural.
Instead I'd want all my players to drop the shoulder, go low with the point of the shoulder and aim directly at the celiac (solar) plexus.
It has a two fold benefit. You dont get busted for going high. You hit a soft point of impact and you take the opposition out for god knows how long from the game.
Using Waters bump as an example. If he'd driven straight in low,at the solar plex instead of the traditional method he used, he'd be safe, the opposition would be completely f##cked and the AFL powers at be would be looking at trying to make another new rule up to stop the carnage.
The way the game is going I can see it ending only one way. Bumping anyone who doesn't have the ball will eventually be banned. Of course this will mean more congestion as teams wont be able to "clear" ball carriers, and so the merry go round continues.
It all harbours back to the old "leave the game alone". The professionalism and money was always going to change and speed the game up. It never needed constant rule changes that new individuals and countries couldn't comprehend or define, stopping the game progressing around the globe.
Leave it alone!!
