Re: Myers thrilled to be a Bomber
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Re: Myers thrilled to be a Bomber
I'm thrilled to have him at Windy Hill.
I'm thrilled to have him at Windy Hill.
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Re: Myers thrilled to be a Bomber
I accidentally came across this...He kept a diary for Draft Camp.
Here's his Draft Camp Diary
Perth key defender David Myers is a likely top 10 prospect in the November NAB AFL Draft. An AIS/AFL Academy graduate, Myers had an outstanding NAB AFL under-18 championship this year, with his average of 28 disposals per match from three games earning him All-Australian honours. He also won the Ron Barassi Medal for Australia's best-and-fairest player against Ireland in the 2006 under-17 International Rules series.
Myers shared his thoughts on the 2007 NAB AFL Draft Camp, held at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, through his own diary, revealed exclusively to afl.com.au.
Tuesday, October 2 – Day 1
I was very excited in the lead-up to the Draft Camp.
It's a big stepping stone for any player to be invited to the camp and you're not sure what to expect from the AFL clubs that are sounding you out.
I got to Perth Airport at 9.30am and the day quickly turned into frustration. By 11.30am, we were still sitting in our plane, when we were told the flight would be delayed. It meant we didn't end up getting into Canberra until 6pm.
Still that's something we have to expect coming from Western Australia – you have to travel – particularly to the eastern side of the country where many events are based.
When we arrived at the AIS, the WA boys were tired and hungry. We all had a quick dinner, before having our medical checks prior to the camp activities starting the next day. After that it was straight to bed for the first full day of Draft Camp.
Wednesday, October 3 – Day 2
We started the day with the historically great breakfasts at the AIS. I loaded up on the huge buffet before we had our camp welcome from AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan.
He ran through what we would be doing over the three days and then we got straight into it.
I was in group two, which consisted of further medical testing. We had our eyes checked and completed some psychological questionnaires, so clubs can get a handle on the type of person you are and how you deal with certain situations. This took up the morning.
After lunch we got stuck into the psychomotor testing (reaction timing). We had tests where flashing lights would come up and we had to hit buttons as quickly as possible. It was a bit of fun, and not many of the boys had done it before.
Our main fitness assessment for the day was the repeat sprint test, which was followed by a pool recovery session.
Dinner followed and then we had our first lot of interviews with the AFL clubs.
It was a bit nervewracking. Every club had their own room and most clubs would have six or seven representatives – sometimes more. The clubs all fired questions at you, which put you in the hot seat.
It's a pretty good experience and it gave you a good insight into how the clubs operate.
I spoke to Collingwood, Hawthorn, St Kilda and Melbourne.
They all asked fairly basic questions: Where do you come from? How many family members do you have? Where you go to school? What you get up to in your spare time? And then they ask you about your footy.
The clubs also asked about my strengths and weaknesses. You don't want to sound like a big head when you're talking about your strengths and you don't know whether to tell them about your weaknesses because it might change their opinion of you. They also threw in a few curly questions and you've got to think quickly and come up with a response.
I know of one boy who was asked to name five Port Adelaide players and off the top of his head, he was stressing and couldn't remember. The Power then said: “We're not going to draft you if you can't name them.” It took him a while to name the players and then later that night, he was able to reel them off no problem. He came up with more than 20 players. It really is an intense environment being in those rooms.
We tend to all talk among ourselves and ask each other how the interviews went. It also helps when you have an interview coming up.
The WA boys are fortunate because there are quite a few of us at the camp, but you get to know the other boys pretty quickly. You do bond pretty quickly.
One of my best friends is Chris Mayne. We both play at Perth back home and we've been knocking around together for a long time, so it's great that he's here too. Then there is Tayte Pears, Alex Rance, Chris Masten, Rhys Palmer and Cale Morton – we're all really tight, along with the other WA boys.
Then there are guys like Tom Collier (Tasmania) and Ben McEvoy (Victoria), who I also knock around with. I met them through the AIS/AFL Academy. It's good to see them again.
Thursday, October 4 – Day 3
Most of the boys woke up extremely tired after our first full day at the camp. We all struggled to get out of bed, but breakfast helped the cause.
It was then off to another meeting. We sat a TAIS appraisal around 8.15am. It's a questionnaire, where you have a range of questions to answer. It took about an hour.
We then had sprint, agility and vertical jump testing, which was quite intimidating because we had all the clubs with their coaches and recruiting managers watching on from the sidelines. You don't know whether to look at them or not.
After we completed our physical testing we had a talk from former Essendon ruckman Steve Alessio, now with the AFL Players Association, Kevin Sheehan and Richmond's Daniel Connors and Collingwood's Tyson Goldsack. Both Daniel and Tyson went through the draft last year. It was good to listen to their experiences.
Steve spoke about how the AFLPA helps players off field – everything from defensive driving courses, first aid, career advice and psychological help, if needed. He stressed that that AFLPA was here to help the players as people – not just as footballers.
After lunch, in our down time, some players had interviews with clubs. I had one with Essendon. Then it was back to our testing. The group I'm in had our height, weight and skinfolds tested.
In the afternoon, we had the beep test, which was an intense build-up.
We were split into three groups and again we had the coaches and recruiters watching on from the sidelines. It was pretty intimidating.
I was in the last group, so I was sweating on it a bit. This made it harder all you wanted to do was get it over and done with. Once you've completed the test, it's a huge relief because it's one of the hardest things to do at the Draft Camp.
We had a pool recovery immediately after the shuttle run. By this point, the soreness in the legs was building.
It was then dinner time, followed by more interviews with the clubs. I also had my individual taped interview, where I had to answers questions looking into a camera for about five minutes.
It was an early night for me, so I was able to speak to my parents and girlfriend on the phone before heading to bed. I hadn't spoken to my parents for about a week and a half because they are holidaying in Europe at the moment. It was good to have a yak to them.
Friday, October 5 – Day 4
Today was our earliest start. I was struggling to get out of bed, but we had to check out early before we had our skills session. When I got out of bed, I felt the heavy legs. By this stage, the camp was starting to take its toll.
We boarded a bus and headed to Ainslie Football Ground. For me, this was the most enjoyable activity of the camp because we were able to have a kick around and get back to doing what we love most – playing footy.
Again, the coaches and recruiters were on hand to watch our session, but it was a lot more fun because it's what you love doing.
It was a warm Canberra morning, so it was another strain on the body and as soon as I got back to the AIS, I applied some ice on the legs and went into the pool to recover.
We then had lunch and rested up before our final test of the camp – the three-kilometre time-trial.
It had been a good year and a half since I last ran a three-km time-trial, so I was a little unsure how I'd fare.
Once it was run, I wasn't overly happy with my performance, although in some ways that was to be expected after four days of intense physical training. It was a good indicator of what I need to improve on in the next few years.
And now the camp has come to its end. Overall, it has been a great experience, but it is a relief to finish.
I got a lot out of the camp. It was brand new environment for most of the boys and there have been plenty of new pressures for us to deal with. The coaches have given us a great insight into what to expect.
Now, we've got some time off before the NAB AFL Draft, so hopefully it'll turn out for the best.
In the meantime, I'm taking next week off and I'll try and get on top of some niggling injuries before pre-season training starts with Perth.
I'll get stuck into training before November 24, when hopefully my dream will come true.
I accidentally came across this...He kept a diary for Draft Camp.
Here's his Draft Camp Diary
Perth key defender David Myers is a likely top 10 prospect in the November NAB AFL Draft. An AIS/AFL Academy graduate, Myers had an outstanding NAB AFL under-18 championship this year, with his average of 28 disposals per match from three games earning him All-Australian honours. He also won the Ron Barassi Medal for Australia's best-and-fairest player against Ireland in the 2006 under-17 International Rules series.
Myers shared his thoughts on the 2007 NAB AFL Draft Camp, held at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, through his own diary, revealed exclusively to afl.com.au.
Tuesday, October 2 – Day 1
I was very excited in the lead-up to the Draft Camp.
It's a big stepping stone for any player to be invited to the camp and you're not sure what to expect from the AFL clubs that are sounding you out.
I got to Perth Airport at 9.30am and the day quickly turned into frustration. By 11.30am, we were still sitting in our plane, when we were told the flight would be delayed. It meant we didn't end up getting into Canberra until 6pm.
Still that's something we have to expect coming from Western Australia – you have to travel – particularly to the eastern side of the country where many events are based.
When we arrived at the AIS, the WA boys were tired and hungry. We all had a quick dinner, before having our medical checks prior to the camp activities starting the next day. After that it was straight to bed for the first full day of Draft Camp.
Wednesday, October 3 – Day 2
We started the day with the historically great breakfasts at the AIS. I loaded up on the huge buffet before we had our camp welcome from AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan.
He ran through what we would be doing over the three days and then we got straight into it.
I was in group two, which consisted of further medical testing. We had our eyes checked and completed some psychological questionnaires, so clubs can get a handle on the type of person you are and how you deal with certain situations. This took up the morning.
After lunch we got stuck into the psychomotor testing (reaction timing). We had tests where flashing lights would come up and we had to hit buttons as quickly as possible. It was a bit of fun, and not many of the boys had done it before.
Our main fitness assessment for the day was the repeat sprint test, which was followed by a pool recovery session.
Dinner followed and then we had our first lot of interviews with the AFL clubs.
It was a bit nervewracking. Every club had their own room and most clubs would have six or seven representatives – sometimes more. The clubs all fired questions at you, which put you in the hot seat.
It's a pretty good experience and it gave you a good insight into how the clubs operate.
I spoke to Collingwood, Hawthorn, St Kilda and Melbourne.
They all asked fairly basic questions: Where do you come from? How many family members do you have? Where you go to school? What you get up to in your spare time? And then they ask you about your footy.
The clubs also asked about my strengths and weaknesses. You don't want to sound like a big head when you're talking about your strengths and you don't know whether to tell them about your weaknesses because it might change their opinion of you. They also threw in a few curly questions and you've got to think quickly and come up with a response.
I know of one boy who was asked to name five Port Adelaide players and off the top of his head, he was stressing and couldn't remember. The Power then said: “We're not going to draft you if you can't name them.” It took him a while to name the players and then later that night, he was able to reel them off no problem. He came up with more than 20 players. It really is an intense environment being in those rooms.
We tend to all talk among ourselves and ask each other how the interviews went. It also helps when you have an interview coming up.
The WA boys are fortunate because there are quite a few of us at the camp, but you get to know the other boys pretty quickly. You do bond pretty quickly.
One of my best friends is Chris Mayne. We both play at Perth back home and we've been knocking around together for a long time, so it's great that he's here too. Then there is Tayte Pears, Alex Rance, Chris Masten, Rhys Palmer and Cale Morton – we're all really tight, along with the other WA boys.
Then there are guys like Tom Collier (Tasmania) and Ben McEvoy (Victoria), who I also knock around with. I met them through the AIS/AFL Academy. It's good to see them again.
Thursday, October 4 – Day 3
Most of the boys woke up extremely tired after our first full day at the camp. We all struggled to get out of bed, but breakfast helped the cause.
It was then off to another meeting. We sat a TAIS appraisal around 8.15am. It's a questionnaire, where you have a range of questions to answer. It took about an hour.
We then had sprint, agility and vertical jump testing, which was quite intimidating because we had all the clubs with their coaches and recruiting managers watching on from the sidelines. You don't know whether to look at them or not.
After we completed our physical testing we had a talk from former Essendon ruckman Steve Alessio, now with the AFL Players Association, Kevin Sheehan and Richmond's Daniel Connors and Collingwood's Tyson Goldsack. Both Daniel and Tyson went through the draft last year. It was good to listen to their experiences.
Steve spoke about how the AFLPA helps players off field – everything from defensive driving courses, first aid, career advice and psychological help, if needed. He stressed that that AFLPA was here to help the players as people – not just as footballers.
After lunch, in our down time, some players had interviews with clubs. I had one with Essendon. Then it was back to our testing. The group I'm in had our height, weight and skinfolds tested.
In the afternoon, we had the beep test, which was an intense build-up.
We were split into three groups and again we had the coaches and recruiters watching on from the sidelines. It was pretty intimidating.
I was in the last group, so I was sweating on it a bit. This made it harder all you wanted to do was get it over and done with. Once you've completed the test, it's a huge relief because it's one of the hardest things to do at the Draft Camp.
We had a pool recovery immediately after the shuttle run. By this point, the soreness in the legs was building.
It was then dinner time, followed by more interviews with the clubs. I also had my individual taped interview, where I had to answers questions looking into a camera for about five minutes.
It was an early night for me, so I was able to speak to my parents and girlfriend on the phone before heading to bed. I hadn't spoken to my parents for about a week and a half because they are holidaying in Europe at the moment. It was good to have a yak to them.
Friday, October 5 – Day 4
Today was our earliest start. I was struggling to get out of bed, but we had to check out early before we had our skills session. When I got out of bed, I felt the heavy legs. By this stage, the camp was starting to take its toll.
We boarded a bus and headed to Ainslie Football Ground. For me, this was the most enjoyable activity of the camp because we were able to have a kick around and get back to doing what we love most – playing footy.
Again, the coaches and recruiters were on hand to watch our session, but it was a lot more fun because it's what you love doing.
It was a warm Canberra morning, so it was another strain on the body and as soon as I got back to the AIS, I applied some ice on the legs and went into the pool to recover.
We then had lunch and rested up before our final test of the camp – the three-kilometre time-trial.
It had been a good year and a half since I last ran a three-km time-trial, so I was a little unsure how I'd fare.
Once it was run, I wasn't overly happy with my performance, although in some ways that was to be expected after four days of intense physical training. It was a good indicator of what I need to improve on in the next few years.
And now the camp has come to its end. Overall, it has been a great experience, but it is a relief to finish.
I got a lot out of the camp. It was brand new environment for most of the boys and there have been plenty of new pressures for us to deal with. The coaches have given us a great insight into what to expect.
Now, we've got some time off before the NAB AFL Draft, so hopefully it'll turn out for the best.
In the meantime, I'm taking next week off and I'll try and get on top of some niggling injuries before pre-season training starts with Perth.
I'll get stuck into training before November 24, when hopefully my dream will come true.
If this is true I'm very happy with this choice. Defenceive presure in the midfield is a must at Essendon
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I know this is a big ask... but does anyone have any links to some Myers footage? or highlights reel? I've seen some highlights of the other drafted players. Would love to see some of Myers. Grateful if anyone can help.
I know this is a big ask... but does anyone have any links to some Myers footage? or highlights reel? I've seen some highlights of the other drafted players. Would love to see some of Myers. Grateful if anyone can help.
here you go
Palmer plays on confidence, how long do you think it will take for someone
to knock that out of him? There are a few ??? on Palmer I think, Meyers
definately over Palmer so much more to offer
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I doubt he's even seen Palmer or Myers play except in the champs.
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Re: Myers thrilled to be a Bomber
I didnt like the bit about not doing well in the 3km trial run and that being an area that he has to work on in the future.. how much work are we talking about!!
I didnt like the bit about not doing well in the 3km trial run and that being an area that he has to work on in the future.. how much work are we talking about!!
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Won't stress David as he's been to Melb plently of times, has Relo's and friends here as well. And yes, he was wrapped when Tayte went to Essendon as well as good mates via U18's.
Won't stress David as he's been to Melb plently of times, has Relo's and friends here as well. And yes, he was wrapped when Tayte went to Essendon as well as good mates via U18's.
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Re: Myers thrilled to be a Bomber
Fantastic!
Fantastic!
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Re: Myers thrilled to be a Bomber
Well there would be a bit of a worry if he wasnt
Well there would be a bit of a worry if he wasnt
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thanks
Just a little snippet, in WAFL late this year, about a minute into the highlight (#15) he kicks a couple of goals outside fifty, one from inside the centre square. Cheers!
http://www.wafootball.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=839&Itemid=187
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Good man, wonder why BomberTv didnt put those highlights in.
