Strategy Load Management

[eastfreo75]

Believer in load management but I know there is a thinking if it isn't broke don't fix it or don't flirt with form or percentage is important.

Remember John Todd at Wet Toast had a home team and away team, which had ordinary results. Ric Charlesworth had success with the Women's Australia Hockey team and every team load manages in the NBA.

Load Management ideas:
1. Miss games
2. Use of sub
3. Bench time
4. Change of role

AFL season is a marathon, and you need to be sprinting at the pointy end of the season. 6 Day breaks and amount of travel can have a negative effect on performance.

Round six- 6 days Break vs Melbourne at the MCG
Round seven - 6 days Break vs the Crows at home
Round nine - 6 days break vs Magpies at home
Round fifteen - 5 day break vs Bombers

Round sixteen onwards is a floating fixtiure.

Any thoughts?

 

[go_the_dockers]

I think it is hard to plan too much, except for a few players. If they are sore they should be rested if it would help.

A few older players should have scheduled rest.

 

[Taylor]

I think you're more likely to see players shifted in roles within the team over being left out entirely. For example, I would expect the likes of Young, Serong, Reid etc to sit inside fifty quite a bit more during the period of short breaks but that they are in the side means that if we are close at the end of the fourth quarter the coaches can throw our best side against them to try and win it.

 

[eastfreo75]

I think it is hard to plan too much, except for a few players. If they are sore they should be rested if it would help.

A few older players should have scheduled rest.

A lot of unknowns such as form, injuries and match ups to have a rigid plan.

In saying that I would come with a precise plan and make adjustments with unknowns become known.

 

[bellie4pm]

Correct me if i am wrong but haven’t The last few afl premiers all started the season off slowly (in terms of ladder position) - and then got on a winning streak as teams ahead of them get injured (ouch!) and / or get tired? Is starting slowly and finishing fast enough to get into the finals and then BOOM! Is the way forward?

 

[eastfreo75]

I think you're more likely to see players shifted in roles within the team over being left out entirely. For example, I would expect the likes of Young, Serong, Reid etc to sit inside fifty quite a bit more during the period of short breaks but that they are in the side means that if we are close at the end of the fourth quarter the coaches can throw our best side against them to try and win it.

100%.

I would like Serong to play forward as his field mapping is elite and quick in processing.

I know this is old school but players would rest up forward or back.

Rovers as forward pockets, Rucks forward pockets, and ruck rovers at half back.

We these positions are no longer used but the principle could be the same.

 

[eastfreo75]

Correct me if i am wrong but haven’t The last few afl premiers all started the season off slowly (in terms of ladder position) - and then got on a winning streak as teams ahead of them get injured (ouch!) and / or get tired? Is starting slowly and finishing fast enough to get into the finals and then BOOM! Is the way forward?

Generally most premiership teams have played finals the previous year and have a shorter pre season.

Also, the AFL will fixture finalists against each other early. Therefore they will be playing tougher opponents.

 

[Raz]

I think the resting periods need to be short and use the bench rather than a forward pocket or back

The reason is . we want our forwards to be active , especially the smalls . always moving. if they need rest from onball they may not get a rrest in Fwd line. So yes great to have them rotates through the FWD line. but done call it resting.

Bench is the place to rest. but only for short periods.