Training Pre-Season 2024

[dogs105]

Think Burgess said that all but 3 players ran a PB in the 1km run this morning.

Name names!!!

 

[BRL121]

Burgess on now.

3 weeks not a long time to prepare players.

All but 3 players ran PBs today.

New draftees all presented well.

Mentioned Thilthorpe, Soligo, Rachele, Taylor as guys who we should see improvement this year.

I'll have to show my ignorance here. Why are they all saying that the pre-season is 3 weeks, the shortest ever? Are not January and February part of the pre-season?

 

[DJ75]

Sloane looks proppy running.

That's just standard. If possible he looks slower.

 

[1990crow]

That's just standard. If possible he looks slower.

Astounding we gave him a contract

 

[1990crow]

I'll have to show my ignorance here. Why are they all saying that the pre-season is 3 weeks, the shortest ever? Are not January and February part of the pre-season?

Trials generally start in January

 

[1990crow]

Sounds like Edwards has leadership all over him.

Gallagher mentioned Hugh Bond taking him under his wing

 

[spexau]

Gallagher mentioned Hugh Bond taking him under his wing

Sounds like Bond and Keane live with each other

 

[1990crow]

No surprise there, Hughey lives with Mark Keane who only arrived back yesterday and of corse Hughey is a very levelheaded young bloke that was a great leader/captain at the Rebels. Keane said he got the OK to come back later than most because he'll now be spending the Chrismas break in Adelaide and getting in a training block in then.

Hopefully Hugh has a better second year. He has the body for AFL.

 

[1990crow]

Sounds like Bond and Keane live with each other

Bond? Hugh Bond?

 

[WeeBlake]

Sounds like Edwards has leadership all over him.

Are we talking VB leadership or Dawson leadership

 

[GreyCrow]

That's just standard. If possible he looks slower.

I refuse to believe this. I was told by the experts that 2nd year reco recovery is like being 24 again

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I want to know who those three are now!

Hopefully some older guys pacing themselves

 

[GROTTO]

Above all else, I genuinely hope we practice/address our goal kicking issues in 2023.

We kicked the third most behinds last year, only the Lions and Port kicked more. Port had the most in 2023.

I obviously dont know the detail of how many were rushed, assuming here that its an even spread for all teams.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Wanting to hear as many training reports on Zac Taylor in particular this pre season please bigman

Sounds like a promising start

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Above all else, I genuinely hope we practice/address our goal kicking issues in 2023.

We kicked the third most behinds last year, only the Lions and Port kicked more. Port had the most in 2023.

I obviously dont know the detail of how many were rushed, assuming here that its an even spread for all teams.

2 key things I think there are mental side and also being fitter and stronger and less fatigued

Rankine , Rachele and Dawson are 3 that have sublime skills but kicked way too many points last year

Thilthorpe too at back end

 

[CromradeCromulent]

2 key things I think there are mental side and also being fitter and stronger and less fatigued

Rankine , Rachele and Dawson are 3 that have sublime skills but kicked way too many points last year

Thilthorpe too at back end

even fog was oddly inaccurate at points

 

[dogs105]

even fog was oddly inaccurate at points

More inaccurate at goals

 

[BRL121]

even fog was oddly inaccurate at points

Yes. That started the year before. I could mostly tell when he was about to miss, because he departed from his normal routine and rushed it. Mental/tiredness, maybe.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Yes. That started the year before. I could mostly tell when he was about to miss, because he departed from his normal routine and rushed it. Mental/tiredness, maybe.

He's one of those types of forwards where I'd rather have him kicking for goal from further out than close in.

 

[LoBu]

Looks like we have already won the pre-season...

 

[BRL121]

He's one of those types of forwards where I'd rather have him kicking for goal from further out than close in.

He got a clutch one from the boundary to beat Hawthorn.

 

[WeeBlake]

TT got a haircut or new shoes or what

 

[GreyCrow]

Above all else, I genuinely hope we practice/address our goal kicking issues in 2023.

We kicked the third most behinds last year, only the Lions and Port kicked more. Port had the most in 2023.

I obviously dont know the detail of how many were rushed, assuming here that its an even spread for all teams.

How many set shot misses v on the run misses.

But the eye test indeed suggests improvement in the set shots is needed

 

[BRL121]

TT got a haircut or new shoes or what

Underpants.

 

[CromradeCromulent]

Unconfirmed report of multiple houses getting trained down, more at 6.