There were some ins and outs for the restricted group at training this morning. The group was made up of Hentschel, McLeod, Douglas and Rutten. Porplyzia and Dangerfield did a fair bit of stuff with the main group but also sat out a couple of things.
First of all the main group was working in pairs and kicking the ball around the oval over a fair distance. This was good to see as everyone was competitively going for the ball.
The next task, again using most of the oval, involved a player marking the ball and one on the mark but then a supporting player would run past. The player with the ball would then run towards the man on the mark before passing to the player by his side. Craig praised Sellar for the use of his voice.
Porplyzia was taking marks above his head and Walker had a slight run in with a trainer, just for laughs, much to the amusement of the stand in.
Following this drill, the group was sectioned up and were mainly working on the far side of the oval. Closer to the spectators though, there were four sets of pairs kicking the ball around. The defenders were marked in orange tops with the match ups being Jacky v Petrenko (O), Gill v Gallman (O), Cook v Schmidt (O), Otten v Kite (O). All groups switched defenders once or twice except for Cook and Schmidt.
Most of the far group then swapped with the above group and the match ups were Vince v Knights (O), Mackay v Moran (O) v Jacky (O), Goodwin v Symes (O) and Johncock v Edwards (O).
During this, Dangerfield was picking up balls off the ground and running across the oval before disposing to one of the trainers or coaches. A couple of his kicks were wayward, although it was good to see him practicing. Porplyzia spent some time goal kicking.
Next up the players did some fartlek training I believe. This involved the players running around the oval at various speeds at different sections.
After a quick break it was straight back into training with some goal kicking practice on the menu. Most shots at goal were taken on the run as the players shared the ball around the centre half forward line. A midfield was then brought into play with only a selection of forwards and defenders, Gill v Gallman, Walker v Schmidt and Sellar v Stevens. Both players in the match ups had a go at attacking and defending.
Tippett must've been feeling pretty spent, especially because he shared his breakfast with the group part way through the drill.
The next drill was the same as one that was completed on Thursday, with three runners handballing the ball down the outer wing before passing to a waiting player who had to share the ball around with his teammates back in the other direction and avoiding the three defenders. The ball would eventually be passed up forward. The match ups in the fifty-metre arc were Gill v Kite, Sellar v Stevens and Walker v Schmidt.
As training began to wrap up the main group played the game with the tennis ball. Basically two teams are aiming to get the ball in a box at their opposing end of the rectangle. Bickley was in charge of this one and alternated play with a tennis ball and footy. When a footy was used the players would have to run between two cones to score.
At one point, Gallman ran down Petrenko from behind but couldn't bring him to the ground so Petrenko was struggling, with his shirt stretched out by Gallman to just reach the box. Gallman let go and Petrenko was right in front of the box but he still missed. Sellar also had a moment where he just missed the box from virtually standing above it.
While this was going on Dangerfield, Porplyzia and van Berlo were kicking the ball to each other.
The final warm down drill saw the whole group kicking the ball around the oval without any specific match ups, but first there were a handful of defenders in the midfield plus two match ups in the forward line, Sellar v Walker and Stevens v Edwards.
During this, a group of 4-5 players came over just in front of the crowd and were working with Viney on defending at ball ups.
A few players decided to stay behind to practice some shots on goal and as usual, Sellar was doing some extra work one on one with a coach.
Overall, it was the cleanest of sessions, with a number of miss kicks, dropped marks and the like. None of the first year players were out on the track and I also happened to see Johncock with his shirt off. There certainly isn't a beer belly there; in fact I thought I might have even seen some definition! But he was moving well during the fartlek training and was encouraging other players.
First of all the main group was working in pairs and kicking the ball around the oval over a fair distance. This was good to see as everyone was competitively going for the ball.
The next task, again using most of the oval, involved a player marking the ball and one on the mark but then a supporting player would run past. The player with the ball would then run towards the man on the mark before passing to the player by his side. Craig praised Sellar for the use of his voice.
Porplyzia was taking marks above his head and Walker had a slight run in with a trainer, just for laughs, much to the amusement of the stand in.
Following this drill, the group was sectioned up and were mainly working on the far side of the oval. Closer to the spectators though, there were four sets of pairs kicking the ball around. The defenders were marked in orange tops with the match ups being Jacky v Petrenko (O), Gill v Gallman (O), Cook v Schmidt (O), Otten v Kite (O). All groups switched defenders once or twice except for Cook and Schmidt.
Most of the far group then swapped with the above group and the match ups were Vince v Knights (O), Mackay v Moran (O) v Jacky (O), Goodwin v Symes (O) and Johncock v Edwards (O).
During this, Dangerfield was picking up balls off the ground and running across the oval before disposing to one of the trainers or coaches. A couple of his kicks were wayward, although it was good to see him practicing. Porplyzia spent some time goal kicking.
Next up the players did some fartlek training I believe. This involved the players running around the oval at various speeds at different sections.
After a quick break it was straight back into training with some goal kicking practice on the menu. Most shots at goal were taken on the run as the players shared the ball around the centre half forward line. A midfield was then brought into play with only a selection of forwards and defenders, Gill v Gallman, Walker v Schmidt and Sellar v Stevens. Both players in the match ups had a go at attacking and defending.
Tippett must've been feeling pretty spent, especially because he shared his breakfast with the group part way through the drill.
The next drill was the same as one that was completed on Thursday, with three runners handballing the ball down the outer wing before passing to a waiting player who had to share the ball around with his teammates back in the other direction and avoiding the three defenders. The ball would eventually be passed up forward. The match ups in the fifty-metre arc were Gill v Kite, Sellar v Stevens and Walker v Schmidt.
As training began to wrap up the main group played the game with the tennis ball. Basically two teams are aiming to get the ball in a box at their opposing end of the rectangle. Bickley was in charge of this one and alternated play with a tennis ball and footy. When a footy was used the players would have to run between two cones to score.
At one point, Gallman ran down Petrenko from behind but couldn't bring him to the ground so Petrenko was struggling, with his shirt stretched out by Gallman to just reach the box. Gallman let go and Petrenko was right in front of the box but he still missed. Sellar also had a moment where he just missed the box from virtually standing above it.
While this was going on Dangerfield, Porplyzia and van Berlo were kicking the ball to each other.
The final warm down drill saw the whole group kicking the ball around the oval without any specific match ups, but first there were a handful of defenders in the midfield plus two match ups in the forward line, Sellar v Walker and Stevens v Edwards.
During this, a group of 4-5 players came over just in front of the crowd and were working with Viney on defending at ball ups.
A few players decided to stay behind to practice some shots on goal and as usual, Sellar was doing some extra work one on one with a coach.
Overall, it was the cleanest of sessions, with a number of miss kicks, dropped marks and the like. None of the first year players were out on the track and I also happened to see Johncock with his shirt off. There certainly isn't a beer belly there; in fact I thought I might have even seen some definition! But he was moving well during the fartlek training and was encouraging other players.
