Training Training Reports and Updates

[ElliottsMaggies]

From Side By Side

The players drifted out at 9.10 and were greeted by an unblemished azure sky and dewy grass. We were back training on our own territory, and later the ground was bathed in pleasant sunshine.

There were a few absentees: Josh Daicos, IQ and Hill among them, all suffering from illness and two of these reside with one another. It’s a bugbear (pardon the pun) of track watchers that we never seem to be clear of the debilitating symptoms of flu and associated lurgies. We know from JDG’s output against Port that a bout of these seasonal germs does detract from performances.



Murley was also missing.



The top they were attired in is below:



WHITE

Allan

Murphy

Ruscoe

Begg

Ginnivan

Kelly

Wilson

Bianco

Kreuger

Ryan

Carmichael

Reef

Richards

Steene





BLACKS

Cameron

Mitchell

Nick (trying to impersonate his brother by wearing #7)

Elliott

Lippa

Noble

Moore

Maynard

JDG (travelling in cognito in #44)

Adams

Cox

Howe

WHE

Crisp

Markov

McCreery

Checkers

McStay



It is interesting to note that the hyphen after returning to full training has resumed his position as a black top wearer.

The players warmed up with their desultory kicking routines and some ground ball retrieval with trainers firing the ball into the turf.



They then split into three groups with a mix of black and white tops among all



One focussed on the forward kicking and high knee lifts working out specific muscles , another spent time baulking cones and running with a weight, while the third undertook some close-in handball drills.



The whole group then did some running which forced them to stretch out a bit between the arcs.

Michell, Ginni, Sidey and Carmichael all did some specialised short running with a weight contraption under the vigilant eye of a trainer.



Then all players sprinted to the centre, and after clearly listening to McRae or the coaches, a loud round of applause accompanied by some affirming yelps reverberated around the arena.



Further groups then formed which appeared to be targeted with certain line players focussing on various skills.



For example, all the larger and taller framed KPP and ruck types – Frampton, Dean, Moore, Begg, Murphy, McStay, Cox, Checkers, Cameron, Kelly, Steene and Ash spent time contesting marks in pairs and running towards a mark with another player swinging a tackling bag, trying to create an impediment.



Elsewhere there were handball and short kicking to position drills.



Was interesting to see Dean participating in the general activities. Later while match simulation took place, he completed running, including a lot of agility work with a trainer. He is progressively being reassimilated into the main group.



This was followed by some whole ground movement work, featuring multiple footballs, with the emphasis on slick delivery by hand and foot.



After that the players went for some rehydration with many sprinting full pace to vary the tempo of their training loads. This was also a strategy pause as the players listened intently to some instruction from the coaches.



Returning to the fray the players were involved in some high intensity half the ground ball movement.



Following another deep conversation between the coaches and their charges, they assembled for match simulation.



This was relatively short but played with much vim and vigour and players were not holding back in tackling and applying pressure to their opponents in contests. The aerial duels were willing and the track watchers speculated that this was in response to McRae’s concerns with the drop off in pressure being applied. Given that the Blues have partly risen on the back of extra pressure points, we would have to be acutely aware of this facet of our game.



WHE played on Wilson on the wing in the absence of Josh. Other match-ups included Ash on Howe, Moore on Steene, with Kelly and Ruscoe minding the likes of Checkers and McStay. Reef played some time in the middle and is showing encouraging signs.



Jamie and Checkers worked well together and the ball moved crisply around our sometimes dysfunctional forward zone.



Moore stymied quite a few forward moves by the whites with some strong marking but the highlight was McStay’s pack screamer. He elevated himself above a nest of fellow Magpies and clunked the mark. Many players rotated through positions and were pitted against different guys and the standard was really impressive given the willingness of the combatants to test the mettle of their opponents.



After this training gradually wound down with players seemingly choosing what to focus on. Elliott, Adams, Lippa and Pendles practised their goalkicking and earlier in the session Jamie treated spectators to more of his stellar goal slotting from the boundary line.



Some players were doing a contesting drill between poles, while the line coaches were in deep discussions with various players.

Who resides with each other out of Josh, IQ & Bobby?

Or are you referring to Bobby & Murley, who I just noticed was also missing training?

 

[Jen2310]

Who resides with each other out of Josh, IQ & Bobby?

Or are you referring to Bobby & Murley, who I just noticed was also missing training?

Bobby and Murley live together, the latter was also MIA too. Fly said both are sick

 

[gouki88]

Bobby and Murley live together, the latter was also MIA too. Fly said both are sick

Also seems that we are hyper-aware of not allowing sick players into the club to protect the broader group.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Bobby and Murley live together, the latter was also MIA too. Fly said both are sick

Yeah I just noticed Murley was missing further down. It's hilarious how a few sniffles & a cough makes the breaking news on all mainstream media

 

[Jen2310]

Also seems that we are hyper-aware of not allowing sick players into the club to protect the broader group.

Yeah we have learned from last year where it spread through the club

 

[JuniorB]

From Side By Side

The players drifted out at 9.10 and were greeted by an unblemished azure sky and dewy grass. We were back training on our own territory, and later the ground was bathed in pleasant sunshine.

There were a few absentees: Josh Daicos, IQ and Hill among them, all suffering from illness and two of these reside with one another. It’s a bugbear (pardon the pun) of track watchers that we never seem to be clear of the debilitating symptoms of flu and associated lurgies. We know from JDG’s output against Port that a bout of these seasonal germs does detract from performances.



Murley was also missing.



The top they were attired in is below:



WHITE

Allan

Murphy

Ruscoe

Begg

Ginnivan

Kelly

Wilson

Bianco

Kreuger

Ryan

Carmichael

Reef

Richards

Steene





BLACKS

Cameron

Mitchell

Nick (trying to impersonate his brother by wearing #7)

Elliott

Lippa

Noble

Moore

Maynard

JDG (travelling in cognito in #44)

Adams

Cox

Howe

WHE

Crisp

Markov

McCreery

Checkers

McStay



It is interesting to note that the hyphen after returning to full training has resumed his position as a black top wearer.

The players warmed up with their desultory kicking routines and some ground ball retrieval with trainers firing the ball into the turf.



They then split into three groups with a mix of black and white tops among all



One focussed on the forward kicking and high knee lifts working out specific muscles , another spent time baulking cones and running with a weight, while the third undertook some close-in handball drills.



The whole group then did some running which forced them to stretch out a bit between the arcs.

Michell, Ginni, Sidey and Carmichael all did some specialised short running with a weight contraption under the vigilant eye of a trainer.



Then all players sprinted to the centre, and after clearly listening to McRae or the coaches, a loud round of applause accompanied by some affirming yelps reverberated around the arena.



Further groups then formed which appeared to be targeted with certain line players focussing on various skills.



For example, all the larger and taller framed KPP and ruck types – Frampton, Dean, Moore, Begg, Murphy, McStay, Cox, Checkers, Cameron, Kelly, Steene and Ash spent time contesting marks in pairs and running towards a mark with another player swinging a tackling bag, trying to create an impediment.



Elsewhere there were handball and short kicking to position drills.



Was interesting to see Dean participating in the general activities. Later while match simulation took place, he completed running, including a lot of agility work with a trainer. He is progressively being reassimilated into the main group.



This was followed by some whole ground movement work, featuring multiple footballs, with the emphasis on slick delivery by hand and foot.



After that the players went for some rehydration with many sprinting full pace to vary the tempo of their training loads. This was also a strategy pause as the players listened intently to some instruction from the coaches.



Returning to the fray the players were involved in some high intensity half the ground ball movement.



Following another deep conversation between the coaches and their charges, they assembled for match simulation.



This was relatively short but played with much vim and vigour and players were not holding back in tackling and applying pressure to their opponents in contests. The aerial duels were willing and the track watchers speculated that this was in response to McRae’s concerns with the drop off in pressure being applied. Given that the Blues have partly risen on the back of extra pressure points, we would have to be acutely aware of this facet of our game.



WHE played on Wilson on the wing in the absence of Josh. Other match-ups included Ash on Howe, Moore on Steene, with Kelly and Ruscoe minding the likes of Checkers and McStay. Reef played some time in the middle and is showing encouraging signs.



Jamie and Checkers worked well together and the ball moved crisply around our sometimes dysfunctional forward zone.



Moore stymied quite a few forward moves by the whites with some strong marking but the highlight was McStay’s pack screamer. He elevated himself above a nest of fellow Magpies and clunked the mark. Many players rotated through positions and were pitted against different guys and the standard was really impressive given the willingness of the combatants to test the mettle of their opponents.



After this training gradually wound down with players seemingly choosing what to focus on. Elliott, Adams, Lippa and Pendles practised their goalkicking and earlier in the session Jamie treated spectators to more of his stellar goal slotting from the boundary line.



Some players were doing a contesting drill between poles, while the line coaches were in deep discussions with various players.

I wonder if the applause indicates another debutant.

 

[LuckyLee]

We seem to have players missing training every week with “sickness” but not missing matches. Way more than other Clubs seem to.

I suspect it’s our version of “managing” players, where we give them a week off from training to freshen up but don’t have to go without them on match day.


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[Jen2310]

I wonder if the applause indicates another debutant.

I reckon its something personal in terms of mcstay. Heard him chatting to some fans. Something about "personal" and "keeping it in house"

 

[Harry O]

Or if they have injury they don’t want to be public knowledge (eg sore ribs) the flu is a nice cover for that

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

We seem to have players missing training every week with “sickness” but not missing matches. Way more than other Clubs seem to.

I suspect it’s our version of “managing” players, where we give them a week off from training to freshen up but don’t have to go without them on match day.


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Let's not forget the media simply does not report on every single player missing training from other clubs

 

[Jen2310]

Training:

Much warmer morning compared too last week, no chilly breeze, so it was a nice day for it.

Absent players:
Murley + Hill
IQ
Josh Daicos

7

Josh Daicos

Age

26

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.3

3star

D

16.2

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.5

4star

CL

1.5

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

1.2

4star

.

All sick, but should be okay, according to fly.

Macrae - Awaiting surgery, so may not see him for about a week.

rehab:

Dean, who has returned from his time off in europe; and is about to be put through a mini pre-season. Did some running today.



While the others did some pre-training stuff; Ginni, Carmichael, Mitchell and sidey did some extra work with sprinting then change of direction, then sprinting.



Blacks;

• Lippa
• JDG
• Maynard
• Elliott
• Mitchell
• Noble
• Pendles
• McStay
• Adams
• Cameron
• Sidebottom
• Crisp
• Moore
• Beau
• WHE
• Nick D
• Markov
• Howe
• Mihocek
• Cox

Whites;

• Bianco
• Wilson
• Kreuger
• Allan
• Frampton
• Draper
• Kelly
• Ruscoe
• Ryan
• Reef
• Murphy
• Richards
• Ginni
• Harrison
• Begg
• Johnson
• Oscar
• Carmichael

Dean partook in some drills before going to the boundary doing some running. But was nice to see him back out there getting into it.

They went into their kicking drill they usually would do weekly, which is where you have players in their positions on the field, and the focus was about kicking to a teammate within distance quickly, from D50, through the middle, toward F50.

The squad was split up where they focused on handball to kick ratio, there was a real focus on slick movement and process to get this skill right. Also they did a bit of focus on ball movement in this particular senario. Just churning away at some of the basics they aim to keep improving on.


Match sim then began.

Without JD, WHE started on the wing opposite Wilson.
Reef spent a fair bit of time in the middle, and was moving well. I think we're starting to seen the next progression for him for the next 12 months. He'll need a big pre-season, and work on his running and tank.

There was one moment in match sim, where Mcstay (I thought it was DC, but I realise now that's not the sort of thing he would do) took a huge screamer in the forward line. Pack mark. It got everyone up and about.

Post this, some players did some goal kicking at each end. Then there was 1 v 1 contests with the talls.
The coaches then set up a zone near the cafe side of the ground, where the focus was "fight" and pressure, rotating between a couple groups of players.


Match ups (they changed a few opponents sometimes, like nick and pendles swaped between mid and hb.

Steene v Howe
Johnson v Moore
Kreuger v Noble
HH v Nick
Ginni v Markov

Murphy v Elliott
Frampton v Mcstay
Ruscoe v Checkers
Ryan v Adams
Bianco v Lippa (then ryan)
Draper v Beau

Sidey v Kelly
WHE v Wilson

Mid:
Mitchell
De Goey
Pendles (then Nick)

v

Reef
Carmy
Allan

 

[YouBeauty]

Training:

Much warmer morning compared too last week, no chilly breeze, so it was a nice day for it.

Absent players:
Murley + Hill
IQ
Josh Daicos.

All sick, but should be okay, according to fly.

Macrae - Awaiting surgery, so may not see him for about a week.

rehab:

Dean, who has returned from his time off in europe; and is about to be put through a mini pre-season. Did some running today.



While the others did some pre-training stuff; Ginni, Carmichael, Mitchell and sidey did some extra work with sprinting then change of direction, then sprinting.



Blacks;

• Lippa
• JDG
• Maynard
• Elliott
• Mitchell
• Noble
• Pendles
• McStay
• Adams
• Cameron
• Sidebottom
• Crisp
• Moore
• Beau
• WHE
• Nick D
• Markov
• Howe
• Mihocek
• Cox

Whites;

• Bianco
• Wilson
• Kreuger
• Allan
• Frampton
• Draper
• Kelly
• Ruscoe
• Ryan
• Reef
• Murphy
• Richards
• Ginni
• Harrison
• Begg
• Johnson
• Oscar
• Carmichael

Dean partook in some drills before going to the boundary doing some running. But was nice to see him back out there getting into it.

They went into their kicking drill they usually would do weekly, which is where you have players in their positions on the field, and the focus was about kicking to a teammate within distance quickly, from D50, through the middle, toward F50.

The squad was split up where they focused on handball to kick ratio, there was a real focus on slick movement and process to get this skill right. Also they did a bit of focus on ball movement in this particular senario. Just churning away at some of the basics they aim to keep improving on.


Match sim then began.

Without JD, WHE started on the wing opposite Wilson.
Reef spent a fair bit of time in the middle, and was moving well. I think we're starting to seen the next progression for him for the next 12 months. He'll need a big pre-season, and work on his running and tank.

There was one moment in match sim, where Mcstay (I thought it was DC, but I realise now that's not the sort of thing he would do) took a huge screamer in the forward line. Pack mark. It got everyone up and about.

Post this, some players did some goal kicking at each end. Then there was 1 v 1 contests with the talls.
The coaches then set up a zone near the cafe side of the ground, where the focus was "fight" and pressure, rotating between a couple groups of players.


Match ups (they changed a few opponents sometimes, like nick and pendles swaped between mid and hb.

Steene v Howe
Johnson v Moore
Kreuger v Noble
HH v Nick
Ginni v Markov

Murphy v Elliott
Frampton v Mcstay
Ruscoe v Checkers
Ryan v Adams
Bianco v Lippa (then ryan)
Draper v Beau

Sidey v Kelly
WHE v Wilson

Mid:
Mitchell
De Goey
Pendles (then Nick)

v

Reef
Carmy
Allan

Was the screamer in any of the videos?
Who won, Collingwood or Carlton?

 

[Jen2310]

Was the screamer in any of the videos?
Who won, Collingwood or Carlton?

Unfortunately not. Wish I had recorded it.

Collingwood, of course.
Should be a rule, carlton neveer wins.

 

[YouBeauty]

Unfortunately not. Wish I had recorded it.

Collingwood, of course.
Should be a rule, carlton neveer wins.

Really amazing work Jen, I can see how passionate you are and really admire your dedication to get to training every week. It's such a great insight that we don't get from even the club itself.

 

[Jen2310]

Mcstay's screamer. Not sure Ruscoe appreciated it lol

 

[JuniorB]

Mcstay's screamer. Not sure Ruscoe appreciated it lol

Good to see Dan building some confidence.

 

[Hong Kong Pie]

Awesome, thanks a lot Jen!

 

[3rdMan]

We seem to have players missing training every week with “sickness” but not missing matches. Way more than other Clubs seem to.

I suspect it’s our version of “managing” players, where we give them a week off from training to freshen up but don’t have to go without them on match day.


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McRae mentioned this in a recent PC, that the media is always reporting on our ill players. He's sure other clubs have the same, just gets less attention.

 

[MyManLynch]

McRae mentioned this in a recent PC, that the media is always reporting on our ill players. He's sure other clubs have the same, just gets less attention.

If 5 North players came down with Leprosy it wouldn’t create a ripple…3 Collingwood players with the sniffles is headline news

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

McRae mentioned this in a recent PC, that the media is always reporting on our ill players. He's sure other clubs have the same, just gets less attention.

Exactly. There are plenty of players from other teams who miss training all week, and their coach only mentions it during the pressers after their match. I think Craig is just more transparent about it, and the media, as we know are obsessed.

 

[pablo disco bar]

If we go into the last round guaranteed first place on ladder

Would you just play the following players murley, Draper, begg, Krueger, fin (if fit) Carmichael

Just for a look ?

 

[windchimes]

If we go into the last round guaranteed first place on ladder

Would you just play the following players murley, Draper, begg, Krueger, fin (if fit) Carmichael

Just for a look ?

This is the most Pablo Disco Bar post ever

 

[Jen2310]

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[Jen2310]

slide 6.
Mcstay screamer

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

If we go into the last round guaranteed first place on ladder

Would you just play the following players murley, Draper, begg, Krueger, fin (if fit) Carmichael

Just for a look ?

No