http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/105497/default.aspx

I find this sort of testing fascinating, but it all sounds a bit gimmicky to me.

Scores out of 120 suits because there are 120 minutes in a game?

In either case, I remember seeing this mentioned on another thread.

60 marks are allocated to skills, 40 for athleticism and a further 20 for mental application.

Dion Prestia was the high scorer with 96.15

Now the reason this is particularly interesting for us as Demons supporters, is that our very own Lucas Cook came 10th with a score of 85.70

He is also the only non-midfielder to figure in the top 10.

Bodes well for us.

* Oops, missed the piece at the bottom about Sam Day missing the testing due to SANFL finals, but that he would've been likely top 3.

I imagine he'd get almost 40/40 for athleticism alone.

AND it looks like "AFL120e" is currently a googlewhack. Boom.

very interesting.

id have thought there would be more for mental, but there you go.

Yeah, I thought there'd be a much greater emphasis on decision-making, interpretation and application.

A bit disappointed really.

What would be interesting is looking at these results in a few years' time and seeing if there appears to be a corellation between them and the development of the players in question.

Time will tell... but we don't get a breakdown of the results.

A player might be an athletic & skilled freak, but just not have it going on upstairs...

Yeah, I thought there'd be a much greater emphasis on decision-making, interpretation and application.

A bit disappointed really.

What would be interesting is looking at these results in a few years' time and seeing if there appears to be a corellation between them and the development of the players in question.

Time will tell... but we don't get a breakdown of the results.

A player might be an athletic & skilled freak, but just not have it going on upstairs...

Would also have been good to see how the points stacked up for those from the previous few years drafts to get a handle on things.

Aside from his explosiveness, it appears that Cook is very good in pretty much every other category. All the talk about Day and Lynch, i would love to see Cook towel them both up!!!

very interesting.

id have thought there would be more for mental, but there you go.

Thought the same. ie. 50/40/30

Interesting thing now realised by the AFL. They rank each draftee on the field of mental, fitness and skill based and rank them out of 120 points.

Very interesting little system and well worth reading about. Interesting to hear your thoughts.

Of note, Lucas Cook came 10th in the test.

AFL 120 Test

http://demonland.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23738&pid=385394&st=0entry385394

A few thoughts here in E25's thread

Interesting thing now realised by the AFL. They rank each draftee on the field of mental, fitness and skill based and rank them out of 120 points.

Very interesting little system and well worth reading about. Interesting to hear your thoughts.

Of note, Lucas Cook came 10th in the test.

AFL 120 Test

Merged into thread already created.

If the tested kids are planning to play AFL, then at least 10 of the 120 should have been set aside for a "Tollerance of Stupidity and Inconsistency of Umpiring" category.

AND it looks like "AFL120e" is currently a googlewhack. Boom.

Sorry mate. Your not allowed to use numbers when googlewhacking

http://www.googlewhack.com/rules.htm

I know, I realised that immediately after, but didn't have the energy to change it!

It's meant to be 2 separate words that can be found in the dictionary.

Oops.