Mark Basics [edit: resurrected from 2013]

[Ethan Tremblay 30,837]

I wish number 31 would shepherd more, it really grinds my goat. 

Edited April 3, 2017 by Ethan Tremblay

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Did anyone hear Jimmy Bartel talking about Petracca just stood still after taking a mark tonight?

How the hell is this still happening?

[Go the Biff 3,414]

42 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Did anyone hear Jimmy Bartel talking about Petracca just stood still after taking a mark tonight?

How the hell is this still happening?

Thought of you as soon as he said it. It's a [censored] disgrace that he's still doing it after this long in the AFL system

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

On 6/22/2018 at 11:20 PM, Go the Biff said:

Thought of you as soon as he said it. It's a [censored] disgrace that he's still doing it after this long in the AFL system

On top of this, we kicked into the man on the mark twice against Port Adelaide (Brayshaw and Lewis from memory) which is completely unacceptable.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I’m going to keep bumping this until we actually work out what to do when we take a mark or have a free kick.

Petracca is the king of just standing still and not actually getting back behind the mark.

I saw a Sydney player go back about 15 metres after he took a mark and wasn’t able to play on quickly. Going back so far actually allowed him to kick the ball further because he could go on a huge arc around the man on the mark and kick under no pressure. 

Today JKH drifted off his mark (causing umpire to call play on) when he was 45 metres out from goal. He gave up a free kick to instead handball under pressure all because he couldn’t walk back in a straight line.

Edited August 12, 2018 by Clint Bizkit

[titan_uranus 24,983]

4 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I’m going to keep bumping this until we actually work out what to do when we take a mark or have a free kick.

Petracca is the king of just standing still and not actually getting back behind the mark.

I saw a Sydney player go back about 15 metres after he took a mark and wasn’t able to play on quickly. Going back so far actually allowed him to kick the ball further because he could go on a huge arc around the man on the mark and kick under no pressure. 

Today JKH drifted off his mark (causing umpire to call play on) when he was 45 metres out from goal. He gave up a free kick to instead handball under pressure all because he couldn’t walk back in a straight line.

We do this plenty. We usually kick it up and under, though, which isn't smart.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

We do this plenty. We usually kick it up and under, though, which isn't smart.

No, we are usually so close to the man on the mark that we kick under pressure and our angle of kicking is changed.

By going back further the Sydney player actually could straighten up as the man on the mark had no impact in terms of distance or trajectory.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Thank you Steve Hocking (never thought I’d say that) for bringing in the new man on the mark rule to help us with an issue that has plagued us since 2013.

Dangerfield would be happy with this bump.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

3 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Thank you Steve Hocking (never thought I’d say that) for bringing in the new man on the mark rule to help us with an issue that has plagued us since 2013.

Dangerfield would be happy with this bump.

Who would have thought ?