Training - Monday November 30, 2015

[RalphiusMaximus 6,099]

By the MFC support staff, not by me.

I can't Saty-ate your need for content that well sorry.

Ah. That would make sense. I suppose the club won't be posting the footage for us either.

[Soidee 1,496]

Has Brayshaw trained at all with the group so far? Not sighted much.

[CityDee 738]

Sillier things have been said on demonland but Weideman looks like a superstar he has a Nick Rewoildt/ Pavlich air about him . If you passed him in the street youd know he was something .

[What 18,810]

[dazzledavey36 55,453]

Sillier things have been said on demonland but Weideman looks like a superstar he has a Nick Rewoildt/ Pavlich air about him . If you passed him in the street youd know he was something .

Really......?

If I passed him it would be just another skinny teenager to me.. But I see where your coming from....sort of

[beelzebub 23,384]

Really......?

If I passed him it would be just another skinny teenager to me.. But I see where your coming from....sort of

have you met him. Have you passed him ?

I only ask because those with something ..Indeed have something and you need to be within range to get it.

Otherwise you're espousing an idea...and not fact.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I always find it interesting that clubs have to teach young players so much about the techniques of the game outside of any game plan.

Agreed, so much development occurs before they are 14 years old hence why I believe drafting is more important than development.

[SaberFang 7,151]

Awesome!

[Moonshadow 17,678]

Petracca and Vanders look in very, very good knick.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

It's not technically a "weed" but I'm going to refer to Weideman as Kale until he bulks up.

[daisycutter 29,795]

It's not technically a "weed" but I'm going to refer to Weideman as Kale until he bulks up.

he looks about the same body shape as royce hart at exactly the same age

p.s. royce played all year in the u19s in his first year except for a few games in richmond 2nds finals games

and we know what happened in the next year

Edited November 30, 2015 by daisycutter

[Gator 17,608]

It's not technically a "weed" but I'm going to refer to Weideman as Kale until he bulks up.

He's got a terrific broad frame/shoulders.

Size is very easy to put on.

[Breggsy 123]

Is that paleo?

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

Geez, how much fitter does Vandenberg look??

He was superb in his first year but I reckon we will see him take his game to a whole new level next year. Could be anything.

Ben, do you have a brother Jack?

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

At one stage Grimes protected front spot with a series of well placed elbows behind to Oscar Mc that made Rawlings very happy. He was loving it. Oscar competed well the big boys and put his strength to the test. Pedo held a few grabs with strong hands. Big Duncan used his height to take a few nice grabs. The one disappointment was as usual Dawes, who just gets way too bogged down in the strength battle and can't push off, take a couple of steps and mark at full reach. When it works by dominating the strength battle he then just sticks his arms out marks unopposed, but way too often he didn't capitalise on winning the battle by going and getting the ball. After you've out bodied your opponent you have to either protect enough space in the drop zone to get to or jump up and mark clear of the incoming fist. I thought Rawlings was much too kind on him, he needs to practise marking on the move and wasn't. Anyway. Something interesting.

Such a shame, has a lot of great upside but just can't take a mark, which as a key forward is crucial. Weidy on the other hand can, and so can the Pedo Bear. This sees Dawes slowly fade out to insignificance.

Edited November 30, 2015 by The Song Formerly Known As

[mo64 5,881]

he looks about the same body shape as royce hart at exactly the same age

p.s. royce played all year in the u19s in his first year except for a few games in richmond 2nds finals games

and we know what happened in the next year

He wrote an autobiography, or was that after his 3rd year?

[DeeSpencer 26,091]

Such a shame, has a lot of great upside but just can't take a mark, which as a key forward is crucial. Weidy on the other hand can, and so can the Pedo Bear. This sees Dawes slowly fade out to insignificance.

He's in good nick. I think the last couple of years they lightened him off too much trying to stop him getting injured. This year they might have realised his knee and calf is going to go no matter what, may as well get him strong.

My post is really more about the coaching. He's bodying up to Oscar Mc and Pedersen giving token pressure and they are happy with that. I'd like to see him go against Tom Mc, Frost and even Hogan in legit one on ones and realise that he has to jump at the ball if we wants to mark it. Can't be afraid of dropping it and so hanging back and hoping the ball falls in his hands.

He needs the Aussie Rules equivalent of the Oklahoma drill

[Roger Mellie 4,145]

It's not technically a "weed" but I'm going to refer to Weideman as Kale until he bulks up.

K.O.D

[bing181 9,343]

Unfortunately I'm kind of a fan of the idea of letting kids be kids and not a tennis or soccer style system where any good kid at age 10 has to go to a sports school and train for many hours a day to refine their techniques.

As an aside on that, my son has come through elite level tennis - or, just under elite level - and the constant technical work is a real grind. A couple of kids above him, who at the age of 12 had full sponsorships with Nike, scholarships etc., have now stopped completely, as they're just burnt out.

I wouldn't worry too much about the draftees having to work on their technique, it's the intent and application that's important, and if they have that, it'll sort itself out.

[DeeSpencer 26,091]

As an aside on that, my son has come through elite level tennis - or, just under elite level - and the constant technical work is a real grind. A couple of kids above him, who at the age of 12 had full sponsorships with Nike, scholarships etc., have now stopped completely, as they're just burnt out.

I wouldn't worry too much about the draftees having to work on their technique, it's the intent and application that's important, and if they have that, it'll sort itself out.

Yeah and that's a bit sad isn't it? That such natural talents might end up hating the game they are so good at. But it's needed to push them pretty hard (hopefully with a balance) otherwise they'll never make it on the world stage. Where as there's 700+ AFL players from just the 1 country so there's not the need to painstakingly work on kicking technique when they are kids.

The counter to that is I played rubbish level juniors and ammo's footy and could never kick. All the afternoons and nights training and I never got close to being good at most important skill of the game. I feel like short of having expensive kicking lessons like tennis lessons or every junior club hiring or training dads as kicking there might be some answer but it's hard to find. Unless you are naturally gifted or have a dad who knows how to teach it in the backyard it's hard to learn how to kick as a junior footballer.

Back on topic though I do feel after seeing a bit of them today there isn't a huge flaw in any of the 4 kids we drafted kicking techniques and for their position and role in the team they should be above average kicks. I was glad to see Brett Allison putting them through some kicking drills, it's a sensible place to start day 1.

[What 18,810]

Awesome!

Will play Round 1 guaranteed.

[Its Time for Another 4,298]

Awesome!

Who is this?

[Mad_Melbourne 877]

Who is this?

Petracca

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

Petracca looks like he's just one big muscle.

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

What the {censored] is going on with Brayshaw?

Where is the kid at?