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I would have gone to Casey Fields today but for the fact that I've come back from overseas with a cold so I gave it a miss. I prefer to be fit and ready for the season proper than to dally around with pre season training.

Anyhow, would appreciate reports. I think some of our best training reports have come from Casey locals in the past so here's hoping for high standards again n 2016.

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17 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I would have gone to Casey Fields today but for the fact that I've come back from overseas with a cold so I gave it a miss. I prefer to be fit and ready for the season proper than to dally around with pre season training.

Anyhow, would appreciate reports. I think some of our best training reports have come from Casey locals in the past so here's hoping for high standards again n 2016.

Get better soon, Sniffling Jack. And thanks for keeping your germs away from our players.

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39 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I would have gone to Casey Fields today but for the fact that I've come back from overseas with a cold so I gave it a miss. I prefer to be fit and ready for the season proper than to dally around with pre season training.

Anyhow, would appreciate reports. I think some of our best training reports have come from Casey locals in the past so here's hoping for high standards again n 2016.

Playing basketball in the cold WJ?! I thought you were a professional... 

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Girlfriend got down there for her first training session after I successfully convinced her over the xmas break to change from the Saints to the Dees.
She's still learning all the players, but she took some great snaps! I will upload them at some stage this afternoon!

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2 minutes ago, Die Hard Demon said:

Girlfriend got down there for her first training session after I successfully convinced her over the xmas break to change from the Saints to the Dees.
She's still learning all the players, but she took some great snaps! I will upload them at some stage this afternoon!

Nudge nudge wink wink, say no more squire!

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4 minutes ago, Die Hard Demon said:

Here are some pics from todays session ! I reckon my gf did a pretty good job, considering 1. She's never been to a training session in her life and 2. She's not a photographer.

Enjoy guys!

https://deestraining.smugmug.com/Dees-Training-Casey-Fields/

 

Thanks for the photos. Think you've got a keeper there!

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23 minutes ago, Die Hard Demon said:

Here are some pics from todays session ! I reckon my gf did a pretty good job, considering 1. She's never been to a training session in her life and 2. She's not a photographer.

Enjoy guys!

https://deestraining.smugmug.com/Dees-Training-Casey-Fields/

 

Tell your sheila thanks DHD!! I wish they were wearing numbers.

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Vanders is starting to look like the Russian from Rocky 4

and Viney needs to stop doing squats or he wont be able to walk properly!

 

thanks for the photos!

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7 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I would have gone to Casey Fields today but for the fact that I've come back from overseas with a cold so I gave it a miss. I prefer to be fit and ready for the season proper than to dally around with pre season training.

Anyhow, would appreciate reports. I think some of our best training reports have come from Casey locals in the past so here's hoping for high standards again n 2016.

Apparantly TimD and Alotta got to training but sadly can't post a report.  Good session from all accounts.

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17 minutes ago, Late Draft Pick said:

Great Pics. Can someone tell me who the guy is in more than one pic with Vanders.

The one with the black beard growth. So loved the pics, thanks so much.

Tomas Bugg.

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9 hours ago, bing181 said:

There's a report on the Melbourne Board at BF.

Read it and honestly thought it was the biggest load of tripe with the occasional players name mentioned.. other then that half of it i couldn't even understand wtf he was talking about. Is he trying to be the next Tasman because he failed awfully.

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8 hours ago, Die Hard Demon said:

Girlfriend got down there for her first training session after I successfully convinced her over the xmas break to change from the Saints to the Dees.
She's still learning all the players, but she took some great snaps! I will upload them at some stage this afternoon!

My Mrs made the switch from St Kilda to MFC as well. Good move.

Cheers for the pics also. Great to see the lads in action.

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14 minutes ago, DeePicks said:

Got down for a look and was impressed at what was on display. No good at these things but since there's no reports so far I'll try put a few things down.

I was about 20 min late and walked into a fast paced ball movement/decision making drill. I try get to a few training sessions each pre season and haven't seen this before. I should mention that Goodwin and McCarthy were running training and I didn't see Roo's all day. It was play on at all cost with sharp decisions which were generally hitting there targets. It was a great drill cause not only was it teaching the boys about ball movement it was teaching the defending group about guarding space or when to fully commit to the ball carrier.

A couple of other notes from today.

- I'm a Kent fan and he was running the boundary and he's a beast. Big thighs, thick through his chest. If fully fit come round 1 should be in starting 22.

- they did simply things like goal kicking for 10 min. Garlett was doing dribble kicks, Hogan leading and marking, mid field clearance work. Backs intercept marking. Rucks tap work then tackle and spread. It was just the little things but to be honest things we need to make instinct and not stop and think oh yeah I need to be doing this.

- loved the banter in the goal kicking. Gawn most vocal and pretty funny. Watts had a bit to say and you can see his very well liked by the boys.

- running drill at the end was 2 sets of  10 x 100m sprints. Getting to the last couple you could see a few boys struggle then    McCarthy yells out "talk and help each other through" to which a few boys piped up. Gus was struggling and Watts was tapping him on the back until the last one Watts almost run the last with his arm around Gus's waist encouraging/helping him through. They crossed the line and the two embraced for a while, nice touch.

- Track said its a small fracture and not as bad as first thought, said media made it bigger than it is.

- The team is looking big as in height and size. At one stage midfield was Vanders, Gus, Tyson and Gawn. I could only think that it would be a little imposing with the size. 

 

I've been writing this for over an hour and can't recall what I've said but that's what happens with 3 kids. Hope someone can take a little from this. Cheers

 

Cheers for the update DeePicks,

Kent is the one I'm most excited about this year, also hopeful that Salem takes a big leap forward.

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Salem did stand out a bit today. Used through the middle in full ground drills and puts the footy where the player should be and not necessarily where there running. Hope it's a big year for him.

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58 minutes ago, DeePicks said:

Got down for a look and was impressed at what was on display. No good at these things but since there's no reports so far I'll try put a few things down.

I was about 20 min late and walked into a fast paced ball movement/decision making drill. I try get to a few training sessions each pre season and haven't seen this before. I should mention that Goodwin and McCarthy were running training and I didn't see Roo's all day. It was play on at all cost with sharp decisions which were generally hitting there targets. It was a great drill cause not only was it teaching the boys about ball movement it was teaching the defending group about guarding space or when to fully commit to the ball carrier.

A couple of other notes from today.

- I'm a Kent fan and he was running the boundary and he's a beast. Big thighs, thick through his chest. If fully fit come round 1 should be in starting 22.

- they did simply things like goal kicking for 10 min. Garlett was doing dribble kicks, Hogan leading and marking, mid field clearance work. Backs intercept marking. Rucks tap work then tackle and spread. It was just the little things but to be honest things we need to make instinct and not stop and think oh yeah I need to be doing this.

- loved the banter in the goal kicking. Gawn most vocal and pretty funny. Watts had a bit to say and you can see his very well liked by the boys.

- running drill at the end was 2 sets of  10 x 100m sprints. Getting to the last couple you could see a few boys struggle then    McCarthy yells out "talk and help each other through" to which a few boys piped up. Gus was struggling and Watts was tapping him on the back until the last one Watts almost run the last with his arm around Gus's waist encouraging/helping him through. They crossed the line and the two embraced for a while, nice touch.

- Track said its a small fracture and not as bad as first thought, said media made it bigger than it is.

- The team is looking big as in height and size. At one stage midfield was Vanders, Gus, Tyson and Gawn. I could only think that it would be a little imposing with the size. 

 

I've been writing this for over an hour and can't recall what I've said but that's what happens with 3 kids. Hope someone can take a little from this. Cheers

 

Thanks for the report mate!

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