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TRAINING: Monday 6th February 2023

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I arrived at 9.15am to find the match sims well underway and I imagine they started early to allow them time to get organized for the community camp at Yea.

On the rugby oval adjacent to Gosch's a few are the boys were doing some gentle drills.  Clarrie, Nibbler, AMW, Jefferson and Melk were doing a bit of keeping off, handball drills and some running.  I only watched as I made my way to the main oval.

Smith and Verrell were doing running around the boundary and as far as I could tell the only no shows were Salo and Lingers.  All the rest were involved in the match sims including Gawny and Jake Lever.  Goody would throw the ball in on the wing and the white and blue team would contest from there.  Brodie got a lesson from Max over the journey but Brodie was good around the ground and did some good ruck work on the odd occasion when he got the better of Max.  JJ was playing inside mid in the absence of Clarrie and was doing very well.  He was very clean and won a number of clearances.  Kyah Farris-White was playing as a KPF with Brown and TMac and really didn't get into it but it's interesting that they see a bit of KPF in him.  May was in everything and a real standout on the day and Max was marking very well around the ground.

JVR continues to impress.  On one occasion he was involved in a marking contest at FF with the ball bouncing away to another player who was 15 metres away but he then pressured and tackled the defender drawing applause from Goody and the players.  He's very competitive when the ball hits the ground and I'd hate to be the match committee selecting the KPF if all the boys are fit.  In another piece of play the ball was cleared from the centre wing throw in and was kicked forward.  JVR took the bouncing ball at full pace and instantly handballed to Spargs who kicked beautifully to Fritta.  It was a fantastic piece of play again drawing applause from Goody and the staff.

After match sims they broke into three groups and did craft training.  One was marking practice and on one occasion Kossie sat on his opponent's head and took a screamer.  When he landed he jarred his knee and went to get some medical attention but returned and completed the running at the end of the session.

The session finished at about 10.40 and the players all headed off together.  I imagine it will be a pretty relaxed skills session at Yea tomorrow with a lot of meet and greet particularly if the advertised training session is on again at Gosch's on Wednesday.

You can read the entire training thread here: https://demonland.com/forums/topic/54828-training-monday-6th-february-2023/

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