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PRESEASON TRAINING: Wednesday 18th December 2024

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Ball movement drill is someone kicking from the back goal square to a player leading out to the back pocket at the 50. Player then kicks the ball back towards Centre on the half back flank point of the square. Another player runs past for the handball and he kicks across ground to the wing half forward and then that player kicks to a lead towards the forward pocket. 

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    Great energy in that drill and even more so on the sprint in to get a drink.

    XL’s field kicking is as advertised, he has penetration but also the sense of when to use touch.

    Sestan is such a lovely kick too, and Jeffo for that matter.

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    Very physical contact drill for the midfielders which simulates a ball up in play with all players in close. 

    players involved. Rucks Campbell and Verrall. Midfielders - Viney Trac Oliver Langdon Laurie Billings Windsor Chandler Sparrow Rivers Kozzy Sharp Tholstrup Langford McVee 

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    Forwards and backs in to a drill where 3 pairs run between a 1v1 at the goal square and 1v1 50 out crumbing, pressuring, scrapping.

    May keeps ruining the 1v1 50 out by winning ever contest, but there’s good scrapping otherwise. 
     

    A big group of Mids - including, Pickett, Sharp, Windsor, Langford, Chandler with some contested handball work. Good pressure. Tommy Campbell and Verrall in that too. Big TC moves like the bloke from happy Gilmore but full credit to him he has a crack, 

    Lindsay and Lever did rehab stuff.

     

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    Full ground grey v blue.

     

    Kynan Brown no right side, turnover.

    JVR bite off too ouch, turnover.

    T Mc kick out flat punt, turnover 

    Harvey in the yellow 

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    Pickett gets the short, switched to Salo, Windsor handball receive, Sharp wing, inside 50 kick touched by May for something a little better 

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    Rivers free running off half back, handballs to no one, turnovers are back 

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    Langdon hospital kick, cleaned up by Salo and AMW, out to Chandler, in to Salem, chain of handballs through the corridor for our first goal of the session 

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    Verrall takes the kick from 30 out, misses Viney by a mile, Billings slams through the behind 

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    Trac did a sensational bit of work to spoil a ball and then gather the ground ball with a nice contested possession amongst a group of bodies and get away with a burst of speed only for his handball to be intercepted beautifully by Clarry who dished it off with lightning speed to Laurie who was off to the races as he waltzed into 50 and banged home a goal. 

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    Clarry’s handball gets deflected by Tracc. 
     

    20 seconds later Tracc’s handball gets picked by Clarry. Nice Bill goal 

    Fritsch in the yellow link bib now. Goes to Mentha, kicks to no one, boundary throw in. 

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    The good news: we are full ground spreading and pulling the trigger.

    The bad news: right now there’s no rhyme or reason to the ball movement and the skill and decision making errors are ugly 

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    REHAB: Melksham, Fullarton, Lever, Spargo, Woewodin & Turner

    No Mc Adams😵‍💫

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    29 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Rivers free running off half back, handballs to no one, turnovers are back 

    When did they leave?

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    39 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Full ground grey v blue.

     

    Kynan Brown no right side, turnover.

    JVR bite off too ouch, turnover.

    T Mc kick out flat punt, turnover 

    Harvey in the yellow 

    Given it's December... can we just say we have elite pressure? 

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    40 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Roy George kicked a ripper snap for goal from a ground ball get much to the applause of players, coaches and spectators. 

    GIF by The Voice Australia

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