3 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

AMW not there?

He is. Not participating in the contact SIM drill.

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Math SIM is not a traditional SIM.

Jefferson running laps at a good clip.

Pretty sure AMW is here, as is Bowey. Bowser is on the bike right now.

Sharp running the boundary now too.

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Math SIM is not a traditional SIM. Mids are setup on the wings with the plays starting either from a loose ball on the wing or from a free kick from half back. Plays are mostly confined to one side of the ground along

Are they calculating the velocity of the ball and the optimal angles for kicking goals? 😜

Edit: Blinman got in first haha

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by DeelightfulPlay

Max, Petty, Kentfield, AMW & Sharp running laps and are not participating in the contact SIM.

Given the current attrition rate recent claims of training down the house may need sober re-assessment.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Tarax Club

Jeffo back in the match sim.

1 hour ago, PaulR said:

Is training at Casey or in town this morning?

Casey Monday and Friday

Goschs on Wednesday

Tom Campbell is here, still in neck brace and with kiddo.

Just to think next week is the last week without any footy being played as afl origin and match sims/ prac match’s start week after and then it’s the real deal 😆

Seem to be subbing players on and off in the match sim. A couple of them are feeling a bit off, nothing serious. Max is back in the sim.

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Viney doing some light very small two legged hops in a straight line.

two legged hops = jumps?

1 hour ago, thirty-one said:

Jeffo is in runners. Running the boundary.

Recovering from Leather poisoning in the last match sim.

4 minutes ago, Proud Demon said:

two legged hops = jumps?

I pondered what way I should describe what he was doing and came up with two legged hops because they really weren't jumps in the sense that he was in no way getting very much air time off the ground. They were more like bunny hops.

Reporting on training for Demonland is harder than it looks, especially with a phone that is determined to use the wrong words and change a player's name. Anyway, it wound up at 12:15 with a lot of gassed players.

Happy birthday to Disco Turner!

Thanks to the track watchers can’t wait to read some of the training reports that may come in the next few hours! Do we think checkers will be right for round 1 since his now back into main training? We have so many exciting players who can also play in the middle some really good ones will be unlucky to miss out on selections

Novice track watcher here but was a bit of an ordinary session? Not a whole lot to take out of it or be impressed by. Not sure what I was expecting but felt a bit flat and skills were average. Granted, Ricky Mentha suprised me and could get games on the wing/half forward this year, looks like he’s really improved. Good number of players out on the park, the few in rehab don’t look far away at all so I think we’re doing well in that area.

I’ll also add- JVR looks a different player, in fact I didn’t even realise it was him until halfway through the session because he is moving so much smoother, he looks lighter and more agile, think last year he was too heavy and that was part of the issue, running really well

A bit of repetition but here goes.

All players present but Tom Campbell joined the group in his neck brace, with his kids, towards the end of training.

Those in rehab and looking some way away (6) - Bowey, Henderson, Viney, Melksham, McAdam (a particular concern as he now seems to be heavily favouring his left knee) and Salem (hard to judge what he has done - but doing only very light work today).

Petty and Kentfield in fluoro caps (no contact) and did all the craft work, so no match sim for them, but suggest they are not far away.

Same for Sharp, Gawn and AMW - did most of the drills, but no match sim.

Match sim was interesting - with no Gawn or Campbell, Johnson and Heath do the ruck work. In and under were Steele, Rivers, Lindsay, Windsor, Kosi and Sparrow with Langdon and Culley setting up in one wing position and Langford and Tholstrup (Onley alternating) on the other side.

We may be getting an insight into our mids this year....? Not Culley, not Langford - these two, with Langdon may rotate through the wings...

2 hours ago, thirty-one said:

Jeffo is in runners. Running the boundary.

We may found his spot.

19 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

Novice track watcher here but was a bit of an ordinary session? Not a whole lot to take out of it or be impressed by. Not sure what I was expecting but felt a bit flat and skills were average. Granted, Ricky Mentha suprised me and could get games on the wing/half forward this year, looks like he’s really improved. Good number of players out on the park, the few in rehab don’t look far away at all so I think we’re doing well in that area.

GS keep in mind that it is training. It's like dancing with your sister. The real games show how much a player has improved or not.