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The use of psychologist is a protected title - much like a Dr. and is illegal to use it if you are not accredited. Unfortunately you can't stop people using language such as - 'studied psychology'(could be a 1 semester subject vs a 6 year process) or 'have a background in psychology' , or 'mind-coach' as part of their spiel. Further you can complete a Masters or Doctorate in Psychology, and still not be accredited by the Psychology Board of Australia/Australian Health Practitioners Regulation agency.... which doesn't cover people who claim to be mind-coaches, life coaches or counselors. They were not psychologists.

Good work @Demonstone, nonetheless, maybe Demonlanders are channeling their aversion to Tuesday night televised games, onto you?

sure do trav, you should receive an email, with a unique code.

I think this suits the western district farmer in me.

Perhaps Goodwin is a little neurodiverse... and he was being rigid with language. It could have been just a literal reference to Langdon who ostensibly stays right on the boundary line. 😇🤷‍♀️ Not a reference to different training regiemes and volume and intensity management.

gday @Winter Dan - post here for the podcast :)

Great research Andy

Probably right,. By my bit of research he has 3 for the year, Touk has 7.

Current coaches have spoken about it in 2021 and 2022 - from Goodwin to Scott to Fagan to Longmuir, to players such as Selwood to Gawn. It can't be pretty meaningless if the high performance managers are paid they coin they are, and if the gains are minimal (so to speak) I'd be pretty hacked off as a player... Let me list some reasons why it wouldn't be appropriate to talk about from a variety of lenses. disrespectful to acknowledge it publicly towards your oppostion gives information for future planning to opposition if it is publicly announced/acknowledge it then influences the integrity of betting markets... much like tanking...(this is the big one for me, though it's unfounded and influenced by the paradox of the AFL linked into this space).

I can't recall, did we struggle to move the ball at the G between Rounds 1 and 10?

As per @deanox's post How does @george_on_the_outer @Demonland @binman interpret the current outcomes of scores for and against, vs the context and different challenges of 2022 vs 2021.

That's a great stat. If we boil down, the output is all about points scored vs points against. Aesthetically it feels different from last year- but perhaps that's a little subconscious need for the replication of the end of the 3rd quarter of the GF weekly... We've had to play against more contenders as part of our draw in the second half of the season. We've had our spine severely depleted in different ways, injuries, injuries in game, which have made as easier to score against, and potentially harder to generate scores. So all that context , lends itself to a belief from me that we are tracking better than last year. 😎

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Why do you prefer him as a defender Jimbob?

Makes sense Sue - I agree with the synergy comment.

In descending order, what's the worst potential outcome(s) for JVR and or the club if they choose to debut him from your perspective @sue?

Interesting that you note that Joel Smith played as a forward rather than the usual back. Were you at the game @Vipercrunch? Overall how was Joel's impact?

A+ for accuracy. Keep the system, no need to search for a Plan B, when fatigued, because the 'muscle memory' keeps going for when you're good enough to execute with vigour and more accurately, when you are not fatigued. I'm not an emotionless robot, but if I was, I'd have a formula a bit like this. PreSeason Planning How many wins (or losses) is reasonable realistically throughout a season to get top 4. Consider when you may wish to ramp up loading and thus the influence of fatigue on performance, whilst considering your opponents and the fixture you have been given. How does that then marry up with your version of how many losses is acceptable to be where you want to be. Input loading into formula. Keep system/structure occurring when loading. Lose matches when loading... (or when players are injured and off ground, in game) -> see the supporters response....have your own measured response.

Not the only metric, but how many goals for JVR for Demonland pundits to head on down to East Melbourne and march in on the selection committee demanding JVR's inclusion this week? 3 goals?🤷‍♀️

That's a weird statement Lucy, I think you're aware that no one who advocates for loading as being the main contributing factor, considers it to be the sole factor. That's been cleared up time and time again.

Morning... my fragile ego just wanted to repost this...

...like clockwork, or if you will, the precisely engineered Swiss time piece that it is.

Sincere apologies if that came across as condescending. On reflection/re-reading, I can see that it could come across that way. I don't see you as as anti-loading - yet there seems to be an ongoing theme that people are positioning those that advocate for loading as a sense making tool - that they think it's the ONLY factor...

I chose not to go for an 9km run this morning, thus I deloaded my body. I'll go for a 9km run tomorrow and that's a 50% increase on what I did 3 days ago after a 2 week illness. I'm loading up so I can consume some beers whilst watching the game tomorrow... Anyway... any variation in training is either loading up or deloading. It goes by a range of names such as "heavier training block". Each week during a season the volume and intensity adjusts. So inherent in that is the notion that, each week is that there is an alteration in 'load'. Again, if you're doing an intense training session, the volume will be shorter... that's a version of loading and/or deloading. Two processes are going on there. Firstly from a physiological perspective the body is developing tolerance to fatigue, and also at a cellular/tissue level, so the body's window of tolerance is extended, less likelihood of soft tissue injuries. Further, psychologically the athlete is also developing tolerance/competence, so that when the context of stress comes (that's all about meaning, which I'll happily explain more about at some stage) - be it in a 'final' be it when 'fatigued' - skill execution at a proficient level can still occur. You've seen the graphs, we've been loading all year so to speak Lucy - it's a full year program... aimed to be at our peak from a capacity to execute task on the field under high stress situations, both physiologically and psychologically. When's the most stressful time of the year? (each week for Demonlanders)... It's not Rounds 1-20 that's for sure. Training Standards... ooof.... what does that even mean? Execution of behaviours irrespective of how you feel? Holding each other accountable? The evidence is training loads influences behavioral output be it in training or on game day. Perhaps I should also start a thread for the anti loading propaganda merchants 😇 - "In Season - It's an attitude problem, training standards need to lift - put your conjecture here".... **actually I'm going to continue my little spiel... Footballers aren't scientists. And what I mean by that is if a media commentator asks a question - a footballer gives it, the assumption is made that the footballer knows what he or she is talking about. They can give their perspective on something, it doesn't mean they understand objectively the drivers. The reality is though - and let me use an example in my own work - if a client comes in to see me about anxiety for example, they can give me their thoughts (literally the thoughts the notice and what they feel) - but they don't have the insight at a scientific level to understand the process that creates and maintains the anxiety...which then influences behaviour under stress and pressure... you'd never speak about your daily behaviours at homer or at work needing to lift... The best people to ask questions about training would be the Performance Managers... of course they'll never share. But I guarantee you this... they wouldn't be talking about 'training standards' as been the problem.