zedman wrote:preaching how to play the game and prepare for it..
I am discussing football theory with the kind folks of SA Footy. Feel free to post alternative opinions. Hopefully the kind folks of SA Footy wont regale you with stories of your bad games, moments which you squibbed out of the contest or coaching meltdowns.
Which according to local footy lore and all the stories people tell me about you, have all been innumerate.
zedman wrote:game was in the balance at half time..by 3/4 time it was over after gatis tore you a new one..
They continued to kicks goals from the midfield after quarter time pretty easily. Obviously you have always been a forward flanker type and haven't played a key defensive position in your life. Sometimes you have to sacrifice looking good or even possibly conceding a goal or two to help a team mate and stop a definite goal.
1. First goal Gatis was behind me, I pushed back and made contact but he was too strong and protected the drop really well, the pass was well weighted and it went over my stretched arms and he took a solid mark. Too good. I could have been closer but it wouldn't have made a difference.
2. Second goal he got I was on the end of a block in the goal square, was good team play, he lead and dived and the kick landed on his shoe lace. Perfect. Even without the block Stephen Silvangi would have struggled to stop it. That’s the thing with playing in defense though, people watching, including coaches, umpires and others only see the last split second and assume you've been slack or lazy. Never mind that you copped a punch, slipped, got scragged 3 seconds earlier.
3. Third goal was completely my fault. I misread the play. Gatis made a soft lead to the middle from the square to make what I thought was some space for their other forward ruckman who stayed in the square, the midfielder on the flank was on his wrong side and under pressure so I thought he would bomb it, as we were undersized (Maylin was much smaller) I made an instinctive call to try and be third man up and help him. The midfielder stopped, propped, went back onto his preferred and kicked a bit of an inside out kick and hit Gatis out in front 25m. I copped a spray and nodded that I stuffed up. Fair enough. Life of a defender.
Those 3 goals were the only goals I had kicked on me all day. One could ask why on each occasion there wasn't more pressure on the kicker like there was in the first, but that would be finger pointing, which you seemingly like to do. I have had better games and was disappointed with my output but to be absolutely frank, just being out there was a win for me.
Being fitter would not have helped any one of those moments, not one. Gatis “tore me a new one” because he was more talented than me, was a bigger unit and was overall a better player.
If anything Gatis outplaying me is probably proving my myths more than anything as I don’t reckon he could run 100m without stopping.
zedman wrote:how about maintaining some body contact with your forward like an extended arm or shoulder? the supply was good but not that special if you were keeping body contact with him..maybe you were tired and a bit sore from the first 60 minutes of the game..a good preseason will fix that..
hahaha, oh dear, I hope you have a defensive minded assistant.
Proptip – if you’re outsized and outmuscled by an opponent, don’t get into a one on one wrestle with him
By putting an arm or shoulder onto him, it gives him the advantage and plays into his hands as he has control over the physical nature of the contest. My strengths are a bit of a jump and an OK-ish closing speed (yes that’s about it). His strengths are well, strength, great hands and size. Doing that would have completely nullified any tool I had to my disposable to beat him. He would have kicked 10.
morell wrote:blame your club and coaches then?..
Of course, this is relevant to Mitchell Park and the way we do things.
morell wrote:we do kicking and handball drills incessantly..every night we train, trying to get execution perfected..assume the group knows nothing about structures and coach accordingly..the ones that are aware will get a refresher course and the ones who don't will learn a lesson..if someone is struggling with the basics we attempt to fix it but habits are hard to change after doing something one way for a long time..
Hurray. Well done on finally posting something without trying to be a dick.
What sort of drills have you implemented to instil muscle memory for instinctive skill?
How do you teach the difference between static and dynamic kicking?
What about the specific biomechanics of how to prepare for kicking the ball?
What about handballs? How do you break down the smaller mechanisms within the whole action to ensure a player is executing the skill with the maximum chance of the ball hitting its target?
Thus far, all of the traditional football drills we do fail in doing most of the above. In my opinion. Its more about training and exercise, than practice.
Its not just about doing it more frequently either. Getting someone to run up and down constantly kicking and handballing 1000’s of times is pointless if he is running up and down kicking and handballing with an incorrect technique.
I am very interested in breaking down the best possible technique for the skills of our game, and understanding them at a fundamental level, as in all honestly, I have not read or seen anything that addresses it like I have for the skill sets in other sports. I assume it gets done at AFL level although their skill rate (especially in front of goals) might suggest otherwise.