Author: swans05

In part 2 today we look at: Sydney scouting the forward runs that Darcy Cameron has been implementing Lloyd running his lane to make a chase down tackle in defensive 50 off of a center bounce clearance Sydney again scouting the over the back kick out from Collingwood and cutting it off Sydney once again...

Gee Whiz – what a finish! This game had huge implications, as did most of the other games in this round, and one of the biggest things to look for what what sort of response Sydney would put up after last weeks total and utter debacle v Port Adelaide. On the flip-side the Pies were...

For part 3 of this weeks game analysis series we continue with the debacle that was the Port/Sydney game before moving to GWS/Hawks and finishing with Essendon/Freo. Today we look at: Running your lane Using run from behind options to build your connection through 6/6/6 Hawthorn kick out tactic Elite Hawthorn work rate from starting...

Today we continue on with the Pies/Blues game then follow that up with a couple of clips from the Power/Swans game where we look at: Jordan De Goey finally looking over his groin issues with a 4 effort play resulting in a goal Carlton learning the lesson and cutting Darcy Cameron off from being able...

The result of this game as always going to have huge ramifications on the ladder and it definitely lived up to it with the Pies keeping their slim finals chances alive and the Blues at risk of actually dropping out of the 8 altogether! I don’t think either will happen but no prediction is safe...

The less spoken about this game the better with the Bulldogs totally wiping the Swans off the park in every facet of the game, almost putting them as premiership favorites right now even though they were just 11th and have only just wriggled their way into 8th spot. That being said in round 14 they...

Busy day yesterday with coaching all afternoon + Sydney and Collingwood playing on the same day + Olympics so I got through all of the close-to-pointless Sydney game (analysis post tomorrow) and most of the Collingwood game . In the Pies game I was simply watching to see of they were going to able to...

These notes comes from this study released in June of this year, looking at the perceptual-cognitive skills of expert and non-expert officials. As coaches and players I believe it’s crucial to know that the decision-making process of umpires is exactly the same as players and coaches, as you’ll read in these notes. This knowledge and...

Part 2 consists of 4 clips from Sunday’s game where we  look at: Huge Isaac Heeney trying to cover all of Sydney’s injuries in-game with runs like this Warner playing a very similar role I’ve highlighted Jordan De Goey playing at various times Sydney go to the tried-and-true Heeney kick out play Lloyd filling in...