#4 – KICK OPTION FROM BEHIND TO KEEP FORWARDS BACK We work the ball along the boundary to the mid-point of the ground via fast play and we’ve got a line of players tearing through the middle, and through space, from the half back line where the ball came from. With Harry being one of...
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SYDNEY SWANS TRANSITION OFFENSE AT LOCAL/AMATEUR LEVEL PART 3
#3 – KICK OPTION FROM BEHIND TO KEEP FORWARDS BACK This starts with a short hit up from Benji and he does exactly what the Swans do on his own accord by pushing forward from behind so our forwards don’t have to come up too and high leaving us with no one to kick to....
SYDNEY SWANS TRANSITION OFFENSE AT LOCAL/AMATEUR LEVEL PART 2
#2 – OPTION FROM BEHIND HANDBALL RECEIVE IN FRONT OF THE MAN ON THE MARK I should have mentioned yesterday that we tend to go lateral/backwards a lot because our home ground is postage stamp and that’s often the only way you can maintain possession and lengthen the ground to open up space in front...
SYDNEY SWANS TRANSITION OFFENSE AT LOCAL/AMATEUR LEVEL PART 1
Last week I did a monster 4-part analysis on my Sydney Swans and their complete destruction of the West Coast Eagles, with a close look at their ball and player movement during transition offense. I’m back at my old club in a playing role after my coaching gig fell through but I did take a...
SYDNEY SWANS ANALYSIS v WEST COAST EAGLES PART 4
WING WIDTH 1 Gulden will be an absolute gun and these next few videos will show you why as he already has the skills with his elite kicking and combined with exceptional positioning for a first year player, he has been able to make an immediate impact. The ability to keep your width is a...
SYDNEY SWANS ANALYSIS v WEST COAST EAGLES PART 3
SPREADING THEIR TEAM DEFENSE A lot of teams do this is this particluar style where the initial ball carrier chip kicks from the middle of the ground to a lateral option who’s not quite on the boundary and then the kicker runs diagonally straight to the boundary line. This can provide 2 potential options depending...
SYDNEY SWANS ANALYSIS v WEST COAST EAGLES PART 2
LATERAL KICK TO OPTION FROM BEHIND This is very similar to the handball option from behind in the previous post and is used a lot by Sydney, with 9 handballs and 7 kicks like this in last week’s game alone – that’s 15 extra play-on opportunities that’s sure to unsettle any defense by not giving...
SYDNEY SWANS ANALYSIS v WEST COAST EAGLES
As a long time Swans fan since the mid-80’s I was reasonably happy after yesterday’s demolition of the West Coast Eagles so after watching yesterday’s game I thought I’d take a closer look at some things from the game. I actually have 2 pages of pointers I collected and I’ll give you 12 of them...
SYDNEY SWANS – 23 INSIDE 50 MARKS
I’m a big Swans man from the Capper days and what I saw on Saturday night v the Lions was nothing short of ridiculous. I knew we’d be a lot better this year after blooding everyone last year but wasn’t banking a win against the Lions up there without Buddy but I never tip against...