AFLW ROUND 4 GAME ANALYSIS PART 1/2

Some "half" upsets and also some improved performances over the weekend.

Dogs - absolute clearance dominance in this one (33 - 18) and +19% for time in possession

Swans - some individual Molloy efforts kept this from being a complete debacle

Saints - since round 1 they've scored 15, 15 and 7 points for a total of 4 goals which is 1st year expansion area's

Roos - literally going through the motions but their 1st real test against the Blues on Sunday

Power - this could be the loss that has them miss finals

Suns - this could be the win that gets them in finals

Lions - responded like proud teams do but with the same style that doesn't stack up against North and probably not Melbourne either

Giants - if they're top 10 can put it together against a top 8 team 1 day, they're a good chance to win but it's always left to a different 5 every week except for Parker

Today we look at:

• Sydney at Center Bounce
• Saints Ignoring Corridor
• North at Center Bounce
• Saints Going Inside 50
• Slow Down Sholtz!
• Port Forward Lengthening
• O'Dwyer Wing Play
• Conway Quick Transition

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AFLW TOP 5 GAME ANALYSIS CLIPS PRODUCT

As ridiculous we are already 25% of the way through the AFLW home and away season so I thought I'd drop a top 5 clips from my game analysis for local/community coaches to learn from.

Transitioning from 1 end to other and being able to put together possession chains is what I think is the number 1 performance gap in local footy so that's where my focus lies in a lot of my videos, including these ones.

You'll notice some unfamiliar terms in some of the titles that are my names for concepts but once you watch the clip it should be pretty clear what they mean.

I also decided to add in a video on how to tra9in each scenario specifically, as well as how you can layer the activity to increase game-like complexity and representation.

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#1 - St Kilda Losing Their Outnumber Advantage

#2 - North Melbourne Creating, Maintaining and Utilising Their Outnumber Advantage

#3 - Melbourne Fat Side Line Formation

#4 - Melbourne Displaying 666-Connection

#5 - Richmond Creating But Not Maintaining and Utilising Their Outnumber Advantage

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AFLW ROUND 3 GAME ANALYSIS PART 2/2

To other teams not covered earlier this week:

Suns - can see a theme of highly encouraging performances that just fall short of wins but they seemed stacked with young talent

Cats - a great away win with a few troops down and still and a nice draw in front of them in the short term 

Pies - dominated inside 50's 42 - 25 and evened out in the other stats but conversion in the forward half a deep worry 

Hawks - were able to score 14 times from 25 inside 50's and that efficiency probably saved them in the end

Dockers - not as dour as past years but a high kick-mark style with a lot of short and sideways kicks doesn't really suit their list for mine but did enable them to hang around in this game so if they can find more damage from their possession then they'll be on to something

Blues - 12 to 18mths ahead in the kick-mark possession game style and it showed in the result

Bombers - another team trying to maintain possession more for minimal damage but probably should have won this one

Richmond - again in the 'where do they sit" area but managed to steal this one and any win in a12 week season is one you'll take

Today we look at:

• Gold Coast Not Using the Outnumber Advantage
• Schleicher Lead
• Freo Length
• Smith Work Rate
• Richmond in Possession

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AFLW ROUND 3 GAME ANALYSIS PART 1/2

No surprise results this week but 4 games decided by 4, 7, 6 and 5 points is a solid round of football.

Roos - score was close early but off the back off the Dogs playing very defensive footy and once it opened up then it was all over  

Dogs - might be the best mid-table team but just don't have the firepower to worry the top end

Crows - a good showing but scored 6 goals in 1qt and 3 for the rest so if they don't get great momentum can they score consistently enough?

Eagles - better this week but 2nd year blues under Daisy and can't finals from here 

Swans - low on woman-power but just did enough

Saints - 8 behinds before scoring their only goal and only 23 inside 50's shows their offensive issues

Giants - in good form and have a real opportunity against a potentially depleted Brisbane this week at home

Power - still up and down with the new game style but should keep improving week by week with it

Dees - have jumped Carlton as the clear number 2 after this demolition job on Brisbane

Lions - may have gone to the contested/surge well 1 too many seasons and with Stac probably gone at season's end I'd like to see what the next plan is as they can't maintain possession being equal last for that stat alongside Collingwood at just 37% time in possession (North #1 at 46% and Essendon 8th at 42% for reference)

Today we look at:

• Bogue Out the Back...Again!
• Port Forward Press Defense
• Mowbray Loose
• Melbourne 666 Connection
• Suns Outnumber Advantage

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AFLW ROUND 2 GAME ANALYSIS PART 2/2

Part 2 of round 2 today and we cover of the teams involved:

Dees - look to be the number 2 contender so book in round 7 men's Grand Final eve at Ikon Park

GWS - a big let-down after a solid start with a winnable home game this week to stay in touch

Blues - could also be a number 2 contender with a North Melbourne face-off in round 5

Crows - might have the toughest draw of the season where they play all of the current top 12 except the Bulldogs and 1 game against the current bottom 6 - sheesh

Power - dominated the 1st half v Hawks but out pressured in the 2nd half

Hawks - out pressured by Port in the 1st but dominated the 2nd half

Today we look at:

• Melbourne Fat Side Line
• Dees Numbers
• Jones Leaves Player
• Hawks Repeat Inside 50
• No Port Ruck
• Sholtz Ball Watching
• Port Numbers
• Power Fat Side Line
• No Port Contest

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AFLW ROUND 2 GAME ANALYSIS PART 1/2

Round 2 of AFLW is done and there's already a 3 -pronged ladder with those on 2 wins, 1 win and 0 wins.

I think the top 8 teams are probably set apart from Geelong for Gold Coast or Bulldogs as of the completion of round 2.

At a quick glance there's probably only 15 or so games with genuine top 8 implications for the rest of the season with most of those revolving around the likes of the Bulldogs, Suns, Power and Geelong who are still unknowns at this point.

Teams covered in this post:

Dogs - I think they'll beat who they should beat but can they beat all or split the teams around them and pinch an extra one?

Tigers - Looked great against poor Collingwood defense last week but dropped right back against a solid unit in the Bulldogs this week (43v32 i50's, 70v43 marks)

Eagles - A concern at the moment and far too skinny on offense and getting beaten on the outside (-8 contested possession but -40 uncontested possession_

Suns - Showed what might be very soon but can replicate something similar in a tough test against the Cats this week?

Cats - I suspected they weren't as bad as round 1 suggested but a 158pt turnaround shows the gap between their best and their worst which is a definite watch

Saints = worst offense and worst defense so where do you start?

Lions - scoreboard looked close but it really wasn't (-94 possessions, -9 inside 50's, -9 at clearance, -62 uncontested possession, -10 marks + goaless 1st half)

Roos - ditto but reverse stats!

Swans - have upped the tackling pressure dramatically rating 1st at 75.5/game v a league average of 60.5

Bombers - have a crack but when Prespakis has to kick out (6 or 7) and get your inside 50's (4) then it's going to be a long year

Pies - had a defensive identity last year which seems to have dropped off which only exposes their lack of offense even more

Dockers - trying to possess a lot more but a major work in progress and will get a better indication of where they're at after this weekend

Today we look at:

• Richmond Defensive Formation
• Dogs Forward 50 Stoppage Goal
• Gold Coast Forwards Cohesion
• Saints No Length
• Geelong at Center Bounce
• Brisbane Unorganised Defense
• Perfect High Half Forward Run
• Freo Cramping Useable Space
• Collingwood Missed Kick Implications
• Collingwood Forward Press Defense

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COLLINGWOOD/BRISBANE + MELBOURNE/WESTERN BULLDOGS GAME ANALYSIS

Thanks to the most of the wild card positions being all sewn up prior, it left us with a very uninspiring round 24 with results pretty much going the way of who most people would have thought would win.

With the Sydney disaster I'm going with this from here on out:

WC - WB/Coll x Coll + Melb/Car x Carl

FW1 - Fre/Haw x Freo + Gee/Car x Gee + Syd/Bris x Bris + Ade/Coll x Ade

FW2 - Haw/Gee x Gee + Syd/Ade x Syd

FW3 - Fre/Syd x Fre + Bris/Gee x Bris

FW4 - Fre/Bris x Bris

Lock that in!

Today we look at:

• Nick Diacos the Final Link in the Chain
• Berry Kick
• Brisbane Transition Offense
• Brisbane at Center Bounce x 2
• Melbourne at Center Bounce x 3

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