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The Pies have seemed to weathered their lack-of-scoring storm, managing 88, 137 (v Blues/Essendon respectively) and then 93 against a stingy Hawthorn outfit.
18 scoring shots for 15.3 from just 34 inside 50's was a Fly masterclass as they were able to pull the back 6 apart for the Hawks and not allow Battle, Barrass and Sicily to 3rd man up intercept mark.
The Hawks let 1 slip though with 13.15 from 62 entries - 28 scoring shots to 18 - to draw so they'll be kicking themselves (but not goals obviously).
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I had a close look at the Pies/Hawks game from the weekend and came away with 12 clips, 4 of which were of the Wizard so I'm breaking them up into 2 sperate videos.
I'm loving what he's doing this year and if you're a small forward at local level you HAVE to be watching how he goes about it.
He has pace that not everyone has but his positioning and movement patterns can be studied and replicated by almost anyone + it helps to have a coach that allows you to almost single handedly focus on small forward craft in actual games to simplify things.
What did help his cause though was Collingwood rarely locking onto him during transitional contests of which we can see in some of these videos below, and at forward 50 stoppages when they had the opportunity to do so, his constant movement caused all sorts of issues for the Pies defenders!
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During the week I received a message from a local coach helping out at under 15's interleague level.
He was after something to teach D1/2/3 specifically as he has found that not a lot of them are even aware of the concept so he wanted to introduce it to those who hadn't and to build on the current knowledge of it for those that had.
I sent him the easiest way I know how to introduce the concept with a quick video each for A1/2/3 and then a separate one for D1/2/3.
The defense you're up against more than likely dictates the offense you can/need to use so I'd teach the defensive side of this first and keep the focus on that specifically - literally coach the defensive players in the activity and let the offensive players run free...
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The Pies were always going to be too professional against the Bombers with their elite organisation around the ground but I think they'll come back crashing to earth against the Hawks Thursday night.
At times, the Lions seem to breeze through games and then once-a-month just remind everyone who they really are and what you'll be contending with in August/September.
The Crows haven't really dealt with their ball movement issues from last year and being 13th placed with the 7th worst offense is a testament to that.
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The Dogs are going to just have to try and hold on for the next month or so until they get their troops back with Freo home, Port away, Carlton and Melbourne home so they should be OK in the short term but it's hard to ee them really contending without Darcy as Naughton is your classic 2nd forward.
The Hawks are flying as much as the Swans are and winning in a variety of ways like they did last year with a 34 and 21 year old doing a lot of damage up forward for them along with their rock solid defense.
The Suns are struggling at the moment and even with Trac, Anderson and Rowell, are losing clearance (16th for clearance differential before this round and lost them again by 3 in this game.
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The Coasters are up and down a bit at the moment but with Anderson, Rowell and Petrecca yet to play and gel together, I think they'll be OK in the long run and the gaps they seem to have right now will be wall papered over with midfield class.
The Bombers have had a relative resurgence of late with the 2nd half v the Bulldogs, the win over Melbourne, and then another solid performance v the Suns here. The definitely have a talent upgrade on recent times so time is the key here, but some encouraging performances can never hurt a club or its fanbase.
The Dees are 2 different teams at the moment but their run and gun offense feeds this as there's so little room for error and those errors can go straight to the scoreboard very quickly but I they're great to watch.
The Lions look like they're struggling but are actually in a similar spot as they were last season (3-3 @ 111.7% this year with 1 home game loss v 4-2 @ 105.7% last year with 1 home game loss), but 2nd v 9th on the ladder but they'll be there when the whips are cracking.
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