CREATING SPACE IN THE FWD LINE
Carlton have the free kick pretty much in the center of the ground but they're still 2 kicks off a forward 50 entry that is deep enough to be a scoring opportunity.
A short 45 degree kick to the half forward flank results in an uncontested mark and now the Blues are positioned to get a decent inside 50 but with the free kick and mark, Geelong have had 2 stoppages to get players back.
What has a huge bearing on whether this kick can be optimal or not is the Carlton player at the top left under the black dug out bit.
She does a little dummy lead, no way is she getting the ball but she does it anyway, and it makes her opponent follow her as well.
This opens up space behind her and looks what happens.
Vescio ends up with a 10 x 20m space of which to lead into and marks.
Coaching your forwards means so much more than how good or how much you can lead to the ball, most times in a game you HAVE to lead to open up space behind you with ZERO individual reward but huge team rewards.
POOR FORWARD LINE PRESSURE
Phoebe McWilliams is a verty experienced, and very good AFLW player and Maddie Boyd has played in all 3 of the AFLW seasons so this really shouldn't have happened.
With a 2 on 2 loose ball contest between McWiliams/Boyd v 2 Cralton defenders, at the bare minimum this has to result in a stoppage on the Geelong half forward flank, instead Carlton very easily run the ball out of defence unopposed.
2 players trying, and failing, to tackle 1 player, leaving the other defender free to peel off and run forward with the ball on her own.
Communication is 1 thing that let down the Geelong forwards here and having a rule like this in your Game Model can ensure that this does not happen anywhere on the ground, let alone in your forward half in a low scoring game.
WORK RATE
All coaches talk about work rate but without seeing it in action, players can find it hard to really know what it means as they can work hard but see little results.
What we have here are 2 examples of elite work rate + elite game sense.
Watch Katie Brennan:
Watch Erin Phillips:
Both players, number forward targets for their respective teams, both present way up the ground and actually get possession of the ball.
Both hit targets perfectly.
Both work their way to the next contest and in KB's instance, the 2nd contest after her initial possession 60m or so down the ground.
Again in KB'S instance she knew that there was no other forward line option because if she is up at the wing and kicks it to her full forward on the half forward flank, then there can't be anyone behind her so she got on her bike and willed herself to get there and be the only option.
She was also extremely smart because knowing shew was going to be outnumbered and fatigued, she probably wasn't going to complete the mark in a 1 v 2 so she lead towards the boundary line that she could use as a safety barrier if needed.
Both hugely talented but work their arses off.
RECOGNISING SPACE BEFORE IT OPENS UP
Mo Hope's form has probably been disappointing in the 3 AFLW seasons but she is also a smart cookie and she shows it here.
As she gets involved in the initial contest briefly she trails off to the side, knowing that NM have numbers where the ball is and there's no need for her to add to it.
All she does is simply hold her spot as the opposition players follow the ball and look at the space that opens up around here:
Just 5 seconds after a congested pack situation, she gets an uncontested mark in the very same spot.
If everyone is moving then do you have to move?
QUARTERBACK POSITIONING
Last week I had some videos of poor positioning from players wanting to receive the ball where they were simply too close and the opposition about to tackle the player with the ball, will also be able to tackle them if they get it, making 1 problem 2 problems.
In this quick video check out the space Kellie Gibson from North Melbourne has between her and the pack - it's got to be a good 7 - 8m:
This space creates time for her to find the right option, make the decision that that is the optimal option and then has more time to deliver the technical skill aspect of the play.
Watch Katie Brennan:
Watch Erin Phillips:
Both players, number forward targets for their respective teams, both present way up the ground and actually get possession of the ball.
Both hit targets perfectly.
Both work their way to the next contest and in KB's instance, the 2nd contest after her initial possession 60m or so down the ground.
Again in KB'S instance she knew that there was no other forward line option because if she is up at the wing and kicks it to her full forward on the half forward flank, then there can't be anyone behind her so she got on her bike and willed herself to get there and be the only option.
She was also extremely smart because knowing shew was going to be outnumbered and fatigued, she probably wasn't going to complete the mark in a 1 v 2 so she lead towards the boundary line that she could use as a safety barrier if needed.
Both hugely talented but work their arses off.
RECOGNISING SPACE BEFORE IT OPENS UP
Mo Hope's form has probably been disappointing in the 3 AFLW seasons but she is also a smart cookie and she shows it here.
As she gets involved in the initial contest briefly she trails off to the side, knowing that NM have numbers where the ball is and there's no need for her to add to it.
All she does is simply hold her spot as the opposition players follow the ball and look at the space that opens up around here:
Just 5 seconds after a congested pack situation, she gets an uncontested mark in the very same spot.
If everyone is moving then do you have to move?
QUARTERBACK POSITIONING
Last week I had some videos of poor positioning from players wanting to receive the ball where they were simply too close and the opposition about to tackle the player with the ball, will also be able to tackle them if they get it, making 1 problem 2 problems.
In this quick video check out the space Kellie Gibson from North Melbourne has between her and the pack - it's got to be a good 7 - 8m:
This space creates time for her to find the right option, make the decision that that is the optimal option and then has more time to deliver the technical skill aspect of the play.
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