This is an issue at most levels of football really where once we get the ball it seems there is no other option but to go forward as quick as we can.
This stems from we do at training where there are no defenders and thus constraints to limit the options we can do with the ball and come game day when there are constraints of 18 opposition players and competition, instead of having multiple options of how to solve many problems, we have 1 solution to 1 problem that gets used for every problem.
If you've only got a hammer then everything's a nail.
This very same play in the video below is seen pretty much every time someone gets a mark in youth football, and results in having complete control of the ball from the marking player to pretty much no control once you kick it to players leading away from you who are either too far away to get the kick to, or running into opposition defenders who can now contest the ball without even moving themselves.
In the offensive players exuberance to get forward, and only forward, quickly, the defense which was out of position to defend the short to medium kick to maintain possession and then would be caught between lines, right into perfect position to defend the longer, and usually higher, kick coming right at them against the offense running at them with their head rotated back behind them as they call for the ball while running away from the kicker.
Here's a video from my one of my AFL Film Review posts that show this exact situation, what happens and why and then what is a better way to do this and why.
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