Below is a 14min video detailing 10 plays from the Sydney Swans form the 2nd half of their match against Fremantle from last Saturday, a season defining win that could result in a top 4 finish and allow for a genuine tilt at a Grand Final, 2 years removed from winning 5 games back in 2020.
From my eyes the Swans went back to a lot of the tactics they used last year that I detailed in full in it's own stand alone package titled Sydney Swans Game Style.
I haven't seen a lot of those tactics used this season with a lot more long kicking to packs and some extremely daring corridor kicks that have been inconsistent and being pulled off, leaving us vulnerable on turnover quite often.
Freo were hoping we'd do much of the same Saturday night and defended with a zone but also with a focus on the long kick, opening things up between the long kick option ad the ball carrier.
What you'll see in the video are 4 kick out to inside 50 plays and another 6 plays that resulted in inside forward 50's, which would put constant pressure on any defense.
You'll see which players the Swans chose to move the ball from back to forward and how they, and the others players, work in conjunction with that.
You'll also see how the Swans players create space to receive the ball, pretty much the total opposite of local/amateur footy in most cases.
Sydney have a reputation for being possibly the most skillful kicking team in the AFL but if you watch closely, there aren't too many elite-type kicks in any of these plays - instead players off the ball follow the system of who they want to use and in what parts of the ground they want to use them and ball carriers are simply choosing 100% options (as I call them), to maintain the ball and keep the defense having to shift and work harder then they want to, leaving them with less energy to work with offensively...
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