I'm not normally this negative but it's happened too many times over the past few years not to point out.
Watch for the club to over possess the ball in the wet, turn it over a bunch and be behind before realising they need to just take territory and structure up as such some time around the third quarter. EVERY SINGLE TIME we play in the wet these past few years, we do this. We try to chip the ball around sideways and handball sideways and backwards, fumble or lose the ball and the opposition grabs it and throws it on the boot forward. We lose and then talk about not adjusting to the conditions quick enough.
We KNOW what the conditions are going to be and the players and staff should KNOW how to play in those conditions. Wet weather footy is the most basic to teach and learn or adjust to. You see the ball, grab the ball and boot it forward. Your players ahead of the ball should be positioned ready for the quick scrambled kick forward and not allow an opposition player to stand 30-40m away from the contest unopposed to rebound it immediately. The ball to a pack often slides over the back of it so prepare to crumb off hands towards the back instead of front and centre. Kicks to leads are often ineffective and a turn over so you must dispose of the ball immediately before numbers can get back to slow it down. It's simple.
These are basic things that the club should be training this week. There are no excuses.
