Posted: 3 Days, 11 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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Ok, so it's in agreeance that his kick-ins are good. Is there a reason, though, that he keeps kicking to the same place? Is that because the players muster over on the left of the field all the time?
I swear that 85%* of his kick ins are to the left.
*apart from video footage and my own dubious memory, I have nothing to back this stat up
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Posted: 3 Days, 11 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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I have to admit right here, right now, that I hate the non-word, agreeance.
We are in agreement or we are not in agreement. Agreeance sounds like some new agey PR speak for consensus by ouija board.
OK... got that off my chest.
Duffman varies his routine a lot. He often waits for the whistle then kicks to himself, takes off and roosts to the wing. He also often spots up a player in the pocket (and I noticed the right side looking upfield) and runs onto a return handpass before putting on the afterburner through the fiddy before launching via someone on the wing or in the corridor.
He has variety. He has speed. He has style. He has panache. Everything I like in a come from man.
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Posted: 3 Days, 10 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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I'm in total agreeness with you, guy. It's importanous that we use words correctfully.
And your other point is well-made too.
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Posted: 3 Days, 9 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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Duff also slots a few straight up the middle to about the 50m mark. Dangerous but well executed. Keeps the opposition off guard not knowing quite where he will kick it. Of course a lot of teams go to the short side in the pocket but it is the next kick that is the danger.
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Posted: 3 Days, 6 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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If anyone wants to see a perfect example of Fremantles thinking and game plan, watch the first kick out from a behind against Adelaide. After Tippett misses very first shot of the season.
Fremantle kicked to pocket, but rather then hold the ball and wait as most teams do the player played on getting a shepard and some quick hand passes found Hill who banged it long to 3 unmarked players.
Surely we all remember this as Mayne ran into open goal and missed despite having Ballantyne and Johnson wide open in front if him.
That there for me was a clear example of the thinking of Fremantle for this year. Sure it very nearly got broken down and they'd have been gone but to score from a missed shot i think has to be one of the most irritating things for opposition coaches and players who miss.
First minute V Adelaide... go and watch it!
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Posted: 3 Days, 6 Hours ago
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All the more reason to kick goals - cos points are turnovers.
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Posted: 3 Days, 5 Hours ago
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Did Hayden and Duffield kick the last two goals?
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Posted: 3 Days, 4 Hours ago
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Posted: 3 Days, 4 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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Don't tell wikileaks. sssshhh
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Posted: 3 Days, 2 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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this is an excellent thread! keep the discussion going. i could never ever understand the "zone" tactics.
i would love to see someone draw me some fancy diagrams too!
there is one question i have. when is it appropriate to switch to man on man or zoning. and surely, as more teams apply zoning techniques this would get "out of fashion" as there would be counter-tactics for this?
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Posted: 2 Days, 19 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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Tomster I you refer back to Jaapie's post I think he nailed it.
"Watching the replay and particularly towards the end of the last quarter Healy was saying Fremanlte need to set their zone. He must have said it two or three times. When you occasionally see an overhead shot the defensive players are marking the space between the opposition players and are not tight on the players themselves. As soon as the kick comes in (after a behind or free kick) two or three of the players sprint towards the player receiving the ball one might simply try to spoil while the others look to rove the spillage. The result of this pressure is a lot of turnover ball which we have snaffled."
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Posted: 2 Days, 16 Hours ago
Re:The Zone
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So reading this thread there seems to be 3 ways of breaking the zone.
(i)Stack one position with many of our players and when the ball is kicked there we should have more at the ball or at least as many as the zone defence if extra defending players move to the fall of the ball. Interesting that the zone structure breaks down if too many defenders go to the fall of the ball.
(ii)Get 2 players that run in opposite directions through the same part of the zone making the one defender having to choose which attacking player to cover. Must give an opportunity for a kick to the other attacking player (I wonder how long this opportunity is!).
(iii)Kick to a stationary player standing between two zones being defended.
In all 3 cases once the ball has got to that position it then needs to be moved on quickly so that the extra players rolling of their zone positions cannot lock the ball in and then we are away.
Sounds simple when just writing about it, but I belong to the group who are not even a coaches/players boot lace. Should be more interesting watching the games now.
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