The fourth phase

[GVGjr]

Can someone pls explain the 4 phases?

Bevo did a presentation to the footy group and talked about the way we lost ground with our opponents late in the quarters and gave an indication that our training and preparation for the round 1 match will be the fittest, best and most ready team.
The focus on the 4th phase is about addressing that. When you have the ball, when you don't, are you running forward or defending etc.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Bevo did a presentation to the footy group and talked about the way we lost ground with our opponents late in the quarters and gave an indication that our training and preparation for the round 1 match will be the fittest, best and most ready team.
The focus on the 4th phase is about addressing that. When you have the ball, when you don't, are you running forward or defending etc.

My understanding (and this is certainly open to questioning) of the 4 phases is that its something like
1) when you have the ball
2) when you don't have the ball but our team has the ball
3) when the ball is in dispute - the contest
4) when they have the ball

[meenies]

liken the 4th phase to that stare you have when driving on the Hume Hwy or the road to Ballarat, where not much is happening and your brain fades away.
In footy, that is the 5-10 minutes when the opposition kick 5 quick goals and are using you as traffic cones.

[Go_Dogs]

Great to hear that it was a focus during training yesterday.

Interested to hear more how we’re trying to simulate that?

[54Bulldog16]

Improvement in this space will bring the greatest difference next year. Hopefully stops us getting picked apart on transition when we lose the ball. Be interesting to see how this coincides with a high press.

[Go_Dogs]

Improvement in this space will bring the greatest difference next year. Hopefully stops us getting picked apart on transition when we lose the ball. Be interesting to see how this coincides with a high press.

Yes, agree. I wonder how it influences our press and how we set the ground up. Some teams seem to be running on top of the ground and more readily able to out number on transition when the ball hits the deck. Im no expert, however suspect it’s part application, fitness and also structure that enables it. We’ll probably learn a bit more over summer.