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Ventured down to the Whitten Oval and what a difference a week makes. From a downpour of rain last week to brilliant sunshine this week.
I got there a bit after 9am and they were well into kick to kick circuit work drills, boxing and a whole lot of running. The group was really worked over in the 2 1/2 hour session.
There was some noticeable absentees in Hahn, Giansiracusa, Murphy, Wight and Reid (who's leg injury from last week must have sidelined him)
The three draftees were also not present.
The players that stood out to me were, Johnson who ran a scintillating lap in one of the running drills where he put a huge gap on the others, Cross who seems to act as the pace maker for all the running drills and Griffen who looks light years ahead of where he was 12 months ago even allowing for his injuries. Big Tom Williams looked a picture as well.
Some of the wrestling drills got a bit spirited and on a couple of occasions Higgins and Griffen didn't stop after the whistle was blown preferring to keep at it. Higgins acquitted himself very well against Griffen and even removed Griff's singlet. It was great to see two young bulls giving each other a push and shove whilst trying to establish the pecking order.
Cooney just ran laps as did Lake, Tiller and Boumann although they also did a bit of boxing as well..
I liked the look of some of the group from last year like Ward and O'Keefe who seem to have benefited greatly from the new focus on running. Both appear to be moving a lot better than last year.
If anyone has any questions I'll see if I can answer them.
I got there a bit after 9am and they were well into kick to kick circuit work drills, boxing and a whole lot of running. The group was really worked over in the 2 1/2 hour session.
There was some noticeable absentees in Hahn, Giansiracusa, Murphy, Wight and Reid (who's leg injury from last week must have sidelined him)
The three draftees were also not present.
The players that stood out to me were, Johnson who ran a scintillating lap in one of the running drills where he put a huge gap on the others, Cross who seems to act as the pace maker for all the running drills and Griffen who looks light years ahead of where he was 12 months ago even allowing for his injuries. Big Tom Williams looked a picture as well.
Some of the wrestling drills got a bit spirited and on a couple of occasions Higgins and Griffen didn't stop after the whistle was blown preferring to keep at it. Higgins acquitted himself very well against Griffen and even removed Griff's singlet. It was great to see two young bulls giving each other a push and shove whilst trying to establish the pecking order.
Cooney just ran laps as did Lake, Tiller and Boumann although they also did a bit of boxing as well..
I liked the look of some of the group from last year like Ward and O'Keefe who seem to have benefited greatly from the new focus on running. Both appear to be moving a lot better than last year.
If anyone has any questions I'll see if I can answer them.
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