Pre-season 2020

[wolftone57]

Are you using the swans app or the website? This week I have been unable to the view the various photo galleries on the app. I have gone to the website and have had no problems.

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[bloodspirit]

BS looks like ex Poet adelaide Aidyn got his chance and didn't convince the swans?

Nowhere to be seen now ?

Yeah, I haven't noticed him since the draft.

[Legs Akimbo]

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Use your browser at the Sydney swans website. The app isn't working for me either.

[Bloods05]

BS looks like ex Poet adelaide Aidyn got his chance and didn't convince the swans?

Nowhere to be seen now ?

We lost interest when he gave up poetry.

[Molly dooker]

Thanks from me also Blood Spirit.

Your reports are great. I used to go to pre-season training a lot and it seems much has changed as game sims weren't happening at this time. I could never figure out why as fitness isn't all that's needed to win games as we all know.

I don't think Buddy would consider formalising his leadership as he is about to become a first time dad. His leadership is always there for his team but the other stuff, e.g. interviews etc about the team, possibly, isn't what he wants.

I will look forward to the next reports on the boys. Thanks again.

[Auntie.Gerald]

has anyone noticed Gulden and Campbell training much ?

both laser kicks for guys playing one year young in the under18 champs

172cm and 178cm respectively ......... hopefully shoot up in height in 2020

does anyone know if Campbell was injured a bit this year ? Gulden was represented more in the Under18 champs

[Mr Magoo]

has anyone noticed Gulden and Campbell training much ?

both laser kicks for guys playing one year young in the under18 champs

172cm and 178cm respectively ......... hopefully shoot up in height in 2020

does anyone know if Campbell was injured a bit this year ? Gulden was represented more in the Under18 champs

Both have been training with the swans but they also trained with the academy yesterday. It was final hitout for 2019 and they are both in pretty good nick.

In terms of growth, I dont think Gulden will grow much at all , Campbell might have some more in him. Gulden is a very smart , tenacious player and ultra competitive. Campbell just oozes class and has a sublime kick.

In the one session I saw them with the swans , they both fit in pretty well and in fact better than the new recruits in many ways - probably helps coming through the academy system.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Agree

To be honest they look a long way behind the first round picks last couple of drafts

But they are a year young and we playing outside roles in the games I watched of them in the under18 champs

I do rate their kicking ability and gulden in particular has great vision

[SeanM]

I had a look at training today. Though found it hard to focus on individual players. So I will just describe what they did.

-Firstly half the squad mostly the younger players did a modified beep test. I think it started at level 17.1 but it would skip levels like go from 17.3 to 18.1. Fox was able to run the furthest and did about 4 more shuttles than Clarke who was second.

- Then they did some skill drills. I think they rotated through four stations. One was running onto a 5m kick. One was practicing 25m kicks. One was picking up a ground ball. One was 2 vs 2 practicing picking up a ground ball, evading and getting a handpass away.

-Next most of the squad played 10 vs 10 games on a 2/3 field. There were three teams of ten and they just did round robin till they had played each team. A smaller group of players did some other drill at the other end of the field.

-Next drill was 5 attackers vs 3 defenders. The attackers would try to hand ball for a bit and then break upfield to kick the ball to a 2 vs 2 contest.

-Next drill was moving the ball from a kick-in to get upfield. The ball would be kicked in from the goal square to the back pocket. Then kicked inside 45 degrees to a player who would draw a defender and handpass to a running player who would kick to a leading player upfield. Who would handpass to another running player kicking into the attacking 50.

-Then they split up. Mids did some drills where a ruck would tap it to a 1 vs 1 contest and then they would sprint out. Later the ruck would be tapping to a 5 vs 5 contest. Forwards and Defenders did a drill where it was 1 vs 1 marking contest for a high kick into the goal square. And another drill where it was 3 attackers making leads against 3 defenders inside the 50m arc.

-Next was 1 vs 1 contest drills. They moved through a few stations like a marking contest, a shepherding drill and a drill where one player would be on the ground with the ball and the other player would lock it in.

-Next was a really short 7 vs 7 game like drill.

-Lastly the squad split up into groups. Kennedy, Hewett, Florent, Clarke and someone else was doing ground ball drills with McVeigh. One player would pick the ball up, evade and try to get a hand pass away. Then later they would practice shrugging off a tackle and getting the handball away. Some of the younger mids were practicing picking up ground balls hitting a bump bag and getting the hand ball out. Defenders and Forwards were doing 1 vs 1 contested marking practice. Rampe seemed to enjoy it and was up against Blakey initially and then Knoll.

At various stages some players would be doing other stuff. Naismith O'Connor and Maibaum seemed to do a lot of running around the oval. Briefly Warner did some one on one work with a coach where he was picking up a ground ball then quickly getting a kick away. Amartey was doing a lot of boxing on the sideline. Also there were a lot of young academy kids. Sometimes doing drills with the seniors but often in their own group.

[707]

Thanks SeanM, always good to get reports from posters as obviously the club just gives occasional superficial glossy stuff which is usually of little interest!

Think others may have commented but the balls seem to have been part of the program almost from the first day whereas I seem to recall previous years were more conditioning stuff early in the preseason. Do they still do the sandhills? is it Kurnell?

[bloodspirit]

I had a look at training today. Though found it hard to focus on individual players. So I will just describe what they did.

-Firstly half the squad mostly the younger players did a modified beep test. I think it started at level 17.1 but it would skip levels like go from 17.3 to 18.1. Fox was able to run the furthest and did about 4 more shuttles than Clarke who was second.

- Then they did some skill drills. I think they rotated through four stations. One was running onto a 5m kick. One was practicing 25m kicks. One was picking up a ground ball. One was 2 vs 2 practicing picking up a ground ball, evading and getting a handpass away.

-Next most of the squad played 10 vs 10 games on a 2/3 field. There were three teams of ten and they just did round robin till they had played each team. A smaller group of players did some other drill at the other end of the field.

-Next drill was 5 attackers vs 3 defenders. The attackers would try to hand ball for a bit and then break upfield to kick the ball to a 2 vs 2 contest.

-Next drill was moving the ball from a kick-in to get upfield. The ball would be kicked in from the goal square to the back pocket. Then kicked inside 45 degrees to a player who would draw a defender and handpass to a running player who would kick to a leading player upfield. Who would handpass to another running player kicking into the attacking 50.

-Then they split up. Mids did some drills where a ruck would tap it to a 1 vs 1 contest and then they would sprint out. Later the ruck would be tapping to a 5 vs 5 contest. Forwards and Defenders did a drill where it was 1 vs 1 marking contest for a high kick into the goal square. And another drill where it was 3 attackers making leads against 3 defenders inside the 50m arc.

-Next was 1 vs 1 contest drills. They moved through a few stations like a marking contest, a shepherding drill and a drill where one player would be on the ground with the ball and the other player would lock it in.

-Next was a really short 7 vs 7 game like drill.

-Lastly the squad split up into groups. Kennedy, Hewett, Florent, Clarke and someone else was doing ground ball drills with McVeigh. One player would pick the ball up, evade and try to get a hand pass away. Then later they would practice shrugging off a tackle and getting the handball away. Some of the younger mids were practicing picking up ground balls hitting a bump bag and getting the hand ball out. Defenders and Forwards were doing 1 vs 1 contested marking practice. Rampe seemed to enjoy it and was up against Blakey initially and then Knoll.

At various stages some players would be doing other stuff. Naismith O'Connor and Maibaum seemed to do a lot of running around the oval. Briefly Warner did some one on one work with a coach where he was picking up a ground ball then quickly getting a kick away. Amartey was doing a lot of boxing on the sideline. Also there were a lot of young academy kids. Sometimes doing drills with the seniors but often in their own group.

Great report! Thanks SeanM. Seems like quite a lot of new drills I haven't seen so far this season. These RWO reports are way better than anything they feed us through the website, let alone anything in the wider media which is just dross when it comes to training reports.

Did you see anything of what specific players were doing, especially the new ones? You did well to remember so much so specifically as it is.

[SeanM]

The new players seemed to be mostly integrated with the rest of the squad. Though occasionally away doing other stuff.

The beep test seemed to be the younger half of the squad. I definitely remember seeing Gould and E. Taylor. I don't think anyone dropped out super early. But Fox and Clarke made it much further than the rest. I think Florent and Ronke may have been third and fourth.

The new players were doing the skill drills as well as a lot of younger academy players. The squad seemed to be split up into four groups and they would rotate around. The kicking drill was closest to me so I could see that clearly. It was set up as a square. The receiver would call for it and the kicker would give a flat 20-25m pass and then run forward. The new players seemed to do ok with their passing though sometimes not always perfectly accurate. Though it probably been more interesting to have watched the 2 vs 2 ground ball drills. Because sometimes I would see the player picking the ball up dummy the hand ball or use a bit of evasion. (Also would have been interesting to have been closer to the 10 vs 10 games)

I don't think the newer players were involved in the 10 vs 10 games. They seemed to be on the northern part of the oval doing something similar. They may have gone away from the main group at times for workload reasons or to practice something. Just in front of me Chad Warner was practicing with a coach one on one. The coach would drop the ball and Warner would quickly pick it up and make a short kick to one of the academy players. For the last drill of the day, there seemed about 7 younger players doing ground ball drills together. One would be in the middle and the rest in a little semi circle around him gently rolling a ball towards him so he could pick it up and handball back. It seemed pretty relaxed.

Sometimes before a drill Longmire would bring the whole squad in and give some tactical intent behind it. For example that drill where 5 attackers handball against 3 defenders before breaking forward to a 2 vs 2 upfield. There seemed to be some game related tactical purpose for the 3 defenders as well.

Of the other newer players, Barry O’Connor seemed to spend most of the session running around the oval. He seemed fit though and was quite well built. I saw Brand participate full especially in the marking drills and 3 vs 3. Lewis Taylor was also fully part of the session. I did not know what Sam Gray looked like.

[dimelb]

Thanks SeanM for such quantity and quality of detail.

[bloodspirit]

Interesting that Horse was there too. I think I've only seen him once this season.

[barracuda]

The new players seemed to be mostly integrated with the rest of the squad. Though occasionally away doing other stuff.

The beep test seemed to be the younger half of the squad. I definitely remember seeing Gould and E. Taylor. I don't think anyone dropped out super early. But Fox and Clarke made it much further than the rest. I think Florent and Ronke may have been third and fourth.

The new players were doing the skill drills as well as a lot of younger academy players. The squad seemed to be split up into four groups and they would rotate around. The kicking drill was closest to me so I could see that clearly. It was set up as a square. The receiver would call for it and the kicker would give a flat 20-25m pass and then run forward. The new players seemed to do ok with their passing though sometimes not always perfectly accurate. Though it probably been more interesting to have watched the 2 vs 2 ground ball drills. Because sometimes I would see the player picking the ball up dummy the hand ball or use a bit of evasion. (Also would have been interesting to have been closer to the 10 vs 10 games)

I don't think the newer players were involved in the 10 vs 10 games. They seemed to be on the northern part of the oval doing something similar. They may have gone away from the main group at times for workload reasons or to practice something. Just in front of me Chad Warner was practicing with a coach one on one. The coach would drop the ball and Warner would quickly pick it up and make a short kick to one of the academy players. For the last drill of the day, there seemed about 7 younger players doing ground ball drills together. One would be in the middle and the rest in a little semi circle around him gently rolling a ball towards him so he could pick it up and handball back. It seemed pretty relaxed.

Sometimes before a drill Longmire would bring the whole squad in and give some tactical intent behind it. For example that drill where 5 attackers handball against 3 defenders before breaking forward to a 2 vs 2 upfield. There seemed to be some game related tactical purpose for the 3 defenders as well.

Of the other newer players, Barry O’Connor seemed to spend most of the session running around the oval. He seemed fit though and was quite well built. I saw Brand participate full especially in the marking drills and 3 vs 3. Lewis Taylor was also fully part of the session. I did not know what Sam Gray looked like.

Sam Wicks was third in the beep, which he was pretty stoked about.