Talking Footy

With the strength stakes this article states:
Greg Inglis: How a weedy kid became a superstar
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 1116683322

But not GI. Why? Well, for a start this once weedy kid now bench presses 120kg, squats 200kg and hoists 120kg in a power clean - a move he couldn't even do in January 2005.

Im sure he does more then 120Kg bench press now and this article is quite old (2008 so when Greg was about 21).

Nic Nat whos 21?? benches about 130Kg so there might not be to much difference on strength when they were about the same age. I would say Inglis would win this comfortably now, however over the next few years I would expect to see Nics strength (like most ruckmen) really improve.

http://suite101.com/article/2010-AFL-se ... es-a205059

Yes nic's strength will improve but not to the degree Greg's has. Nowhere near I'd say. In strength we gotta look at overall strength too, not just your bench press. I wonder what nic squats?

Lets try another one to get the creative juices flowing within this thread.

Kicking, one of the three or four fundamental skills of AFL along side catching, hand balling and fumbling. Don't try tackling, you have already been proven that you don't do it.

I just done a quick assessment of successful kicking in AFL, and I love watching the skill of the RL players when a try has been scored by well execute kicks, especially the banana kicks. Just one part of our game.
So, I just took a look at the last three rounds of AFL. What I found:
On average 462 goals are scored each week
On average 52.6% of those goal hit the target
On average 47.4% of those gaols miss the target and you get apoint anyway.

What is laughable is that this is the whole focus of AFL, get the ball between the middle two post (and get a point if you miss). If you really really miss by a golden mile then you don't get anything and if your that bad, I am not sure how you get a gig in your game. Unfortunate I don't have that stat to show how many times they do that, as that would bring those percentages way down.

And if I read the below correctly there is nearly a 20m span of posts to shoot at and they still miss??? Oh my
The two goalposts need to be a minimum height of 6m and they are 6.4m apart. The smaller point posts are a minimum 3m high and are 6.4m from each goalpost.

Now don't embarrass yourselve by trying to go on about all the different types of kicks, as there are more styles in RL then VFL. The fact is you really are not that good at one of the most fundamental parts of your kicky kicky, flicky flicky.

Dogs wrote:

Lets try another one to get the creative juices flowing within this thread.

Kicking, one of the three or four fundamental skills of AFL along side catching, hand balling and fumbling. Don't try tackling, you have already been proven that you don't do it.

I just done a quick assessment of successful kicking in AFL, and I love watching the skill of the RL players when a try has been scored by well execute kicks, especially the banana kicks. Just one part of our game.
So, I just took a look at the last three rounds of AFL. What I found:
On average 462 goals are scored each week
On average 52.6% of those goal hit the target
On average 47.4% of those gaols miss the target and you get apoint anyway.

What is laughable is that this is the whole focus of AFL, get the ball between the middle two post (and get a point if you miss). If you really really miss by a golden mile then you don't get anything and if your that bad, I am not sure how you get a gig in your game. Unfortunate I don't have that stat to show how many times they do that, as that would bring those percentages way down.

And if I read the below correctly there is nearly a 20m span of posts to shoot at and they still miss??? Oh my
The two goalposts need to be a minimum height of 6m and they are 6.4m apart. The smaller point posts are a minimum 3m high and are 6.4m from each goalpost.

Now don't embarrass yourselve by trying to go on about all the different types of kicks, as there are more styles in RL then VFL. The fact is you really are not that good at one of the most fundamental parts of your kicky kicky, flicky flicky.

In the nRL they have a designated kicker. The AFL has every player who can kick at goal

The nRL kick from 20 meters out. The AFL from any distance and often from outside 50m

The nRL kick from set shots. Many of the AFLs kicks are from general play under time or physical pressure, not a set shot.