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Richmond track watch: All the latest news out of pre-season from Punt Rd
Glenn McFarlane - Heraqld Sun/News Corp Australia Sports NewsroomThe Tigers hit the track on Wednesday morning and new coach Adem Yze provided updates on Dusty, a switch up for Noah Balta, Tom Lynch’s injury and more.
Richmond is weighing up moving key defender Noah Balta into attack for an extended stint next season in an effort to boost the Tigers’ forward potency in the post-Jack Riewoldt era.
With the club’s dual premiership forward Tom Lynch making slow but steady progress from a nagging foot injury and with new coach Adem Yze keen to play a fast-pace, front-half game, the temptation to switch Balta forward looms as one of the club’s key options for 2024.
Yze said the Tigers were looking at bedding down some positional changes ahead of his first season in the role, but was reluctant to yet detail the possible moves.
But the Herald Sun understands that Balta will likely get a crack at playing forward at stages, further evidenced by some light match simulation at a rainswept Punt Road on Wednesday.
Balta, 24, has played forward at times in recent seasons with limited success, having looked more comfortable in defence.
However, if the club can get talented young defender Josh Gibcus back from hamstring issues that cost him the entire 2023 season, Balta could head forward to assist Lynch, former Hawk Jacob Koschitzke and co in attack, while also helping Toby Nankervis in the ruck.
Noah Balta could be heading forward. Picture: Ian Currie
“There might be some changes in personnel and positions and that will come out in the near future,” Yze said when asked about the club’s forward line.
“We are not going to disclose those right now, but we are tinkering with what our best positions are. Tom Lynch is obviously a big pillar in that and if he is not available (early), then some of the kids will also get a bigger go.”
Lynch played the first four games in 2023, but a foot issue kept him sidelined for the rest of the season.
Yze is hopeful the 31-year-old will be right to tackle his old coach Damien Hardwick and Gold Coast in the Tigers’ first match of the season on March 9, but he is adamant the club won’t be pushing Lynch if he isn’t ready.
“He had a really tough run last year, but right now he is ticking all the boxes,” Yze said.
“We have just got to temper how quickly we get him back out there. If it means he is not going to be there at the start of the year, then I have got to be patient with that.
“We are hoping he will be (right to play against the Suns).
“He will start to up the ante after Christmas and we will play it by ear. But the scans and everything he has been through has been positive so far.”
Internally, there is a quiet confidence that the big forward is on the right pathway again, though he is being eased back into it and was not on the track on Wednesday.
The club is hoping he can get back to the form that saw him kick 63 goals from 19 games in 2022, instead of the four games for four goals last season that put pressure back on Riewoldt, who has called an end to his celebrated AFL career after 347 games and 787 goals.
Adem Yze shares a laugh with Josh Gibcus. Picture: Ian Currie
REMODELLING GIBCUS
Take a close look at the way Josh Gibcus is running and attacking the ball at the moment, and you might barely notice the difference.
But the modifications he had made to his gait - and even the way he picks up the ball - might be the difference between getting him back on the field or sitting in the stands as he did for the entire 2023 season.
Gibcus, 20, spent a week in Qatar at an internationally renowned sports medicine practice working his movement and his attack on the ball, to see if changes could help him overcome his hamstring issues.
So far, the indications are good and he is being closely monitored by the club and at times being held back, given his enthusiasm.
“He is tracking really nicely, we have to touch wood … it would have been a very frustrating experience for him last year,” Yze said.
“We have to be mindful of that. We can’t rush this. Right now he is itching (to do more). He just wants to be involved in everything and he probably can. But we have to temper that.
“He will get to Christmas and set a nice base, so that he doesn’t have any setbacks, so he can move forward because he is a terrific talent for us.”
Dustin Martin in action. Picture: Ian Currie
NO PRESSURE ON DUSTY
For years as a rival assistant coach Yze has had to plan on trying to stop Dustin Martin’s dominance, now he wants to make the most of what the superstar Tiger can provide his teammates in the last year of his contract at Punt Rd.
The Tigers are eager to re-sign Martin, 32, beyond the end of 2024, but Yze won’t pressure the midfielder/forward into making an early decision.
Instead, he plans to provide the right sort of working environment to ensure Martin thrives at Punt Rd, and makes him want to stay.
“We want Dusty happy, we want him to enjoy his footy,” Yze said. “As a coach, I am not going to put a timeline on it (his contract). It is a big decision for him.
“I just hope he gets the right feeling about not only himself, but about our coaching staff.
“He is an amazing Richmond person and we hope he is a Richmond man for life. That is going to be his decision. But my job is to give him the environment that he enjoys and to know that he can keep improving.”
Adem Yze talks to his troops. Picture: Ian Currie
Martin was one of the most impressive on the track on Wednesday, and looks fit and ready to tackle next season, off the back of a strong 2023 season.
He seems certain to keep a similar forward-mid split next season.
Among the other young Tigers who have impressed so far in the early stages of preseason include Tyler Sonsie and Thomson Dow.
The Tigers have two players - East Perth forward Mitch Schofield and Kiwi Mykelti Lefau (who was formerly part of the club’s VFL program) - training in the hope of being picked up in the preseason supplemental selection period.
Great to see Ooze and the players bonding together this early but times will get tough when the real stuff starts.Richmond track watch: All the latest news out of pre-season from Punt Rd
Glenn McFarlane - Heraqld Sun/News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
The Tigers hit the track on Wednesday morning and new coach Adem Yze provided updates on Dusty, a switch up for Noah Balta, Tom Lynch’s injury and more.
Richmond is weighing up moving key defender Noah Balta into attack for an extended stint next season in an effort to boost the Tigers’ forward potency in the post-Jack Riewoldt era.
With the club’s dual premiership forward Tom Lynch making slow but steady progress from a nagging foot injury and with new coach Adem Yze keen to play a fast-pace, front-half game, the temptation to switch Balta forward looms as one of the club’s key options for 2024.
Yze said the Tigers were looking at bedding down some positional changes ahead of his first season in the role, but was reluctant to yet detail the possible moves.
But the Herald Sun understands that Balta will likely get a crack at playing forward at stages, further evidenced by some light match simulation at a rainswept Punt Road on Wednesday.
Balta, 24, has played forward at times in recent seasons with limited success, having looked more comfortable in defence.
However, if the club can get talented young defender Josh Gibcus back from hamstring issues that cost him the entire 2023 season, Balta could head forward to assist Lynch, former Hawk Jacob Koschitzke and co in attack, while also helping Toby Nankervis in the ruck.
Noah Balta could be heading forward. Picture: Ian Currie
“There might be some changes in personnel and positions and that will come out in the near future,” Yze said when asked about the club’s forward line.
“We are not going to disclose those right now, but we are tinkering with what our best positions are. Tom Lynch is obviously a big pillar in that and if he is not available (early), then some of the kids will also get a bigger go.”
Lynch played the first four games in 2023, but a foot issue kept him sidelined for the rest of the season.
Yze is hopeful the 31-year-old will be right to tackle his old coach Damien Hardwick and Gold Coast in the Tigers’ first match of the season on March 9, but he is adamant the club won’t be pushing Lynch if he isn’t ready.
“He had a really tough run last year, but right now he is ticking all the boxes,” Yze said.
“We have just got to temper how quickly we get him back out there. If it means he is not going to be there at the start of the year, then I have got to be patient with that.
“We are hoping he will be (right to play against the Suns).
“He will start to up the ante after Christmas and we will play it by ear. But the scans and everything he has been through has been positive so far.”
Internally, there is a quiet confidence that the big forward is on the right pathway again, though he is being eased back into it and was not on the track on Wednesday.
The club is hoping he can get back to the form that saw him kick 63 goals from 19 games in 2022, instead of the four games for four goals last season that put pressure back on Riewoldt, who has called an end to his celebrated AFL career after 347 games and 787 goals.
Adem Yze shares a laugh with Josh Gibcus. Picture: Ian Currie
REMODELLING GIBCUS
Take a close look at the way Josh Gibcus is running and attacking the ball at the moment, and you might barely notice the difference.
But the modifications he had made to his gait - and even the way he picks up the ball - might be the difference between getting him back on the field or sitting in the stands as he did for the entire 2023 season.
Gibcus, 20, spent a week in Qatar at an internationally renowned sports medicine practice working his movement and his attack on the ball, to see if changes could help him overcome his hamstring issues.
So far, the indications are good and he is being closely monitored by the club and at times being held back, given his enthusiasm.
“He is tracking really nicely, we have to touch wood … it would have been a very frustrating experience for him last year,” Yze said.
“We have to be mindful of that. We can’t rush this. Right now he is itching (to do more). He just wants to be involved in everything and he probably can. But we have to temper that.
“He will get to Christmas and set a nice base, so that he doesn’t have any setbacks, so he can move forward because he is a terrific talent for us.”
Dustin Martin in action. Picture: Ian Currie
NO PRESSURE ON DUSTY
For years as a rival assistant coach Yze has had to plan on trying to stop Dustin Martin’s dominance, now he wants to make the most of what the superstar Tiger can provide his teammates in the last year of his contract at Punt Rd.
The Tigers are eager to re-sign Martin, 32, beyond the end of 2024, but Yze won’t pressure the midfielder/forward into making an early decision.
Instead, he plans to provide the right sort of working environment to ensure Martin thrives at Punt Rd, and makes him want to stay.
“We want Dusty happy, we want him to enjoy his footy,” Yze said. “As a coach, I am not going to put a timeline on it (his contract). It is a big decision for him.
“I just hope he gets the right feeling about not only himself, but about our coaching staff.
“He is an amazing Richmond person and we hope he is a Richmond man for life. That is going to be his decision. But my job is to give him the environment that he enjoys and to know that he can keep improving.”
Adem Yze talks to his troops. Picture: Ian Currie
Martin was one of the most impressive on the track on Wednesday, and looks fit and ready to tackle next season, off the back of a strong 2023 season.
He seems certain to keep a similar forward-mid split next season.
Among the other young Tigers who have impressed so far in the early stages of preseason include Tyler Sonsie and Thomson Dow.
The Tigers have two players - East Perth forward Mitch Schofield and Kiwi Mykelti Lefau (who was formerly part of the club’s VFL program) - training in the hope of being picked up in the preseason supplemental selection period.
Firstly, Guns Godcus. Secondly, havent we been there with Balta? Physically got the tools but upstairs lolz.
Far too much positivity, smiling, laughing etc.Richmond track watch: All the latest news out of pre-season from Punt Rd
Glenn McFarlane - Heraqld Sun/News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
The Tigers hit the track on Wednesday morning and new coach Adem Yze provided updates on Dusty, a switch up for Noah Balta, Tom Lynch’s injury and more.
Richmond is weighing up moving key defender Noah Balta into attack for an extended stint next season in an effort to boost the Tigers’ forward potency in the post-Jack Riewoldt era.
With the club’s dual premiership forward Tom Lynch making slow but steady progress from a nagging foot injury and with new coach Adem Yze keen to play a fast-pace, front-half game, the temptation to switch Balta forward looms as one of the club’s key options for 2024.
Yze said the Tigers were looking at bedding down some positional changes ahead of his first season in the role, but was reluctant to yet detail the possible moves.
But the Herald Sun understands that Balta will likely get a crack at playing forward at stages, further evidenced by some light match simulation at a rainswept Punt Road on Wednesday.
Balta, 24, has played forward at times in recent seasons with limited success, having looked more comfortable in defence.
However, if the club can get talented young defender Josh Gibcus back from hamstring issues that cost him the entire 2023 season, Balta could head forward to assist Lynch, former Hawk Jacob Koschitzke and co in attack, while also helping Toby Nankervis in the ruck.
Noah Balta could be heading forward. Picture: Ian Currie
“There might be some changes in personnel and positions and that will come out in the near future,” Yze said when asked about the club’s forward line.
“We are not going to disclose those right now, but we are tinkering with what our best positions are. Tom Lynch is obviously a big pillar in that and if he is not available (early), then some of the kids will also get a bigger go.”
Lynch played the first four games in 2023, but a foot issue kept him sidelined for the rest of the season.
Yze is hopeful the 31-year-old will be right to tackle his old coach Damien Hardwick and Gold Coast in the Tigers’ first match of the season on March 9, but he is adamant the club won’t be pushing Lynch if he isn’t ready.
“He had a really tough run last year, but right now he is ticking all the boxes,” Yze said.
“We have just got to temper how quickly we get him back out there. If it means he is not going to be there at the start of the year, then I have got to be patient with that.
“We are hoping he will be (right to play against the Suns).
“He will start to up the ante after Christmas and we will play it by ear. But the scans and everything he has been through has been positive so far.”
Internally, there is a quiet confidence that the big forward is on the right pathway again, though he is being eased back into it and was not on the track on Wednesday.
The club is hoping he can get back to the form that saw him kick 63 goals from 19 games in 2022, instead of the four games for four goals last season that put pressure back on Riewoldt, who has called an end to his celebrated AFL career after 347 games and 787 goals.
Adem Yze shares a laugh with Josh Gibcus. Picture: Ian Currie
REMODELLING GIBCUS
Take a close look at the way Josh Gibcus is running and attacking the ball at the moment, and you might barely notice the difference.
But the modifications he had made to his gait - and even the way he picks up the ball - might be the difference between getting him back on the field or sitting in the stands as he did for the entire 2023 season.
Gibcus, 20, spent a week in Qatar at an internationally renowned sports medicine practice working his movement and his attack on the ball, to see if changes could help him overcome his hamstring issues.
So far, the indications are good and he is being closely monitored by the club and at times being held back, given his enthusiasm.
“He is tracking really nicely, we have to touch wood … it would have been a very frustrating experience for him last year,” Yze said.
“We have to be mindful of that. We can’t rush this. Right now he is itching (to do more). He just wants to be involved in everything and he probably can. But we have to temper that.
“He will get to Christmas and set a nice base, so that he doesn’t have any setbacks, so he can move forward because he is a terrific talent for us.”
Dustin Martin in action. Picture: Ian Currie
NO PRESSURE ON DUSTY
For years as a rival assistant coach Yze has had to plan on trying to stop Dustin Martin’s dominance, now he wants to make the most of what the superstar Tiger can provide his teammates in the last year of his contract at Punt Rd.
The Tigers are eager to re-sign Martin, 32, beyond the end of 2024, but Yze won’t pressure the midfielder/forward into making an early decision.
Instead, he plans to provide the right sort of working environment to ensure Martin thrives at Punt Rd, and makes him want to stay.
“We want Dusty happy, we want him to enjoy his footy,” Yze said. “As a coach, I am not going to put a timeline on it (his contract). It is a big decision for him.
“I just hope he gets the right feeling about not only himself, but about our coaching staff.
“He is an amazing Richmond person and we hope he is a Richmond man for life. That is going to be his decision. But my job is to give him the environment that he enjoys and to know that he can keep improving.”
Adem Yze talks to his troops. Picture: Ian Currie
Martin was one of the most impressive on the track on Wednesday, and looks fit and ready to tackle next season, off the back of a strong 2023 season.
He seems certain to keep a similar forward-mid split next season.
Among the other young Tigers who have impressed so far in the early stages of preseason include Tyler Sonsie and Thomson Dow.
The Tigers have two players - East Perth forward Mitch Schofield and Kiwi Mykelti Lefau (who was formerly part of the club’s VFL program) - training in the hope of being picked up in the preseason supplemental selection period.
All them shìtkicking journos/experts who reckon we're gonna be crap will be getting concerned.
None more so than Sam McClure, who's staked the last 3 years of his professional reputation on Dustin walking.... .............next week!
Gibcus looks really good in the upper body, I just hope the hammies haven't affected his aerial ability, the leap is his greatest asset and gives him some chance as a forward if we're talking upside.
Balta forward will be a growing pains experiment, I wouldn't be expecting wonders this year but I'm mindful of the fact Balta played forward before the state carnival and there is some upside potential.
Balta forward will be a growing pains experiment, I wouldn't be expecting wonders this year but I'm mindful of the fact Balta played forward before the state carnival and there is some upside potential.
I'm guessing the running gait of Gibcus would have somehing to do with being more a mid foot striker rather than a heel striker, as runners who are more on their heels can tend to start pulling with the hammy when they sprint, instead of pushing with the glutes.
Striking with the mid foot typically happens directly under your body weight, hence the push, but if you heel strike, your foot is hitting the ground in front of your body and you can develop a pulling motion. It also means you are effectively putting the brakes on every time your foot hits the ground in front of you, so mid foot striking is far more efficient, and has far less impact on the body.
Apparently the large heels on runners these days are the main cause of people becoming heavy heel strikers.
Striking with the mid foot typically happens directly under your body weight, hence the push, but if you heel strike, your foot is hitting the ground in front of your body and you can develop a pulling motion. It also means you are effectively putting the brakes on every time your foot hits the ground in front of you, so mid foot striking is far more efficient, and has far less impact on the body.
Apparently the large heels on runners these days are the main cause of people becoming heavy heel strikers.
Balta kicked 8 goals in our first 3 games in 2022. He's an elite contested mark and a decent shot for goal. Don't see why he couldn't make it up forward. Brilliant athlete and would be a handful alongside Lynch and Kosi. He took 10 marks in round 23 against North and 9 marks against Port round 24 playing forward this year. Even managed the 2 Brownlow votes for that round 23 game 
How did Balta go in the time trial Caesar? Been occasions he hasn’t come back in the best of shape. Sick of hearing what a great athlete he is. I want his stamina to improve & hopefully with it so does his focus & minimising errors in games whatever role he plays. Time to step up.
Lynch kicked 9 goals in his 4 games, which included not getting a kick after half time in the dogs game when his foot was broke. (and kicking 1 goal 3 against the Pies.)
He started the year great, and his foot probably cost us the flag.
And he followed it up with one goal in the next six matches.Balta kicked 8 goals in our first 3 games in 2022. He's an elite contested mark and a decent shot for goal. Don't see why he couldn't make it up forward. Brilliant athlete and would be a handful alongside Lynch and Kosi. He took 10 marks in round 23 against North and 9 marks against Port round 24 playing forward this year. Even managed the 2 Brownlow votes for that round 23 game
Balta is a great athlete but poor at reading ball in flight. This is why we see such a contrast in his intercept marking (using his athleticism) and his poor one-on-one work (reading the ball in flight) while in defense. His weaknesses are only going to get exposed more as a full time forward.
But I’m sure unlike last time and the time before that, Balta to the forward line is going to work this time.
He went back again against west coast round 7 so he played the first 6 games up forward only
Clearly Balta is going to get a start in the forward line next season.Balta kicked 8 goals in our first 3 games in 2022. He's an elite contested mark and a decent shot for goal. Don't see why he couldn't make it up forward. Brilliant athlete and would be a handful alongside Lynch and Kosi. He took 10 marks in round 23 against North and 9 marks against Port round 24 playing forward this year. Even managed the 2 Brownlow votes for that round 23 game
Good call by our new coach.
We havn”t had someone with his speed and attack on the ball play KPP across hf for a long time.
HF line of Baker Balta and Bolton just might make up for our huge failure up forward this year.
You do way too much research for this site.Balta kicked 8 goals in our first 3 games in 2022. He's an elite contested mark and a decent shot for goal. Don't see why he couldn't make it up forward. Brilliant athlete and would be a handful alongside Lynch and Kosi. He took 10 marks in round 23 against North and 9 marks against Port round 24 playing forward this year. Even managed the 2 Brownlow votes for that round 23 game
Thanks for letting me know so I don't waste my time stalking PRO next week
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