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Ben Lennon

turk-d-tiger said:
Anybody els notice that when ever any player or coach gets interviewed and they mention the young players none of them ever talk up Lennon
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I can't say getting talked up by the Richmond coaches or staff is any sort of badge of honor! The bloke is rock bottom and yet many are still having a go at him. Deserved? Probably but he can turn it round.
 
Good to hear that Lennon is doing extra sprint training after main training has finished.
 
Tigers of Old said:
Interested to see how his 'speed' coach will help him. Can you fix speed?
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As a former club athlete I can say yes you can improve speed with the right training drills but only by a small amount. Having the right parents to give you more fast-twitch muscle fibres really helps (like Shai Bolton). In AFL the most important aspect is explosive speed over the first 5 to 10 metres to break away from packs, evade tackles, not necessarily sustained speed over 100m. Explosive speed can be helped with appropriate resistance training such as squat jumps, hopping and bounding wearing a weighted vest. Great way is wearing a gymnastic belt with long ropes (or a continuous band like Hawthorn use in their training - pic below). A teammate holds the ropes and resists you while you try to run down the track. Or you can have the ropes attached to a weighted disc that you drag along the ground as Usain Bolt uses in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_KrJf9uic

When you take the band off you fly down the track bc the muscles have been overstimulated and still drive hard but with no resistance.
He mentioned that he was still disappointed to miss the EF which is good but I hope he understands why he was not selected...bc of some some poor efforts in the Geelong game.
 

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tigermike said:
As a former club athlete I can say yes you can improve speed with the right training drills but only by a small amount. Having the right parents to give you more fast-twitch muscle fibres really helps (like Shai Bolton). In AFL the most important aspect is explosive speed over the first 5 to 10 metres to break away from packs, evade tackles, not necessarily sustained speed over 100m. Explosive speed can be helped with appropriate resistance training such as squat jumps, hopping and bounding wearing a weighted vest. Great way is wearing a gymnastic belt with long ropes (or a continuous band like Hawthorn use in their training) so a teammate holds the ropes and resists you while you try to run down the track. When you take the band off you fly down the track bc the muscles have been overstimulated and still drive hard but with no resistance. (pic below)

He mentioned that he was still disappointed to miss the EF which is good but I hope he understands why he was not selected...bc of some some poor efforts in the Geelong game.
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The Geelong performance was last year wasn't it and the EF the year before?
 
tigermike said:
As a former club athlete I can say yes you can improve speed with the right training drills but only by a small amount. Having the right parents to give you more fast-twitch muscle fibres really helps (like Shai Bolton). In AFL the most important aspect is explosive speed over the first 5 to 10 metres to break away from packs, evade tackles, not necessarily sustained speed over 100m. Explosive speed can be helped with appropriate resistance training such as squat jumps, hopping and bounding wearing a weighted vest. Great way is wearing a gymnastic belt with long ropes (or a continuous band like Hawthorn use in their training) so a teammate holds the ropes and resists you while you try to run down the track. When you take the band off you fly down the track bc the muscles have been overstimulated and still drive hard but with no resistance. (pic below)
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Interesting post. Cheers Mike.
 
BrisTiger24 said:
The Geelong performance was last year wasn't it and the EF the year before?
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Yes, how time flies! In his last 3 games in 2015 he had 5,16,12 disposals for 1 goal 2 behinds and 2 tackles. Not enough to keep his place as a forward yet Griffiths was a big risk that backfired. So if he is working on his speed, goalkicking and defensive skills that is good, hope he shows us why he was a high pick.
 
tigermike said:
As a former club athlete I can say yes you can improve speed with the right training drills but only by a small amount. Having the right parents to give you more fast-twitch muscle fibres really helps (like Shai Bolton). In AFL the most important aspect is explosive speed over the first 5 to 10 metres to break away from packs, evade tackles, not necessarily sustained speed over 100m. Explosive speed can be helped with appropriate resistance training such as squat jumps, hopping and bounding wearing a weighted vest. Great way is wearing a gymnastic belt with long ropes (or a continuous band like Hawthorn use in their training - pic below). A teammate holds the ropes and resists you while you try to run down the track. Or you can have the ropes attached to a weighted disc that you drag along the ground as Usain Bolt uses in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_KrJf9uic

When you take the band off you fly down the track bc the muscles have been overstimulated and still drive hard but with no resistance.
He mentioned that he was still disappointed to miss the EF which is good but I hope he understands why he was not selected...bc of some some poor efforts in the Geelong game.
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All good when there's not 6 blokes around you, trying to smash you from all angles.

Give me spatial awareness and decision making skills any day - ala Sam Mitchell, Greg Williams and Robert Harvey.
 
Tigers of Old said:
Interested to see how his 'speed' coach will help him. Can you fix speed?
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To me speed is a natural thing. If you are fitter you can run for longer , but it won't make you any faster
 
tigermike said:
As a former club athlete I can say yes you can improve speed with the right training drills but only by a small amount. Having the right parents to give you more fast-twitch muscle fibres really helps (like Shai Bolton). In AFL the most important aspect is explosive speed over the first 5 to 10 metres to break away from packs, evade tackles, not necessarily sustained speed over 100m. Explosive speed can be helped with appropriate resistance training such as squat jumps, hopping and bounding wearing a weighted vest. Great way is wearing a gymnastic belt with long ropes (or a continuous band like Hawthorn use in their training - pic below). A teammate holds the ropes and resists you while you try to run down the track. Or you can have the ropes attached to a weighted disc that you drag along the ground as Usain Bolt uses in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_KrJf9uic

When you take the band off you fly down the track bc the muscles have been overstimulated and still drive hard but with no resistance.
He mentioned that he was still disappointed to miss the EF which is good but I hope he understands why he was not selected...bc of some some poor efforts in the Geelong game.
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Oakley Nichols had speed in spades but not much else Drummond has good speed and endurance but is just average.

Some of the best AFL players lacked speed but brought other assets to the table.
 
yandb said:
Oakley Nichols had speed in spades but not much else Drummond has good speed and endurance but is just average.

Some of the best AFL players lacked speed but brought other assets to the table.
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I dont see any tricks with Ben he will be gone 2018 :clap
 
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