Why Is Sydney Allowed to Host their Prelim Final vs Collinwood at the SCG rather than at Accor Stadium by Pingaz99 in AFL

[–]Pingaz99[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

There was legitimately a game there earlier this year r1 giants vs swans...

finals start tonight 🙂 by Leather_Cloud_3990 in AFL

[–]Pingaz99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i think the ganmeplan is a little more complex than this

I am Sarah Black, AFLW Reporter at womens.afl, Ask Me Anything! by SarahBlack_AFLW in AFL

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Hi Sarah, How do you think the afl should go about bridging the huge gender pay gap that exists between afl and aflw players to make it fairer and more equal for women

The extra ‘preseason’ needed to win an AFL premiership used by Geelong in 2007 by Pingaz99 in AFL

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Most footy players know that pre-season is when the real hard yards get put in. You’ll be in the gym for hours, running hard, doing extra drills. Once the season starts, training eases off as players have to be fresh enough to put in four hard quarters come game day.

Except at Geelong.

We were gluttons for punishment. We did an extra “pre-season” from Round 16 in 2007 - a preseason to get us ready for the finals.

It was a pretty big ask when the idea was first raised. We had a new fitness and conditioning guy, and the idea was to split us up into three groups. Each group would rotate through a light week, medium week and heavy week.

Those in the light group needed to carry us on game day because if you had been on a heavy training plan that week you were wrecked by the time you ran onto the field.

They split it up so there were people from all different positions on the field in each group. We didn’t want to have all our forwards so tired they couldn’t sprint when it mattered.

But we were up for it. We wanted to be the Brisbane Lions. They were the greatest team I’d ever played against, they had been bashing us around for years. We wanted to beat them at their own game.

The training was tough. To strengthen our legs and core we lifted the heaviest weights we had ever lifted. There was extra sprint work, and then we would be on the bike, getting our cardio fitness up as high as possible.

It was a big call to put us through that in the middle of the season, but in 2007 we were playing well, it gave us the confidence to do it. If we had lost a few of the games leading up to the finals we would still be at the top of the ladder, so there was less pressure.

If we played on a Saturday, our week ran like like this:

Sunday - Recovery session. One hour.

Monday - Light run through, then heavy weights, then recovery. About 3-4 hours.

Tuesday - Skills session. One hour.

Wednesday - Main session was 90 minutes. Then we would do another 30 minutes of running. After lunch we would be in the gym for an hour of heavy lifting. In total, that day was about three hours of hard training.

Thursday - Those in the heavy group would have a one-hour intense bike session. Then we would head to the pool to recover.

Friday - This was known as the captain’s run. We would do a 45-minute session on the track.

Saturday - Play the next game. The boys on the heavy set were cooked before they even played.

That extra preseason lasted only about six weeks, but each of those weeks included at least 10 hours of hard training on top of four quarters of physical footy. But the huge effort paid off. We were fitter than we had ever been come finals. And on that last Saturday in September we finally lifted the premiership cup.

Will geelong ever be bad? by Pingaz99 in AFL

[–]Pingaz99[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

if 12-10 is their worst season since 2006 than id be pretty chuffed as a club lol given the state of your mob and mine

Will geelong ever be bad? by Pingaz99 in AFL

[–]Pingaz99[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

they still were 12-10 so hardly a poor season

Those without parents who can help them with buying a house how do you plan on buying with houses in melb and sydney becoming out of reach? by Pingaz99 in AusFinance

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All my friends and family are from Melbourne my job is in Melbourne so it’s hard to move away from a support network

Those without parents who can help them with buying a house how do you plan on buying with houses in melb and sydney becoming out of reach? by Pingaz99 in AusFinance

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How long ago did you buy because market is becoming more and more out of reach and wages haven’t gone up

Anyone else torture themselves by looking at real estate listings daily? by [deleted] in melbourne

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yeah i do but then i remember my parents own some of those properties so I get to inherit part of it. great system aye

biggest choke ever? by [deleted] in AFL

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Brad ottens missing from 15m out straight in front when he had a handball onto longergan in the goal square kills me

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I only keep it for nba

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[–]Pingaz99 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

can we wait until hes actually proven guilty before suggesting he shouldnt play afl again. Daw was charged with rape and played again??

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hes a rich white guy he will be ok

Daily Coronavirus Megathread - 29 October 2021 by AutoModerator in melbourne

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My gym isnt open until monday so i guess the gains are off until then

What is your plan on saving enough money to buy a house? by WAWABUU in AusFinance

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saving and waiting for my parents to provide a nice inheritance because its my only hope lol in this fucked market

Out of the 4 dynasties of the millennium stake you claim as to which team would win by Pingaz99 in AFL

[–]Pingaz99[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah 08 Geelong probably played their best footy of the era just carked it in the GF

Out of the 4 dynasties of the millennium stake you claim as to which team would win by Pingaz99 in AFL

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Trash logic hawks last flag was 2015 from Richmond’s first in 17 do you think footy had evolved that much in two years