training 22/1/08

[saintdooley]

TUESDAY 22nd 10.30am
only a short 30min skills session

[saintbrat]

is that anything like training

worth it-? morning will tell.

[saint_mite]

the one time I might wake up early enough to see it, and I have to go into the city for uni. greatttt... is that the only open session this week?

[Otiman]

uni in january, what kind of strange this is this?

[Saints94]

I will be in town woo hoo

[milney044]

is that the only open session this week dools??

what's the number to find out about training?

[Saints94]

is that the only open session this week dools??

what's the number to find out about training?

1800 734 134 i think?

[milney044]

ta.

[saintly]

i hope someone goes and please bring us back a report.

[riccardo]

How'd it go?

[savatage]

How'd it go?

Good thank you, I worked on chest & biceps.

[Otiman]

Went to training, not much to say that would be worthy of a new thread. No sign of most of the experienced group.

I believe the training session was run by Van Rheenen (but John Barker was there too), based on some comments at the start which I only half-heard.

The big guys have good skills, and Eljay looks very smooth and moves a bit like Dal.

[saintdooley]

very poor effort by the club! i would not call that training!

they came out at about 10.40, and played a game untin 10.50.
the game involved all players but 3 making a big circle. the left over 3 were to stand next to each other in the middle of the circle, and stand still without moving. all the other players who were apart of the circle would kick the footys up in the air and the 3 players were not allowed to move. there was the odd time where a player would duck so he doesnt get brain dammage....

next thing they did was pair up and kick to each other at a very high speed about 5m apart! then slowly went out to about 20m apart.

that was it for the day, they were there for 25mins max!

some players who were not doing skills training were:
Riewoldt
Ball
Kosi
Gram
Leigh Fisher
Harvey

i have a few photos, will post them up later

[saintsRrising]

that was it for the day, they were there for 25mins max!

Perhaps they were doing other forms of training before or after...ie gym etc....

[savatage]

that was it for the day, they were there for 25mins max!

Perhaps they were doing other forms of training before or after...ie gym etc....

Most likely scenario.

[saintdooley]

that was it for the day, they were there for 25mins max!

Perhaps they were doing other forms of training before or after...ie gym etc....

Most likely scenario.

it does say on the saints training hotline that training from now on will be tuesdays at 10.30 for 40mins max, but i was expecting a bit more than them just having a game and going back inside.

[saints_rule23]

[b]Eljay looks very smooth and moves a bit like Dal.[/quote][/b][/b]

Have played against Eljay before an is a very silky smooth player able 2
get out of traffic well alot like Dal Santo

He is a very simliarly player 2 Dal maybe not as good as kick as Dal
Give him a few years an could turn into a player i am hoping

[Saints94]

He certainly doesn't have the looks as Dal

[milney044]

are you still able to catch the players for an autograph or whatever just like any other training session?
need bakes n milney to sign somethin for a mate next week but i wont bother goin if they only train for 30 mins n cant even grab a chat...

[saintdooley]

are you still able to catch the players for an autograph or whatever just like any other training session?
need bakes n milney to sign somethin for a mate next week but i wont bother goin if they only train for 30 mins n cant even grab a chat...

yes you can, but you wouldnt want to be 20 mins late or you will miss them all!

[milney044]

thanks for the info dooley

[savatage]

that was it for the day, they were there for 25mins max!

Perhaps they were doing other forms of training before or after...ie gym etc....

Most likely scenario.

it does say on the saints training hotline that training from now on will be tuesdays at 10.30 for 40mins max, but i was expecting a bit more than them just having a game and going back inside.

Yes mate, but most likely as per the post above mine, they did other stuff behind closed doors.

[Otiman]

Milne wasn't there either. Gehrig, Bakes, Montagna, Fiora were about the only senior guys there.

Not a bad little training session though, good to go down and have a peek at the players having some fun. Had to laugh at some of the drills though, lobbing 15+ footys at the heads of three guys standing in the middle of a circle, gold.

[saintbrat]

Milne wasn't there either. Gehrig, Bakes, Montagna, Fiora were about the only senior guys there.

Not a bad little training session though, good to go down and have a peek at the players having some fun. Had to laugh at some of the drills though, lobbing 15+ footys at the heads of three guys standing in the middle of a circle, gold.

RE the Lob it at the new guy drill- explained to my NON football friend it possibly is almost legitimate that you have to be fearless in a pack and when the ball is coming in hard and fast- who ducks first type of drill.

Bj was another experienced guy out there and Grammy was under the cap- I initially thought it was Max, Ferg, Schneider, was there too, one other guy seemed older- was it Dempsey?
otherwise mainly the rookies and 1st and a couple of second year players, Allen, Birrs,

[St. Luke]

Does anyone have any information on how BJ is shaping up??