video: the Sam Gilbert sidestep

Beej · Post: # 476021Post **Beej** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 5:35pm

You can just make out the ooh's and aah's of the crowd as he strolls around Walker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CEAeqxGa5w

He's a bit good is young Sammy.

snoopygirl · Post: # 476034Post **snoopygirl** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 5:55pm

Does anyone have footage of his tackle on Judd?

saintbrat · Post: # 476036Post **saintbrat** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 5:56pm

or any of his tackles

spiral2 · Post: # 476047Post **spiral2** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 6:22pm

the one on kerr is great - inertia at work

Beej · Post: # 476048Post **Beej** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 6:24pm

I only download our wins so I haven't got the tackle on Judd.

He laid a great tackle against the Eagles in Banger's 350th though didn't he? I've got that game.

Beej · Post: # 476049Post **Beej** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 6:25pm

spiral2 wrote:the one on kerr is great - inertia at work

You remember which quarter?

spiral2 · Post: # 476065Post **spiral2** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 6:59pm

OLB wrote:
spiral2 wrote:the one on kerr is great - inertia at work
You remember which quarter?

nah sorry, I think it was on youtube already - one of those quarter by quarter packages I think (do you post them?)

ps - great job on the gilbo vid

Schwarta · Post: # 476070Post **Schwarta** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 7:10pm

From memory Gilbert's tackle on Dudd was nominated for the army award that week, so you should be able to see it on the AFL website. Not completely sure though.

Batnoe · Post: # 476075Post **Batnoe** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 7:16pm

I do not know how he didnt fall over

That could have been a whole lot differnt if he did, he would have been caught with the ball

what an excitement machine

Milne · Post: # 476103Post **Milne** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 7:52pm

his rugby background gives him a bit of dynamic edge.

Sam23 · Post: # 476105Post **Sam23** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 7:55pm

here comes the hot steppa...

claystreet · Post: # 476150Post **claystreet** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 8:50pm

Batnoe wrote:I do not know how he didnt fall over

That could have been a whole lot differnt if he did, he would have been caught with the ball

what an excitement machine

Its a rugby league dummy
lowers the ball on his left side gives the impression hes going to ground
but look at his legs he is actually still very balanced

another is to drag a trailing foot and side step off that which is what i was expecting by the way he approached the player

Beej · Post: # 476167Post **Beej** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 9:13pm

The trickery is in the way he drops his left shoulder and he plants his left foot on the ground, then he explodes off that left foot into the space as his opponent is unbalanced leaning the other way.

I haven't seen him do it on the other side of his body but if he could he would be twice as dangerous because then he'd obviously be running onto his natural foot.

I'm uploading a better quality version of the vid so it's down for a bit

edit: up now, but the quality doesn't seem any better.

nicko016 · Post: # 476226Post **nicko016** » Sun 14 Oct 2007 10:19pm

That's awesome. It's much harder to evade players when you're running directly at them which is what he does. He really plants his foot and launches off it in the other direction.

LennyBoy · Post: # 476366Post **LennyBoy** » Mon 15 Oct 2007 1:35am

Quality production, quality young player enough said on this one.

G-Unit · Post: # 476370Post **G-Unit** » Mon 15 Oct 2007 1:41am

i dont think ive ever been more excited by the movement of mans body!

Beej · Post: # 476377Post **Beej** » Mon 15 Oct 2007 3:52am

George Michael wrote:You can say that again.

karnak · Post: # 476386Post **karnak** » Mon 15 Oct 2007 7:57am

GILBERT YOU ARE A FCUKING EXCITEMENT MACHINE!!!

Pureoctain · Post: # 476395Post **Pureoctain** » Mon 15 Oct 2007 9:17am

OLB wrote:
spiral2 wrote:the one on kerr is great - inertia at work
You remember which quarter?

In the 3rd quarter (harveys 350th) out on the wing (closest to camera), he spoils an attempted mark by Chick then does an awesome tackle on kerr who crumbed the bal

Highlight of the game i reckon (along with Kosi throwing himself around)