Football games across Australia every weekend are 6000 registered umpires short and its impacting the quality of umpiring at AFL level.
Thats just one of the messages coming through as the AFL begins its presentation roadshow to senior coaches.
The leagues newly formed game analysis committee is also collecting data on whether introducing starting positions for general stoppages – not just centre bounces – will increase scoring.
More than half of the 18 coaches met at the house of league chief Gillon McLachlan on Monday evening to discuss a range of issues in the game.
But its not just the CEOs who are getting face-to-face conversations, with footy boss Steve Hocking, along with deputies David Rath and Damian Farrow, presenting to senior coaches.
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Rath is the AFLs coaching innovation and education manager, while Farrow is a sports scientist and skills acquisition expert whos been tasked with researching and improving umpiring at the highest level.
Shane McInerney broke the AFL umpiring games record last weekend, but the game is short of umpires.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley told SEN on Tuesday: “All I can say to the fans of the game is that the decisions that are being made up top in AFL house at the comment on how the game is going to progress … by very intelligent men.
''They all love the game and they are all making decisions based on data, based on real things.
“Theyre not just relying on their opinions, theyre getting evidence.”
Hocking, Rath and Farrow presented to Buckley and his experienced Magpies football boss Geoff Walsh on Tuesday at Collingwoods headquarters.
As reported by The Age last week, Hocking and his team explained that games this year are now closer for longer and that winning margins have reduced in comparison to previous years.
“The scoring in the first minute after a centre bounce, theres been a bubble thats been created,” Buckley continued.
“We are seeing higher scoring directly from centre bounces than in previous years.
“After that it comes back, it regresses back to less likelihood to score, so that zoning has actually worked in regards to scoring and in regards to keeping the game open.
“The next thing is to work out, can you create that for a defensive 50 stoppage or a forward 50 stoppage, and can you mandate something around midfield stoppages?”
The team told Buckley and Walsh that they would continue to monitor that data, with the AFL refusing to rule out further changes that could help increase scoring.
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Football games across Australia every weekend are 6000 registered umpires short and its impacting the quality of umpiring at AFL level.
Thats just one of the messages coming through as the AFL begins its presentation roadshow to senior coaches.
The leagues newly formed game analysis committee is also collecting data on whether introducing starting positions for general stoppages – not just centre bounces – will increase scoring.
More than half of the 18 coaches met at the house of league chief Gillon McLachlan on Monday evening to discuss a range of issues in the game.
But its not just the CEOs who are getting face-to-face conversations, with footy boss Steve Hocking, along with deputies David Rath and Damian Farrow, presenting to senior coaches.
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Rath is the AFLs coaching innovation and education manager, while Farrow is a sports scientist and skills acquisition expert whos been tasked with researching and improving umpiring at the highest level.
Shane McInerney broke the AFL umpiring games record last weekend, but the game is short of umpires.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley told SEN on Tuesday: “All I can say to the fans of the game is that the decisions that are being made up top in AFL house at the comment on how the game is going to progress … by very intelligent men.
''They all love the game and they are all making decisions based on data, based on real things.
“Theyre not just relying on their opinions, theyre getting evidence.”
Hocking, Rath and Farrow presented to Buckley and his experienced Magpies football boss Geoff Walsh on Tuesday at Collingwoods headquarters.
As reported by The Age last week, Hocking and his team explained that games this year are now closer for longer and that winning margins have reduced in comparison to previous years.
“The scoring in the first minute after a centre bounce, theres been a bubble thats been created,” Buckley continued.
“We are seeing higher scoring directly from centre bounces than in previous years.
“After that it comes back, it regresses back to less likelihood to score, so that zoning has actually worked in regards to scoring and in regards to keeping the game open.
“The next thing is to work out, can you create that for a defensive 50 stoppage or a forward 50 stoppage, and can you mandate something around midfield stoppages?”
The team told Buckley and Walsh that they would continue to monitor that data, with the AFL refusing to rule out further changes that could help increase scoring.
One of Farrows biggest challenges is to increaseRead More – Source
