MW wrote:Try the trails in the hills mate, the undulating trails and surfaces builds the stability muscles in the ankles, knees and hips.
Positioning is key isn't it...my daughter plays and a couple of years ago, I was boundary umpiring and she got moved forward and constantly out of position to her opponent as the ball kept getting out the back as the skill level was not good enough to mark consistently. A sneaky word while I was down there to read the play and position herself at the back of the pack resulted in 2 goals in 2 minutes
Now she's in U17.5's and moved to a wing but getting herself caught between the play and the next kick...watching the ball go over her head constantly. It's frustrating!
I'd love to, I'm trying to just build the confidence up again in the hammy's to get back into my running, it will be 3 weeks tomorrow since the last mishap, I done a few slow run stints on Tuesday night without any discomfort so I'm hoping to do better on the weekend. It really belted me mentally, I have enough shit I'm trying to get through as it is and running was my escape, I was at my fittest I'd been in a long time and lost a lot of weight, I didn't even have that to look forward to any more.
The wing is the worst, the lad plays well in the guts, up forward or off a back flank but I shudder when he moves to a wing, he does the exact same thing, the ball goes back and forth over his head, he doesn't know whether he's a defender or a forward, I try butt out during the game though as I don't know what his coach's instructions are.
As I kid I remember one bit of advice I got that has always stuck "A good player isn't where the ball is, he's where the ball is going to be".