The Top Tier Footballer

Back with another Top Tier Video 👨‍🏫🏉

Today it’s all about pressing forward and creating the turnover.

This is commonly referred to as rolling up or coming forward, and is a pressing mechanism commonly seen in other ball sports such as soccer and basketball.

It must be completed with speed and intent to see the greatest effect.

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Great insights from the Sydney Swans Duo here 🦢

Battling it out - working on their contested marking craft - love to see it.

Some key learnings I like to teach for contested marking.

1. Watch the ball

Points 2 & 3 don’t matter if the ball lands next to you. Your number 1 priority should always be the ball and where it is going to land. The early you can do this the better - predict & position - you will then select techniques to match the scenario.

2. Get Side On

I often refer to it like squash - you never want to give your back to your opponent - you just become far too easy to manipulate. A well balanced surfer stance, allows us to stay low, drop our centre of mass and use our feet to apply force into the ground. Remember, a strong base helps for a powerful kinetic chain, use your feet!

3. Get your frames in

If you are a forward you want separation to be able to run/jump at the ball, get your arms out at length, protect the drop zone and then fight like heck to maintain it. Think arms, elbows, shoulders, back - these are the layers you can use to maintain your space.

4. Win or Halve

The old saying, if you can’t win it at-least be in a position to halve it. Scrap, fight, bring it to ground, stay alive.

All in all a great watch 💪🏉

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