Aussie Rules: The Debate-O-Rama
Ronin2007
Hey all!
So I mentioned I played Aussie Rules (not AFL) and there was some disagreement in the comments over the great-ness of my preferred sport. So we're going debate it in the comments.
This is how it works, I start the debate with my opinion, then you respond with your own opinion in the comments, simple!
Just to clarify if anybody is interested, I go for the Sydney Swans.
Point 1. Contact
In the good old days there was players who would play with punctured organs.
The extent of contact rules are : don’t hit him in the head, below the knees, and don’t push him in the back (can tackle from behind, just not push forward onto face).
When my father was my age (13 what a scandal!) there was a team that knocked him out every time he played them, never stopped him from playing, he still plays today.
Point 2. Skills
Aussie rules require a wide variety of skills such as:
Kicking, Handballing, Reading The Play, Holding your feet, Manipulating The Oppositions Players etc. etc.
I could rattle of skills all day.
Point 2.1 Kicking
Kicking requires lots of skill in Aussie Rules you’re not just booting it down field, you have to hit your target, and if you miss, guess where you’re sprinting too? That’s right where ever you kicked it. You have to fine tune your kicking skills to perfection, I still haven’t perfected it yet and I’m coming up on my 4th year playing footie.
Point 2.2 Handballing
Some may say this is simple but it isn’t, you have to keep your head cool and handball properly, not just dole out a hospital pass, and you have to be able to use both hands, which is awkward.
Point 2.3 Reading the Play
Absolutely vital, every player needs this skill; Aussie Rules is an extremely quick sport and you need to be in the right spot at the right time, meaning you have to read the play.
Point 2.4 Holding Your Feet
Some might not consider this a skill but trust me, it is, you sprinting headfirst at a ball you need to get down low enough to pick it up, without stopping and most likely will be bumped (sounds light, it really isn’t) and you have to keep going.
Point 2.5 Manipulating the Opposition
This can be when you are trying to get ready to lead or when you are sprinting head first at them, this is used to create space for yourself and keep it.
I could keep going but his is already a long one, so congrats if you made it to this point🙂
Debate away
~Ronin
Comments
Some AFL fan is going to report this for flaming LOL
C'mon, real Queenslanders play rugby where you get to stick your head up another guys arse...............Sounds awfully gay doesn't it?
Try again
Real Queenslanders play rugby where to go forward you throw the ball backwards...........Still sounds stupid
Oh well, Aussie rules is a real man's sport. Personally I gave up after 12 years of playing where 2 years running of having 10 stitches in my head on 3 separate occasions, damaging L4/L5 annular discs from a brutal knee in the back etc etc the list just goes on
Good on you, hope your not a cripple
AFL requires the greatest athleticism and courage of any sport in the world. C'arn, argue, just c'arn...
I don't mind the Swannies-- they've had some great players and teams.
Just not as great as the Mighty Brisbane Lions. There's cause for sledging... 😃
AFL is like watching the Village People play sport while wearing unconscionably short shorts.
Or, if you like, grown men giving each other hugs while wearing hot pants and singlets.
Rugby union is totally where it's at, as far as mainstream sport.
Mind you, if Aussie camera operators ever worked out how to televise a hockey match properly I'd be all over it like a fat kid with cake. FFS, the interesting part of the match is not the ball carrier. Like rugby, the game happens off the ball...
Brisbane lions are really bad, i would go for them, but they suck, they need to win before QLD will change it attitudes.
Are you serious? When Voss was captain they destroyed everyone. Queensland still hates AFL as hard as the rest of the country hates NRL!
ID is sadly somewhat correct. But those of us who were there were treated to footy that was pure poetry in motion... That kind of effort makes a lifelong fanatic. 🙂
Hawthorn>AFL
Goddamned Tasmanians...
Raking in all dat sweet sponsorship money
AFL ....
You ever been to an under 6 soccer game anyone?
Kids running in all directions, kicking the ball any which way, then picking it up with their hands and fumbling all over the place, then when they shoot and miss they still get rewarded ....
I guess hand egg never really took off in QLD 😛
^Just doesn't get the concept...
I find it an excellent summary! AFL is a complete joke of a game, unless you've got a team in the game.
FFS, it was invented to keep cricketer's fit over the winter...
As a modification of an Aboriginal game, credit where it's due...
boxing still funner
QLD QLD QLD!!!
Hmm? Is this the new AFL thread?
12 to the Titans to win.