Training kicked off last Monday for the 2012 season and I was down there to take a few picks. Enjoy
Video – Hodgey kicks a goal in practice match for Boxhill
March 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
As we would be all aware, Hawks skipper Luke Hodge, missed round 1 due to an Achilles injury that kept him out of the preseason. He instead had another hitout for Boxhill Hawks and ran the game out well. One piece of brilliance he showed was this roving goal in the third quarter. Enjoy
Training Friday 18th March 2011
March 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bit late getting this post out but went down to Waverly on Friday for a training session. One of the features of the session was a number of players in there original home club outfits. A good session by all. I spent a lot of it watching the rucks doing their thing. Check the photos out for more comments.
Jordan Lewis, Jack Mahony, David Hale, Jordan Williams and Issac Smith heading down to the ground
No, not Grant Birchall heading to the Pies, just the Devonport jumper
Shuan Burgoyne in his Mallee Park Jumper
Buddy Franklin and Chance Bateman heading to the ground
Cyril Rioli heading to training in his St Marys jumper
Young and Renouf coming down the steps
Roughy with his runners in hand heading to the ground
Paul Puopolo in the kicking warm up
Left to right: Bateman (York), Birchall (Devonport), Suckling (Wagga Tigers), Rioli (St Marys), Burgoyne (Mallee Park) and Osbourne (Labrador)
The last addition to the list, Ruckman Paul Johnson
Boys stretching with Lewis and Sewell in the foreground
Whitecross in the middle of a drill being the distributor
Grimley in rehab group
The main injury list player, Sam Menegola, keeping fit
Now for the Ruck Group. First up Renouf on the bag
Lisle on the bag. Intersting to see him training with the ruck group
Renouf getting ready to leap
Hale working on positioning/dishing it to the right area
Shiels tagging Mitchell getting involved in the Ruck training
Gibo in ball movement training
Ozzie in the kicking drill
Forgotten man, Rick Ladson. Could be really important if can get to main fitness
The Factor, Clinton Young in the kicking drill
Video – Roughy and Lowden interviewed by Dipper – Hawks 2011 Family Day
March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So my family and I wandered down to the Hawks 2011 Family say that was back at Glen Ferrie Oval, in Hawthorn. The day was more compact then I remember (3 hours instead of 4 or 5) and I liked it. There was a great turn out, so much so there were large lines to get into the ground. Seemed to be a lot to do but I parked myself infront of the stage for Player interviews and the presentation (although I sadly report the need to lineup and get the kids ice creams meant I missed Brucey and Buddy’s interviews). So there will be a few videos (including the next one that will contain the clubs big announcement). But lets kick things off with a couple of interviews. Your Interviewer is the big Dipper and the subjects of the interviews are Jarryd Roughead and Luke Lowden!
Video – Review of the Hawks v Roos NAB Challenge match
February 27, 2011 By 2 Comments
So my boys and I traveled down to Skilled Stadium and saw the Hawks beat the Roos 99 – 70. It was a great day and I was joined by my Coaches Box DreamTeam and SuperCoach Podcast co-host, Monty. I may get up some of the videos (that were mostly not great) I took on my phone on this site later this week, but here is a review of the game by main Monty and Patty (with me throwing in my two cents).
Hawks Training 25th Feb 2011–Before 2nd NAB game
February 25, 2011 By 2 Comments
Wander down to training this morning and the boys looked good. I took some photos mainly of skill work rather then of structure work as I could understand the club being a little touchy about that. Everyone looked good. I think most were on the field in one form or another. Comments in the photos below. By the way, if I have a name wrong, please let me know in the comments below. ENJOY! GO HAWKS
Bruce in a kicking drill
Buddy shapes for goal from boundary in contest with Cameron Bruce and Jordan Lisle
Cam Bruce shooting for Goal in contest with Buddy & Lisle. He scored!
Jordan shots in the contest but missed!
Sam shooting from the middle. Put it through.
Mitch Hallahan kicking for goal. No tongue in his shot. Wonder if this is as he is a rookie?
David Hale photo. With the new Ruckman that is going to make Hawks debut on weekend have a few photos
Haley shooting on goal
Haley about to kick. Notice the tongue action!
Lado marking in a drill
The forgotten member of the Hawks training squad, ruckman, Paul Johnson
Birch running laps. Looked to be moving fine
Mitch kicking in a drill
Clarko looking on at training. I have been really impressed in what I have seen from Clarko lately. Gut feel is has been more involved or maybe I have just noticed it more
Hodgy just working up to more training and if you believe the paper, last two games of NAB series
Jordan kicking at goal
Shoey in the training squad
Pop kicking out
Brad Sewell, Luke Breust and Chance boxing in the background.
Jordan in the orange top at training
Leon Cameron instructing the forwards and backs
Bateman at training
Buddy snapping a goal
Roughy shooting for goal. Kicking action looked fine to me, but I think we all think his kicking issues in his head
Derick Wanganeen looking at the result of his kick.
Buddy watches on eagerly at the shot of Jordan Lisle. There is a coffee riding on this!
Buddy was keen to win that coffee but Bruce still slotted it
Hawks Training 7 Feb 2011
February 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
First training back after the Tassie community camp and main Intraclub match, and the boys were out in force. Not the most exciting session but here are some of the photos of the boys.
Liam Shiels looking for a target
Gbbo, Langford and Young on the run
Brent Guerra doing kick out drills
Shuan wanting the ball
Buddy on the move
Clarko guides training
Cyril off a run
Buddy on the lead. Did a lot of hit up work
Will Langford taking things over with the coaches
Sewell with total dedication
Kyle Cheney running support for Stephen Gilham
Adam Simpson. Possibly telling a fishing story
The Rock!
Hallahan and Wanganeen
Kicking concerntration
Menegola (I think)
Renouf marking
Hale getting in position
Hawks training 20 Jan 2011–Lets get physical
January 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
Boys had training yesterday. A very hard session. During the time I was there, I think there was a heavy price being put on endurance type work.
Chance at Training with Hale & Lewis riding the bikes in background
Roughy during match simulation
Max Bailey during match Simulation
One of the new guys (??)
Teaching some pressure tactics in break of "Keepers off"
Birchall,Young, Burgoyne & Renouf listening hard
Junior at training
Renouf changing sides
Lado, Milne, Lowden, Ellis, Hallahan and Waganeen were in running work
Roughy with a big leap over Monky
Buddy in marking contest with Monky
Shaun at training
Buddy taking mark over Renouf
Big Max in contest with Renouf
Roughy & Renouf contesting while Buddy looks on
Renouf knocks it away
Buddy shoots on goal
Good to see Max in Full training
New guy. Not sure who. Mahoney??
Another I am not Familar with
New boy Hale marking
Wrestling work
Bruce evading Hodgy
Sewell gasping for air
Adam Simpson was in charge of the tourture, I mean training
Brucey training
Chance running
Normal Youngy running style.
It was a hard session. You can see it on Mitch and Sewell's face
Mitch again
Doctor X still found a smile
Riley Milne in a running group
Hodgy working hard
More wrestling. Buddy enjoying it a little too much
Running boys again
Cyril and Bruce in another ground drill
2010 Hawthorn Christmas Open Day
December 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
On Tuesday the 21st of December, my family and I ventured down to Waverly for the Hawthorn Christmas open day. It was a little different from other years with a BBQ (manned by Luke Hodge, Taylor Duryea and Xavier Ellis as well as voluneers), some training taking place on the oval but the main thing was the tour of the facilities. Lots, if not all players were on hand and signing autographs and posing for photographs. In addition to these activities, the Hawks Advance Media team invited a few lucky folkes into the Hawks TV Studio where the highly successful Hawks Active TV/Internet show is filmed along with other Press conferences and other projects (including a really big and exciting one for next year 2011).
Amber, the manager of the group, toured us around the studio, that as you will see below, was setup for an interview that was about to take place that afternoon with Buddy and Burgers (which you can of course see on Hawks TV) and took us up to the ladder to the produces area and the area occupied by Jade, the Website Administrator. It was really interesting to see how the area was setup and the projects being under taken. I have a feeling like lots of us, the team is still working out what works and what doesn’t but is definitely starting to push the boundaries as far as new media is involved. And the project I mentioned early seems like lots of hard work is being done on it and the fruit of it will be something that the team and club can be very proud of! Anyway, I took a few photos of the day, and you can find them below with my comments.
If you went, what did you think? And what do you think of the way the club is using the new mediums of Twitter and Facebook?
Overview of the ground from the Stand
Taylor Duryea helping with the BBQ
Luke working hard on the BBQ. Said it was hard as being next to the BBQ was very tempting
Shoey out on the training track
Lado and Burgers coming off after training
Newly Recruited Will Langford. Of course he is son of Chris and joined us via the NSW Scholarship program
New recuits (Paul Puopolo is the front right one) doing a boxing drill
Whitey and Doctor X resting and watching the boxing
Will getting ready for Boxing
Sam Grimley signing jumpers on his way to the boxing drill
Youngy getting ready for more training
There were many, many boards setting out what players were doing or scheduled for
A window in the kitchen area with Jason Dunstall. There were a few of these with different players
My son Patrick and I in front of the Hawks 10 Cups. This should be out of date come the end of the year!
Either Amber auditioning for a musical or pointing out this is the area where the interviews are conducted
Thought this might interest someone. One of the Cameras that Hawks active and interviews is recorded with
Patty in front of the interview background
This is where the videos are edited. A very nice setup! (also a hint of the projected I mentioned on the screen)
This is Amber at her desk where she can produce things from
One of the Screens used to co-ordinate things. The Guy on there is Daniel who does the Video Production
Stephen Gilham and my son Patrick. Players were very generious with their time considering they were training at the same time
Clinton and Patrick in the Locker room. My wife was more interested in the Lockers themselves and were she could buy one from!
08 flag. Only one I have seen us win in person. This hangs proudly in the Hawks Museum.
My wife with a cut out of her favorite, Shane Crawford
The famous Jeff Kennett reversible coat. Signatures of best on grounds in wins can be made out
Another photo of the Hawks studio. One of the intersting things it has (which I didn't photo) is a mic especially used to pickup the questions asked for the Hawks TV Video
