February 5, 2012

Preseason Training: Kickoff 2012

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Training kicked off last Monday for the 2012 season and I was down there to take a few picks. Enjoy

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Training Friday 18th March 2011

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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.

Lewis, Mahony, Hale, Smith, Williams

Jordan Lewis, Jack Mahony, David Hale, Jordan Williams and Issac Smith heading down to the ground

Birch to the pies?

No, not Grant Birchall heading to the Pies, just the Devonport jumper

 

Shuan Burgoyne

Shuan Burgoyne in his Mallee Park Jumper

Bateman and Buddy

Buddy Franklin and Chance Bateman heading to the ground

Cyril Rioli

Cyril Rioli heading to training in his St Marys jumper

Young and Renouf

Young and Renouf coming down the steps

Jarryd Roughead

Roughy with his runners in hand heading to the ground

Paul Puopolo

Paul Puopolo in the kicking warm up

Players in there old club jumpers

Left to right: Bateman (York), Birchall (Devonport), Suckling (Wagga Tigers), Rioli (St Marys), Burgoyne (Mallee Park) and Osbourne (Labrador)

Paul Johnson

The last addition to the list, Ruckman Paul Johnson

Lewis & Sewell

Boys stretching with Lewis and Sewell in the foreground

Brendan Whitecross

Whitecross in the middle of a drill being the distributor

Sam Grimley

Grimley in rehab group

Sam Menegola

The main injury list player, Sam Menegola, keeping fit

Brent Renouf

Now for the Ruck Group. First up Renouf on the bag

 

Jordan Lisle

Lisle on the bag. Intersting to see him training with the ruck group

Jordan Lisle & Brent Renouf

Renouf getting ready to leap

David Hale

Hale working on positioning/dishing it to the right area

Sam Mitchell & Liam Shiels

Shiels tagging Mitchell getting involved in the Ruck training

Josh Gibson

Gibo in ball movement training

Michael Osbourne

Ozzie in the kicking drill

Rick Ladson

Forgotten man, Rick Ladson. Could be really important if can get to main fitness

Clinton Young

The Factor, Clinton Young in the kicking drill

Hawks Training 7 Feb 2011

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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

Liam Shiels looking for a target

Gbbo, Langford and Young on the run

Gbbo, Langford and Young on the run

Brent Guerra doing kick out drills

Brent Guerra doing kick out drills

Shuan wanting the ball

Shuan wanting the ball

Buddy on the move

Buddy on the move

Clarko guides training

Clarko guides training

Cyril off a run

Cyril off a run

Buddy on the lead

Buddy on the lead. Did a lot of hit up work

Will Langford taking things over with the coaches

Will Langford taking things over with the coaches

Sewell with total dedication

Sewell with total dedication

Kyle Cheney running support for Stephen Gilham

Kyle Cheney running support for Stephen Gilham

Adam Simpson. Possibly telling a fishing story

Adam Simpson. Possibly telling a fishing story

The Rock!

The Rock!

Hallahan and Wanganeen

Hallahan and Wanganeen

Kicking concerntration

Kicking concerntration

Menegola (I think)

Menegola (I think)

Renouf marking

Renouf marking

Hale getting in position

Hale getting in position

Hawks training 20 Jan 2011–Lets get physical

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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

Chance at Training with Hale & Lewis riding the bikes in background

Roughy during match simulation

Roughy during match simulation

Max Bailey during match Simulation

Max Bailey during match Simulation

One of the new guys (??)

One of the new guys (??)

Teaching some pressure tactics in break of "Keepers off"

Teaching some pressure tactics in break of "Keepers off"

Birchall,Young, Burgoyne & Renouf listening hard

Birchall,Young, Burgoyne & Renouf listening hard

Junior at training

Junior at training

Renouf changing sides

Renouf changing sides

Lado, Milne, Lowden, Ellis, Hallahan and Waganeen were in running work

Lado, Milne, Lowden, Ellis, Hallahan and Waganeen were in running work

Roughy with a big leap over Monky

Roughy with a big leap over Monky

Buddy in marking contest with Monky

Buddy in marking contest with Monky

Shaun at training

Shaun at training

Buddy taking mark over Renouf

Buddy taking mark over Renouf

Big Max in contest with Renouf

Big Max in contest with Renouf

Roughy & Renouf contesting while Buddy looks on

Roughy & Renouf contesting while Buddy looks on

Renouf knocks it away

Renouf knocks it away

Buddy shoots on goal

Buddy shoots on goal

Good to see Max in Full training

Good to see Max in Full training

New guy. Not sure who. Mahoney??

New guy. Not sure who. Mahoney??

Another I am not Familar with

Another I am not Familar with

New boy Hale marking

New boy Hale marking

Wrestling work

Wrestling work

Bruce evading Hodgy

Bruce evading Hodgy

Sewell gasping for air

Sewell gasping for air

Adam Simpson was in charge of the tourture, I mean training

Adam Simpson was in charge of the tourture, I mean training

Brucey training

Brucey training

Chance running

Chance running

Normal Youngy running style.

Normal Youngy running style.

It was a hard session. You can see it on Mitch and Sewell's face

It was a hard session. You can see it on Mitch and Sewell's face

Mitch again

Mitch again

Doctor X still found a smile

Doctor X still found a smile

Riley Milne in a running group

Riley Milne in a running group

Hodgy working hard

Hodgy working hard

More wrestling. Buddy enjoying it a little too much

More wrestling. Buddy enjoying it a little too much

Running boys again

Running boys again

Cyril and Bruce in another ground drill

Cyril and Bruce in another ground drill

2010 Hawthorn Christmas Open Day

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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?

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Overview of the ground from the Stand

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Taylor Duryea helping with the BBQ

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Luke working hard on the BBQ. Said it was hard as being next to the BBQ was very tempting

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Shoey out on the training track

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Lado and Burgers coming off after training

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Newly Recruited Will Langford. Of course he is son of Chris and joined us via the NSW Scholarship program

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New recuits (Paul Puopolo is the front right one) doing a boxing drill

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Whitey and Doctor X resting and watching the boxing

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Will getting ready for Boxing

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Sam Grimley signing jumpers on his way to the boxing drill

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Youngy getting ready for more training

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There were many, many boards setting out what players were doing or scheduled for

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A window in the kitchen area with Jason Dunstall. There were a few of these with different players

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My son Patrick and I in front of the Hawks 10 Cups. This should be out of date come the end of the year!

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Either Amber auditioning for a musical or pointing out this is the area where the interviews are conducted

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Thought this might interest someone. One of the Cameras that Hawks active and interviews is recorded with

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Patty in front of the interview background

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This is where the videos are edited. A very nice setup! (also a hint of the projected I mentioned on the screen)

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This is Amber at her desk where she can produce things from

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One of the Screens used to co-ordinate things. The Guy on there is Daniel who does the Video Production

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Stephen Gilham and my son Patrick. Players were very generious with their time considering they were training at the same time

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Clinton and Patrick in the Locker room. My wife was more interested in the Lockers themselves and were she could buy one from!

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08 flag. Only one I have seen us win in person. This hangs proudly in the Hawks Museum.

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My wife with a cut out of her favorite, Shane Crawford

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The famous Jeff Kennett reversible coat. Signatures of best on grounds in wins can be made out

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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

Photos: Boys are Back in Town (well, at Waverly Park)

Kyle Cheney among Hawks receiving new numbers

So we are into preseason for 2011 season and after some major work to the playing surface that saw the whole turf relayed, the boys were back training at the famous oval. Most of the players out there and from all reports, quite a long session that included ball work and a simulated match.

By the time I got there, the match was just ending but I was able to get some photos of the boys running. Any help with point out the new players greatly appreciated.
Burgoyne, Murph, Tucky and Big Max Bailey

With the workers looking on, Strats, Will Sierakowski, Buddy Franklin, Shoey, Sewelly and Taz jog back for another sprint.

Burgers, Big Max, Birch and Murph on the track. Shaun looks fit!

Rehab group

The Coaches talking in the middle of the park

Kyle Cheney and Jordan Lewis working hard!

New boy, Paul Puopolo leads the way with Duryea, Lisle, Roughy, Hale and another I can't put a finger on

Lado and Riley Milne boxing in the rehab group

Not sure this guy. Possible young Will Langford?

Big Max, Birch, Burger, Murph and Tuck between sprints

Cameron Bruce (I Believe) training with Chance, Brent, Morts and Youngy

Photos from NAB Cup, Round 2 vs Bulldogs

So we didn’t quite Perform the way we hoped, my feeling is that the Hawks had a younger side then the Dogs. Some good signs from some of the young players (including KT and Straton). Don’t forget that you can checkout other photo galleries in the pages above under “Photo”. Enjoy and Go Hawks!

Ruck Contest

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Training Photos – 17 Feb 2010 – Burgoyne joins Main Group

After the good NAB Cup Round 1 win over the Tigers (I hope to write up my thoughts soon) the boys returned to Melbourne and back at training. Their were some extra guys in the rehab group from the game (Franklin, Mitchell and Gilham to name a couple) but shouldn’t be too much worries on these guys. The good news was the guys that were in the main group (for the first hour of training that I saw anyway). The guys I was excited to see most were 3 new guys and one young guy that we haven’t seen a lot of. Josh Gibson, Rhan Hooper and Shaun Burgoyne along with second year rookie, Carl Peterson (who is looking lean). I am trying something different with the photos. I will include some photos here and then there is about 100 of them on the following page that you can check out. On these posts I try not to have too many of the same player where as on the Page there are some players that there are many photos of (Shaun Burgoyne just to name one). Here are the photos:

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Training Photos – 10 Feb 2010 – Where is everyone?

Got down to training this morning. Really enjoyed seeing the drills this morning. A few boys stepped it up and others in the rehab group. Unfortunately won’t be at Open training Friday before they go to Tassie for the NAB Cup opener against Richmond (if anyone does and wants to share commentary/photos, let me know, would love to put them up).

Enjoy the photos below! Who looks good. Don’t hesitate to comment below (have made it easier but will moderate to stop spam).

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Training 27/1/2010 – Its been a while for me!

After life (i.e. family committments) had prevented me from getting to training, I was able to get down for 30 odd minutes of training this morning. My son (Patrick) and I were down at Waverly for a training kickoff about 9:30am, with players coming down in two waves (including Hodge sneaking down late (see photo below)). One of the nice sights to see and hear is Max Bailey taking a very active role in the rehab group (okay, I mean I would rather him not in the rehab group but you know what I mean)! Anyway, I am sure your not here for my report, there are better around, on with the photos!

Jarrod Roughead and Josh Gibson

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