Training kicked off last Monday for the 2012 season and I was down there to take a few picks. 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
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
Photos: Boys are Back in Town (well, at Waverly Park)
December 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
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.
Photos from NAB Cup, Round 2 vs Bulldogs
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Training Photos – 17 Feb 2010 – Burgoyne joins Main Group
February 18, 2010 By 6 Comments
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:
Training Photos – 10 Feb 2010 – Where is everyone?
February 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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).
Training 27/1/2010 – Its been a while for me!
January 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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!
