BENJI IMPRESSES TIGERS

[Geo]

Fair dinkum,I have never read so much crap in all my life….It doesnt matter how tall you are if you learn to pass the ball to your team mate irrespective of his hieght and it hits him on the chest ..then the pass has been delivered correctly..
Greg Haywick..played 5/8 for Aust in 1956....he coached me for 2 years and thats how we were taught to pass the ball...put it on the chest....
go on all start calling me a dinasaur or whatever...its basic fundamentals of playing the game,exactly the same as we were coached to pass back behind not flat or forward....

This phenomenon started a page back you dinosaur ….have a read of colMcd's post

get with the times and new found training methods..like setting up the Rex Mossop pass the ball comp at training..practice hitting the 3's n 5's for the taller guys..the 7's n 10's for the normal heights and below that for the short asses...

 

[TrueTiger]

Fair dinkum,I have never read so much crap in all my life….It doesnt matter how tall you are if you learn to pass the ball to your team mate irrespective of his hieght and it hits him on the chest ..then the pass has been delivered correctly..
Greg Haywick..played 5/8 for Aust in 1956....he coached me for 2 years and thats how we were taught to pass the ball...put it on the chest....
go on all start calling me a dinasaur or whatever...its basic fundamentals of playing the game,exactly the same as we were coached to pass back behind not flat or forward....

This phenomenon started a page back you dinosaur ….have a read of colMcd's post

get with the times and new found training methods..like setting up the Rex Mossop pass the ball comp at training..practice hitting the 3's n 5's for the taller guys..the 7's n 10's for the normal heights and below that for the short asses...

Sorry mate,not familiar with the new found training methods….it still is rugby league isnt it GEO..a very simple game..or so I thought.... :roll

 

[cochise]

Tyson Gamble is 189cm. Why did we sign him? If he is going to have a future at the club, we need to get some taller outside backs.

We really need our recruitment to look at player height more seriously and try to get our entire club all the same height.
Maybe we can hook up a sponsorship with Stanley, Lufkin or Trojan.

It's pretty obvious our major problem is we are vertically challenged and need uniformity across the board.
Even people with "big hair" (that means you Kev) need to be forced to have a clip as it gives the illusion of height which no doubt throws off the passers ability to calculate how high they need to pass the ball when delivering it to the "big haired" ones.

Someone needs to be given the task of calculating the average height of the entire roster, then letting all the short and tall players negotiate with other clubs.
This team won't be a force until it is height corrected!!!
We can't expect them to be able to pass a ball to each other if their heads aren't all the same distance from the ground now can we?

Wouldn't think the team will reach any great heights, if this is not looked at immediately!!!! :laughing:

Fair dinkum,I have never read so much crap in all my life….It doesnt matter how tall you are if you learn to pass the ball to your team mate irrespective of his hieght and it hits him on the chest ..then the pass has been delivered correctly..
Greg Haywick..played 5/8 for Aust in 1956....he coached me for 2 years and thats how we were taught to pass the ball...put it on the chest....
go on all start calling me a dinasaur or whatever...its basic fundamentals of playing the game,exactly the same as we were coached to pass back behind not flat or forward....

They are winding up colmcd about his comments that certain players are too short to play in the halves as it effects their passing. No one is agreeing with him and are just being facetious.

 

[TrueTiger]

We really need our recruitment to look at player height more seriously and try to get our entire club all the same height.
Maybe we can hook up a sponsorship with Stanley, Lufkin or Trojan.

It's pretty obvious our major problem is we are vertically challenged and need uniformity across the board.
Even people with "big hair" (that means you Kev) need to be forced to have a clip as it gives the illusion of height which no doubt throws off the passers ability to calculate how high they need to pass the ball when delivering it to the "big haired" ones.

Someone needs to be given the task of calculating the average height of the entire roster, then letting all the short and tall players negotiate with other clubs.
This team won't be a force until it is height corrected!!!
We can't expect them to be able to pass a ball to each other if their heads aren't all the same distance from the ground now can we?

Wouldn't think the team will reach any great heights, if this is not looked at immediately!!!! :laughing:

Fair dinkum,I have never read so much crap in all my life….It doesnt matter how tall you are if you learn to pass the ball to your team mate irrespective of his hieght and it hits him on the chest ..then the pass has been delivered correctly..
Greg Haywick..played 5/8 for Aust in 1956....he coached me for 2 years and thats how we were taught to pass the ball...put it on the chest....
go on all start calling me a dinasaur or whatever...its basic fundamentals of playing the game,exactly the same as we were coached to pass back behind not flat or forward....

They are winding up colmcd about his comments that certain players are too short to play in the halves as it effects their passing. No one is agreeing with him and are just being facetious.

Cheers mate,I was being cynical myself..but its true what I have said,thats how I was coached…

 

[NT_Tiger]

Tyson Gamble is 189cm. Why did we sign him? If he is going to have a future at the club, we need to get some taller outside backs.

We really need our recruitment to look at player height more seriously and try to get our entire club all the same height.
Maybe we can hook up a sponsorship with Stanley, Lufkin or Trojan.

It's pretty obvious our major problem is we are vertically challenged and need uniformity across the board.
Even people with "big hair" (that means you Kev) need to be forced to have a clip as it gives the illusion of height which no doubt throws off the passers ability to calculate how high they need to pass the ball when delivering it to the "big haired" ones.

Someone needs to be given the task of calculating the average height of the entire roster, then letting all the short and tall players negotiate with other clubs.
This team won't be a force until it is height corrected!!!
We can't expect them to be able to pass a ball to each other if their heads aren't all the same distance from the ground now can we?

Wouldn't think the team will reach any great heights, if this is not looked at immediately!!!! :laughing:

Well, that's the long and the short of it!

 

[Russell]

Tyson Gamble is 189cm. Why did we sign him? If he is going to have a future at the club, we need to get some taller outside backs.

We really need our recruitment to look at player height more seriously and try to get our entire club all the same height.
Maybe we can hook up a sponsorship with Stanley, Lufkin or Trojan.

It's pretty obvious our major problem is we are vertically challenged and need uniformity across the board.
Even people with "big hair" (that means you Kev) need to be forced to have a clip as it gives the illusion of height which no doubt throws off the passers ability to calculate how high they need to pass the ball when delivering it to the "big haired" ones.

Someone needs to be given the task of calculating the average height of the entire roster, then letting all the short and tall players negotiate with other clubs.
This team won't be a force until it is height corrected!!!
We can't expect them to be able to pass a ball to each other if their heads aren't all the same distance from the ground now can we?

Wouldn't think the team will reach any great heights, if this is not looked at immediately!!!! :laughing:

Well, that's the long and the short of it!

:roll

 

[Sco77y]

This thread title needs to be changed lol - Height and its impact on team performance, especially passing ability (and Rex Mossop training methods)

 

[magpiecol]

So Alfie was too short and Evans is too tall.

Wow. I am going to take a bex now and have a little snoozie.

 

[greatodensraven]

Sorry tigerap but I'm sure most WT's fans want Benji to be busting his gut to be in the starting 13- if he happens to be showing more form or committment than either Brooks or Reynolds then that is no fault of his.
We don't need him to be sitting back thinking "I'm just here for the paycheck and to bludge" ala Bwaith in his time at our club. Benji's greatest indication of mentoring will be by training and working his hardest to set an example of leadership and effort for Brooks and Reynolds to aspire to and admire.
Rip in Benj.

This.

All spots should be up for grabs.

 

[happy_tiger]

Prefer a pass to hit around 2 feet in front of you and at hip height myself , hands don't need to do much then

 

[Black_n_White]

Prefer a pass to hit around 2 feet in front of you and at hip height myself , hands don't need to do much then

few years back there was a good chance benji could hit you with one of those mate, depending how good your seats were.

 

[Geo]

ye ole rowZZ..

 

[happy_tiger]

Prefer a pass to hit around 2 feet in front of you and at hip height myself , hands don't need to do much then

few years back there was a good chance benji could hit you with one of those mate, depending how good your seats were.

Gonna pay that one BnW :smiley:

Quote of the month nomination :laughing:

 

[innsaneink]

maybe we can start a thread for luke…"how to kick"

 

[colmcd]

I think Benji is here because his still got that drive to play at the highest level and all that comes with it. Pushing his body physically and mentally trying to compete for a position and be in a ready state incase he needs to slot in. He wants to finish his playing career at the tigers and still has that drive but proably also has one eye on the future.
His mentoring role this year whilst still playing will be the perfect Segway for what’s to come. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Benji part of the Balmain or West’s juniors or West Tigers coaching staff next year.

Why did it take us about 4 seasons and two coaches to realise that Benji was a good mentor for the halves coming in?

 

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Benji Marshall to return to field for Wests Tigers in trial against Cronulla Sharks
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Wests Tigers fans can mark down February 24 as the date Benji Marshall plays his first game for the club in 1631 days.

Marshall, the biggest-name player in the merged club's 18-year-history, hasn't played for the Tigers since leaving for Super Rugby club the Auckland Blues at the end of the 2013 season.

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Prodigal son: Benji Marshall at Tigers training.
Prodigal son: Benji Marshall at Tigers training. Photo: Dan Talintyre/Wests Tigers
His on-field return for the Tigers will come a day before his 33rd birthday in their final NRL trial against Cronulla in Campbelltown.

Coach Ivan Cleary is aiming to ensure his new-look Tigers spend plenty of time together in their two pre-season trials.

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Return set: Benji Marshall will play for the Tigers in their trial against the Sharks in late February.
Return set: Benji Marshall will play for the Tigers in their trial against the Sharks in late February. Photo: Dan Talintyre/Wests Tigers
A strong squad will be taken to Cairns for their February 17 trial against North Queensland, but Marshall will remain in Sydney alongside wife Zoe ahead of the expected birth of their first child.

Cleary then plans to roll out the Tigers' top 17 for the majority of their last trial against the Sharks, just two weeks out from the season-opener.

"Benji won't be playing in Cairns … The plan at this stage (is for Campbelltown)," Cleary said. "We're looking like the first game in Cairns against the Cowboys there are a few guys who won't be playing in that game.

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"Anyone who can and it's not really a risk in their preparation will play. I'm not about putting people in cotton wool but I'm not going to risk them either."

Marshall's influence off the field has already been pronounced during the pre- season as he has been able to lend a helping hand to the club's younger brigade, including halfback Luke Brooks, given his experience.

Importantly though, he provides a link back to the club's most successful era given his 11-year stint between 2003 and 2013 netted 201 games and the club's only premiership as a merged entity in 2005 when he starred.

"From a Wests Tigers point of view, it's really good to have that link to the past," Cleary said.

"To have a guy who left the club really want to come back because he loves the club, that was really positive.

"He's good to have around in many respects. His experience, knowledge and understanding of the game."

But Cleary insists even with Brooks and Josh Reynolds as the club's chief playmakers, Marshall's biggest value will be on the field in the NRL.

"We wouldn't have signed him if we didn't think he could still play," Cleary said. "He was really open and honest about that. He really felt like he had so much more to give on the field. He's a world-class player and they don't come along every day.

"There's a few options around how we will use him. He's definitely a big part of the plan for on-field performance."

 

[rex2ce]

Even at 33 years old, Marshall is still the best half on our books, anyone who thinks he is playing 2nd grade is kidding themselves

 

[earl]

Even at 33 years old, Marshall is still the best half on our books, anyone who thinks he is playing 2nd grade is kidding themselves

He probably is our best half but I can't see him starting in the halves at the start of the season assuming that Brooks and Reynolds aren't injured.

 

[Guest]

Even at 33 years old, Marshall is still the best half on our books, anyone who thinks he is playing 2nd grade is kidding themselves

He probably is our best half but I can't see him starting in the halves at the start of the season assuming that Brooks and Reynolds aren't injured.

Barring injury Brooks and Reynolds are odds-on to line up as starting halves in round 1.

 

[innsaneink]

Benji will.be in the 17 somewhere imo