Hoops

Scoring in the AFL is it drying up?

.....Speed up ball movement.......

What about the idea of reducing the number of players on the field? Maybe radical, but if 18 went down to 16 or perhaps 14-15, surely the freedom of space would not only create more opportunity to score, but we'd up ball movement in the process...?

Haha, good call.

I say forget ball-ups and throw ins, and change to a possession arrow system for all stoppages ;)

Penalty is a free kick and 50 metres.

Should stop the issue with interchanges as well.

If everyone wants the game more like it was 20 years ago, this is the way to force it to be like that (Lockett never chased past the 50 metre line!)

Trial in the pre-season having a rule where the front 6 and back 6 from each team cannot pass the half way line respectively.

In my view, this would reduce flooding tactics, open the game up, improve the spectacle, reduce impact injuries and collisions, increase scoring, encourage more 1 on 1 contests, and stop games looking like U-12 games (36 players chasing the ball like headless chooks).

But this might turn out to be a different sport. You won't know until you try it.

It shouldn't be too hard to enforce. The third umpire has nothing better to do than count heads when the ball is in the other half of the field.

I agree, what they want is not being supported by how they are doing things.

Why would a player who kicks a goal need to sprint off the ground to talk to the coach immediately?

This is ludicrous, leave him out there and rest for the bounce and maybe he can get his team another goal!!

Seems to me that they are allowing too many interchanges, so what's the answer to this problem?

1. Reduce the number of interchanges to say 10 per quarter, so players will stay on longer because if there is a late injury the coach will always have to save one near the end of the quarter?

2. Reduce the number of interchange players, maybe increasing the injury subs so it is less flexible but still allows injuries to be replaced?

3. Some combination of these, but also taking into account that it is a physical game and injuries may need to be treated?

The rest of the game, the talk of changing this rule and that rule is not necessary, I believe their rules are fine, they just need to actually umpire according to them and not allow the illegal and holding tactics...

They talk about zoning in the AFL all the time, they believe this 'basketball' tactic is causing one of their problems.

I don't think it is, because their coaches will always look for innovative ways to get an edge on the opposition, it is the way they interpret and change the way they umpire the game that is the biggest problem facing them I believe...

It's a basketball forum with an AFL section... Could always not click...

LOL, always a clown in the room isn't there...?

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