Pre Season Update & Trial Games
Update from Club Coach Damian Boots and Upcoming Trial Games
Heading into any preseason campaign I believe there must be a focus which drives the program. As a new coach to the club this preseason’s focus had many layers, some obvious but the cornerstone as we began in November was to get to know the players and build a rapport with them all.
The conditions over the course of preseason to date have been typical with the players enduring some hot nights on the track. With a firm base of conditioning inbuilt within each session we have seen John Turner our club conditioning coach push the playing group to reach solid distances of high intensity work combined with a football focus, which the players have adapted to extremely well. The month of February we embarked on a block of three sessions per week which produced pleasing results in the players overall conditioning and our style of play.
Surprisingly for some we are now at the conclusion of our 11th week and are heading into our block of trial games over the next three weeks leading into the Easter break.
The trials which include an internal and games against PAC and Goodwood Saints give us a real opportunity to continue to build our connection and game style as we lead into Round 1.
With the season proper delayed this has been a longer than normal campaign, but we are excited about the opportunities we will create in 2023.
We look forward to seeing you at the footy.
Trial Games
Sunday March 26th:
ROCFC v Princes OC at Pedlar Reserve
(Pedlar Street, Seaton)
B grade @ 10.15am & A grade @ 12.15pm
Saturday April 1st:
ROCFC v Goodwood Saints at Campbelltown Memorial Oval (Home)
B\C grade @ 9.30am & A grade @ 11.30am
Damian Boots
A Grade Coach
