AFL Stoppages: Marcus Bontempelli

in this video I'm going to go through Marcus belli he's positioning against the Giants rocks in round 24 match Bulldogs versus the Giants this is a great this is this video is going to be a great learning experience for any midfielders out there about how to Shar their opposition Taps how to be in the right position how to do your homework uh it was brilliant to watch and when I go through this video you be able to re you'll be able to see how he's able to position himself and how he's able to establish 11 clearances for the game six of them Center bounces and five clearances around the ground so got him pinpointed here with the arrow and the setup so this is the first tenter bounce of the the game so the Giants players particularly Briggs who's in this position here uh side by side with English when he stands on this side face the Umpire his hit zone is here that's when he's facing this way when he's facing this way and you'll see in a couple of videos I have he starts where the Umpire is right now and his hits own is there but what I want you to do is take particular interest to Bonelli and where he positions himself now in this situation with Briggs being on this side of the circle he uses his left hand and just Taps it on that side the same thing goes if if he stays on this side where English is he will hit it on this side and that's very important to understand because that's how Bell sets up so we go through this first this is the first C bounce of the game see bont's already tried to get himself on the opposite side but what he's trying to do he's trying to get on this side of Briggs because he knows that he's going to tap it in this area as as he use his left hand doesn't Briggs doesn't win the tap you can see where bont is positioning himself in that area then the next video it's the same setup so Briggs is facing this way and this is the one that works out so as they come in BS there right he wants to take he wants to get in that space because that's the hit zone for Briggs watch out unfolds Briggs left hand there's the point straight onto it clearance in this situation so Briggs is on this side look what the Bon is he ends up getting a free kick for this body position is really really good gets in front but he knows that Brigg's hit zone is on that side so he position himself in that area watching very closely ends up getting a free kick so brilant brilant brilant play there from the B same thing so here he is here he's just out of the picture on the left hand side but the reason why he ends up coming this way is because the Giants rock is there and he wants to tap it in this spot so he wants to hit it with his right hand so Giants player comes in right he wants to hit in that zone look he's first there the bont it's just brilliant play great training an educational tool for any mid out there is understanding one the hit zones of the Rock and two understanding the body position that you need to be in so in this situation is off the back of the back of the stop play so I love this because he stays involved so he's just off off here right so he's not based in this area so he's pretty much in a sweep position there is right there coming into coming into the play but I love how he's on his toes the whole part of this play on his toes on his toes on his toes on his toes still working towards a contest on his toes on his toes on his toes now I'm going to react and what about that little the the ability to have to understand where your man is the ability just to tap it Sensational work so now Center bounds Briggs is facing this way so he's on this he wants to tap it on this side look who's standing right there doesn't BRS doesn't bondell doesn't actually end up getting this but you can see his strategy his strategy is to be on the favored side of the rock now ends up being a great tap by Briggs over the back and then next play Giant truck he wants to hit it in this area look who's there same thing and this is the one he does get brilliant body position now in this situation this is a good lesson for for mids out there weather conditions it was really really windy on the weekend in balarat ball was blowing everywhere the wind was coming straight across and it was really difficult for the umpires to throw it in watch it gets called back but watch Bond's reaction compared to everyone else at this baller he can he can identify now already the ball in the air is blowing away obviously the rcks have their focus on the ball but look at the Bon out of all the mids look at him going he knows instantly the ball is going to land in this position here because of the wind just Sensational work experience understanding it's it just continues to be so impressive with his stop play work around the ground forget about the goals and the possessions that he gets because that is second nature but for him his ability at stop play is to use his body in such good ways to do his homework it's simply impressive now this situation here it's a another another ball up and just watch his body position here so there he is there so once again Giants player here if you were to draw a line he wants to hit it in this space and look who ends up winning it look at the body work he does he's got two basically two on one trying to trying to combat him gets through he knows he knows the GI want to hit on their favorite side on their left hip or their right hip and guess who fights for it any midfielder go watch videos of bond go watch him live see his body position if you want to be a big if you want to be a a big inside midfielder he is the person to watch