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August 19, 2003

Adam Goodes

I know I promised not to post any more about the progress of the Swans BUT this is special. On Sunday they played the Brisbane Lions in Brisbane. All the pundits (and yours truly - who is not a pundit) said they couldn't win - not in Brisbane. Well they did and at least some of the credit has to go to this man (and to think I taught him in TAFE when he was a rookie....):

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For those who are unfamiliar with Australia Rules, this is called a mark. You jump and catch the ball after it has been kicked. The gent in purple jumped too soon but as you can see, Adam has made a perfect mark. The image is not photo-shopped - they really do have to jump like that which is why the critics call it "arial ping pong". Now after you mark, you get effectively get a "free" kick (i.e. no one can interfere with you until you get rid of the ball) like this one:

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A kick like this would easily travel 50 meters (165 feet). On ya mate! Go Swans!

P.S. The first image was scanned from the front page of the paper, the second came from the Swans website.

Posted by Ozguru at August 19, 2003 07:08 AM

Comments

Could you possibly advise which Sunraysia (Mildura) Football League club Adam Goodes played for as a junior player. Thank you.

Posted by: tony cox at August 19, 2003 07:08 AM

You can find out more about any of the Swans players on their website. The player profile for Adam can be found here. It mentions that he was recruited from "Horsham/North Ballarat U18" but that is the only other team listed. The Swans also have an 'ask a player a question' section on the site if you need more details.

Posted by: ozguru at August 19, 2003 07:08 AM