Afl - w 2024

[Hotdog60]

I really wouldn't have a clue on how you fix the problem but the competition needs to get better and a full time career might be better carrot growing up than one where you can miss a whole season with a 10 week injury.
Could the women's comp benefit from the old under 19's, reserves comps type setup and the AFL support the clubs to fast track juniors.
But I said I really don't have a clue apart from them needs to be more hands on.

[jazzadogs]

They just need to play more football. There are 19 year olds who gets drafted to aflw and play 10 games of footy for the year.

They should be playing at least some of the vflw season (at least until the AFL extends the length of the aflw season).

[1eyedog]

We've still got half teams full of non-traditional footballers who did not go up playing footy. They are cross over athletes who have been playing AFL for 3-4 years.

The competition is improving each year because we are starting to have an influx of top draftees who have played footy since Auskick and have a good level of skill behind them. Inside the next 5 years the number of cross over athletes will reduce significantly and you'll have teams full of players who have played footy from the start, like Brisbane and North, who just eat footy and want to be at the club.

Yep absolutely invest in grass roots junior girls footy and make those competitions stronger to help develop the skills and make the pathways clearer.

[mjp]

They just need to play more football. There are 19 year olds who gets drafted to aflw and play 10 games of footy for the year.

They should be playing at least some of the vflw season (at least until the AFL extends the length of the aflw season).

Yeah - I get that. But just doing something over and over again does make you better at it.

Playing a game where you get between 6-10 possessions...is that really helping your ability to be clean with the ball and make good decisions under pressure?

[mjp]

We've still got half teams full of non-traditional footballers who did not go up playing footy. They are cross over athletes who have been playing AFL for 3-4 years.

The competition is improving each year because we are starting to have an influx of top draftees who have played footy since Auskick and have a good level of skill behind them. Inside the next 5 years the number of cross over athletes will reduce significantly and you'll have teams full of players who have played footy from the start, like Brisbane and North, who just eat footy and want to be at the club.

Yep absolutely invest in grass roots junior girls footy and make those competitions stronger to help develop the skills and make the pathways clearer.

How??