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3 days ago
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AFL 2025: Richmond tweaks training to strike perfect fitness balance
Richmond has set 'a really clear plan' to strike the balance between preventing injuries and improving fitness in the back end of games. GWS ran over the top of the Tigers last week, kicking five unanswered goals in the final term to win by three points. It was Richmond's second loss by less than a kick in three matches after losing narrowly to North Melbourne in May. With such a young list, an acceleration of match fitness runs the risk of injuring the young players unconditioned to AFL loads. But Richmond coach Adem Yze said the Tigers and high performance manager Ben Serpell had implemented structures to boost fitness with less risk. 'Ben Serpell has set around whether they have a lighter week, I think Jonty Faull is having a lighter week this week and that was planned,' he said. 'We've set a really clear plan on their training loads throughout the year, obviously Josh (Smillie) and Sammy Lalor are having a break now because of injury. 'But if it does come to a point where they've played four, five, six games in a row, they will have a lighter week. 'We don't want them to be missing games, but we will just manage their program. It will just take time. 'Our big boys are playing on some quality defenders and they will be for the rest of the year. It's going to be hard to be consistent across four quarters, but that's what we're trying to fast-track.' Yze said there were no glaring trends from the second close loss, aside from failing to run out the entirety of the match. He took confidence out of the statistics that indicated a much closer contest in the last then the scoreboard suggested. 'Like I said post game, I would be worried if we just got smashed in clearance or inside 50s or couldn't get it out of our back end,' he said. 'On the weekend I think the last quarter was 15 inside 50s to 13. We had some opportunities, we just got a bit tired. 'A couple of younger boys we've noticed late in games are playing on really good defenders, like Sam Taylor's last quarter was enormous. 'We'll look at that, we'll help our younger boys through that, but it's going to take time. 'We're striving to play four-quarter footy. On the weekend we played 3½ and it wasn't good enough.'
News.com.au
28-05-2025
- General
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Richmond positive about injury progress of top draft pick yet to be seen at AFL level
Richmond fans have a timeline for when they could see each of last year's first-round draftees in action, as Josh Smillie makes positive steps towards his recovery. Taken at pick seven in last year's bumper draft haul by the rebuilding Tigers, Smillie's highly anticipated debut has been on delay after he suffered a second hamstring setback of the season. The first tweak hindered Smillie's pre-season and the second postponed his momentum towards game one, leaving fellow draftees, including No.1 pick Sam Lalor, to get their AFL careers going before he could. But Richmond coach Adem Yze provided an encouraging update on Wednesday, clarifying Smillie's 'TBC' on the club's injury list as 'four to six weeks'. 'Ben (Serpell, high performance manager) will give that timeline, but he's (Smillie) travelling really well, he's running,' Yze said. '(Serpell) will obviously talk about that more than I will. but he's (Smillie) not that far away, it could be four to six weeks. 'I think it will be closer to four, which is good. He's progressing nicely, we just wanted to make sure we set a really good plan for him.' Yze said Smillie would undergo another training block to build fitness. Richmond held Smillie to limited minutes in the VFL after his first injury and applied the same process to premiership midfielder Dion Prestia last week. 'There's obviously going to be his return to play from the injury and then the amount of training load,' Yze said. 'We want him to come back and really set himself for that back part of the year, that's the only reason why it's TBC right now. 'It was (the same injury as earlier in the year) but it was minor, he's in the gym to really strengthen it, that's why it might be a little bit longer.' Serpell said Smillie was recovering well but would take all measures necessary to ensure he was 'robust' enough for senior football. 'Smillie is progressing quite well, we want to focus on his development from an athletic perspective,' Serpell said. 'The hamstring itself is looking quite good, but we want to make sure that he is ready to play senior football as soon as possible and make sure he is robust for that.' Taj Hotton (Pick No.12) and Smillie are the only two first-round picks the Tigers' supporters are yet to get a glimpse of. But Hotton is set to join training and build towards playing in coming weeks. 'We expect to see (Hotton and Josh Gibcus) out training in the next few weeks without a non-contact hat on,' Serpell said. 'About four or so weeks of that and we can expect to see them out playing again.'
News.com.au
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
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AFL 2025: Richmond coach Adem Yze ramps up pitch to secure Dustin Martin as specialist coach
The doors at Punt Rd are 'always open' for a Dusty homecoming. AFL great Dustin Martin has made a quiet exit from the spotlight since his retirement but roared back into conversations when he was recently spotted in the changerooms. Richmond coach Adem Yze has since said he would love to have Martin alongside him at training and ramped up his pitch on Wednesday. Yze said he saw a glimpse of Martin's unmatched knowledge last year as he taught his then teammates things few coaches could. 'I did have our coaches' T-shirt for him when he walked in a few weeks ago,' Yze said with a laugh. 'He's an amazing Richmond man but not only that he's such a smart player. 'He would hate being here presenting, but out there the things he could teach our younger forwards would be things we can't coach. 'The door is always open for him, depending what he wants to do with his future, come and mentor, be a skills coach, he would be more than welcome. 'If he does decide to go down that path we would love for him to have our colours on – I know if he does he would have such a good impact on a lot of young players.' Yze said Martin wouldn't enjoy the attached extras to coaching such as presenting in big meetings or to the media. But he was confident Martin had a passion to teach and saw it in his reluctance to leave the club in that recent visit. 'The impact he could have on a lot of our younger boys, I know Sammy Lalor when he met him a couple of weeks ago was starstruck,' Yze said. 'I am so clear on the impact he could have with our players, there's no better player to teach goalkicking, snapping and just execution with the footy – we'd love to have him. 'During his playing days he didn't like this (meeting) room especially, he didn't like that pressure, but in a line meeting he was so good, let alone one-on-one. 'His impact he had all throughout his career was high-level coaching in different environments, I think he'd be very good at it. 'The good thing about it, that day he didn't want to go home – he still loves the place and feels a part of the place. 'He's a great Richmond man, a lot of our first-year players were in awe of him and we still are – he was an amazing player and is an amazing person.'
News.com.au
28-05-2025
- Politics
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AFL 2025: Richmond coach Adem Yze addresses Noah Balta's availability to play GWS
Richmond coach Adem Yze says it would be 'getting a bit cute' by playing defender Noah Balta on limited minutes to return in time for his mandated curfew. Balta was sentenced for assault in April and is under a 10pm to 6am curfew for 18 months. But the Tigers, who tackle GWS in Sydney at 4.15pm on Saturday, will drop Balta to the VFL to eliminate the risk of him missing curfew. The VFL side is also playing GWS at Engie Stadium but in the earlier timeslot of 12.30pm. Yze says Richmond don't want the possibility of being a player short on the bench or to disrespect the sanction by substituting Balta out at halftime. 'We'd be getting a bit cute if we did that and subbed him out because there could be risk that someone else gets injured and then we're putting others at risk,' he said. 'We looked at the option of playing him in the seniors and getting him back on time, but it was just going to be too risky. 'We don't want to go and mess with that. We understand what he's going through (and) it's just around performance and if we can get a game into him, we'll do that. 'It was the only game we considered these things, it wasn't to disrespect what he's going through, it was just around performance and whether we could keep the momentum of him playing. 'Jake Batchelor, our VFL coach, is pretty happy he's going to be available for the pre-game.' Balta has already missed one match as a result of his curfew, sitting out the Anzac Eve clash with Melbourne. While this week is likely to be Balta's final game impacted by curfew this year, Yze says the defender 'needs to play' for his performance and wellbeing. 'If he's going in and out it's obviously hard with performance and the stress of going in and out and what it does to your body,' he said. 'But his wellbeing is really important as well, to go in and out of AFL footy is really tough, you see that with injuries. 'As long as we can get him back on time, he's going to go play VFL. It's an earlier game and he'll come back on his own flight. 'He'll travel (there) with the team, go help our younger defenders in the VFL and get another game into him. 'It'll give him a better chance at performing the following week. We looked at that and we'll do that.'
Daily Telegraph
28-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Telegraph
AFL 2025: Richmond coach Adem Yze addresses Noah Balta's availability to play GWS
Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. Followed categories will be added to My News. Richmond coach Adem Yze says it would be 'getting a bit cute' by playing defender Noah Balta on limited minutes to return in time for his mandated curfew. Balta was sentenced for assault in April and is under a 10pm to 6am curfew for 18 months. But the Tigers, who tackle GWS in Sydney at 4.15pm on Saturday, will drop Balta to the VFL to eliminate the risk of him missing curfew. The VFL side is also playing GWS at Engie Stadium but in the earlier timeslot of 12.30pm. Yze says Richmond don't want the possibility of being a player short on the bench or to disrespect the sanction by substituting Balta out at halftime. 'We'd be getting a bit cute if we did that and subbed him out because there could be risk that someone else gets injured and then we're putting others at risk,' he said. 'We looked at the option of playing him in the seniors and getting him back on time, but it was just going to be too risky. 'We don't want to go and mess with that. We understand what he's going through (and) it's just around performance and if we can get a game into him, we'll do that. Noah Balta will play for Richmond's VFL side this week. Picture:'It was the only game we considered these things, it wasn't to disrespect what he's going through, it was just around performance and whether we could keep the momentum of him playing. 'Jake Batchelor, our VFL coach, is pretty happy he's going to be available for the pre-game.' Balta has already missed one match as a result of his curfew, sitting out the Anzac Eve clash with Melbourne. While this week is likely to be Balta's final game impacted by curfew this year, Yze says the defender 'needs to play' for his performance and wellbeing. 'If he's going in and out it's obviously hard with performance and the stress of going in and out and what it does to your body,' he said. 'But his wellbeing is really important as well, to go in and out of AFL footy is really tough, you see that with injuries. 'As long as we can get him back on time, he's going to go play VFL. It's an earlier game and he'll come back on his own flight. 'He'll travel (there) with the team, go help our younger defenders in the VFL and get another game into him. 'It'll give him a better chance at performing the following week. We looked at that and we'll do that.' Originally published as AFL 2025: Richmond coach Adem Yze addresses Noah Balta's availability to play GWS
