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This week I had my first game after promotion in mens' and then last night I had a cup game that was another level "above my pay grade".
I've been flagging these levels for two years so I know what to expect. In the cup game there were some good players who have played higher still.
I felt some uncertainty with aerial challenges. I find the same thing watching the prem/ECL. The way the best players in the air jump, use their arms, time their jumps, is so different from lower levels. Perhaps it's also that, for a lank and CB, I was always deeply average in the air and never got trained in the art.
So tips: how to get sensitive to offences, what do you look for, pushes/timing/leading elbows..?
I've been flagging these levels for two years so I know what to expect. In the cup game there were some good players who have played higher still.
I felt some uncertainty with aerial challenges. I find the same thing watching the prem/ECL. The way the best players in the air jump, use their arms, time their jumps, is so different from lower levels. Perhaps it's also that, for a lank and CB, I was always deeply average in the air and never got trained in the art.
So tips: how to get sensitive to offences, what do you look for, pushes/timing/leading elbows..?