Tag: Aberfeldie Football Club

Fast And Poised And Female – A Beauty From Aberfeldie

I love watching women’s football.

It provides a better spectacle and healthier community than the men’s game.

Watch the strength, agility and quick thinking of number 22 from Aberfeldie as an example of how good the women’s game can be to watch:

With a fantastic tackle she dispossesses a powerfully built Hillside opponent of the football, and then gets to her feet and brilliantly anticipates the trajectory of a handpass from another Hillside player to knock the ball behind an opponent and run around that player to gain possession for her team and race off to send the ball goalwards before anyone could stop her.

What an incredible bit of multi-tasking in congested play.

Geoff Fox, 2nd June, 2025, Melbourne, Australia

Beautiful Football – Sure Ball Handling And Kicking By Aberfeldie Women

The best thing about being in Melbourne, Australia, is watching the free flowing glories of Australian Rules football in the state where the game was born.

This clip is from an Australian Rules football game yesterday between Aberfeldie who wear dark shorts and have light blue on their jumpers. Their opponents Keilor wear bright blue shorts and have red and white bands on their bright blue jumpers.

A Keilor player won the hitout in the ruck contest, but an Aberfeldie player showed better anticipation and quicker reaction than her opponents to win the ball.

She very skillfully and accurately executes a kick called a drop punt to her teammate. A drop punt is a kick that spins end over end and therefore usually travels in a straight line when hitting the ground.

The ball’s next recipient made no mistakes in retaining possession for her team.

She promptly handpassed to a teammate in a much better position to kick it down field.

While on the run, the new ball carrier took her time to look for the best option downfield.

She made sure that the carefully considered kick cleared the hand of a Keilor player attempting to smother.

The kick arrives downfield in a really good position for an Aberfeldie player to pull off a clever one handed contested mark.

I love watching fast skillful free flowing football, especially the rapidly rising female Aussie Rules action.

Its the best part of Australia for me.

Geoff Fox, 18th May, 2025, Melbourne, Australia