AFL Centre Bounce Marcus Bontempelli

Marcus Bontempelli is the best at reading centre bounces in the AFL.
To excel as a midfielder in centre bounces, you need great strength, but two standout traits for Bontempelli are:
👉🏼 His ability to identify dangerous opponents
👉🏼 His skill in reading the body position of the opposing ruckman
Bontempelli is patient, instinctive, and powerful.
The only way to counter him at centre bounces is to direct the ball away from him.
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[@holdingthebull]

Mate this is great. I would love to see this a little more in-depth though. Like a 10 minute video on the split-second decision making by the Bont is important. Another thing I think that you could explain is the body contact with your opponent (Fyfe) at the right time. Not engaging at the start of the ball up gives your opposition a chance to hold onto you. Bont doesn't touch till the right time and then pushes Fyfe legally and creates space for him to run onto the ball. Things like that, I would love to see.

[@First_Use]

I’m glad you like. Trying to keep messaging short. In relation to body work, you’ll see he makes this when the ball goes up. What happens when the balls goes up? All players heads go up, that’s when you engage your opponent. Jeff