Assistant Coach Murray Davis has addressed fans questions about the Lions’ kick-in strategy.
“A few of our fans have noted that there was a bit of a trend in the game of us kicking long down the middle from our kick-ins,” Davis said.
“It’s a bit of Russian Roulette and rolling the dice. It’s a high risk, high reward and we’ll continue to work with the players on it.
“I mentioned the opportunity to score. You’ll see the top teams there what their percentage is and the average is around 10-9%. We sit in that category at the moment of scoring from kick-ins.
“Sometimes it’s just about being able to force a stoppage and if you’re lucky enough to get through and score that’s what we’re hoping to do.”
Davis explained that through heat mat technology, the club is able to track each kick-in.
Between Rounds 14-17, 53% of the Lions' kick in plays have gone through the corridor. See heat map below:
“We touched on the heat maps last week with regard to players but we also have it from a kick-in point of view," he said.
“You can see where we sit currently all year in regard to where we’re going. The red highlighting the part which is our main target area. Over the last four rounds we’ve really focussed on that area.
“We have access to all the other clubs information as well as to where they use and go for their kick-ins we’ll study that from a defensive point of view.”
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