*this probably isn't that awesome if you are used to it -- first I had ever seen of this move.

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, May 20th, 2012 3:30pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter bareboards2.

It's a good mark to be sure, but it's not entirely uncommon. My 8 year old son broke his arm 'practising' doing these in the lounge room off his brother. Of course, he didn't start on the ground, but rather on the couch behind his brother.... and he didn't have a ball.

What the hell is "rugby" doing in the list of tags?

My ignorance is showing. Somehow I got it in my head that Aussie football was rugby.

But it is soccer that is football, right?

So that is why the hell rugby is there. Stupidity.




>> ^NaMeCaF:

What the hell is "rugby" doing in the list of tags?

AFL isn't soccer, it isn't rugby, it's... well it's its own thing. There is also Gaelic Football which is close enough that they have international games between Irish teams and Aussie teams in a hybrid of the two sports sometimes.

AFL is probably closer to soccer than rugby though, in that you have goals at each end which each team is trying to kick the ball into. The big difference between soccer and football though, besides being able to use your hands, is that AFL is a MUCH higher scoring game. Soccer just annoys and frustrates me (and most supporters it would seem based on the number of riots) because there's almost no scoring... All that pent up energy with bugger all release. AFL has scoring all the time, so you have constant ups and downs during the game.

^This is what I love about the Sift.

I learn stuff here. Painlessly and entertainingly.

Thanks, @spoco2.

>> ^bareboards2:

^This is what I love about the Sift.
I learn stuff here. Painlessly and entertainingly.
Thanks, @spoco2.


Oh, we can make it painful if you want

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^bareboards2:
^This is what I love about the Sift.
I learn stuff here. Painlessly and entertainingly.
Thanks, @spoco2.

Oh, we can make it painful if you want


No girly padding and helmets used here

One day I was just laying about and I saw on ESPN3 this thing called AFL. I had no idea what it was so I clicked on it to check it out. Mind...Fucking...Blown. I've been watching AFL for over a year now and I still don't have any idea what's going on. The refs blow the whistle constantly, as a soccer ref I keep wondering "Why isn't anyone stopping!?" I watch every game they put on ESPN3...sometimes twice. I ended up watching one Final twice but that was because they played it twice because they'res no such thing as a tie breaker...that was insane to me.

They can consider me an lifelong fan because I'll never get tired of watching this FUCKING Insane game. It's absolutely amazing.

also, no 6'5" 300 lb guys that can run a 40 yard dash in under 5 seconds.
>> ^EvilDeathBee:

>> ^spoco2:
>> ^bareboards2:
^This is what I love about the Sift.
I learn stuff here. Painlessly and entertainingly.
Thanks, @spoco2.

Oh, we can make it painful if you want

No girly padding and helmets used here

hell of a catch, though.

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

No girly padding and helmets used here


I'm tired of hearing this argument. For anyone who's ever played Football you'd know it's not for pussies. Also there's enough medical evidence to show that hits in football can seriously damage a brain and destroy someones life. So not exactly pussies...just stupid and reckless.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^EvilDeathBee:
No girly padding and helmets used here

I'm tired of hearing this argument. For anyone who's ever played Football you'd know it's not for pussies. Also there's enough medical evidence to show that hits in football can seriously damage a brain and destroy someones life. So not exactly pussies...just stupid and reckless.


Now now, no need to get so butthurt cause your sport is boring.

It's not a catch. It's called a mark. A MARK!

And you kick goals and behinds. That's right. You can kick a behind. While that might sound bad, scoring a behind often wins games. Though naturally you'd rather kick a goal than kick a behind but be careful not to handball a goal because it will only count for a behind. Same goes for running in a goal. Running in a goal is only running in a behind. Often the rover will be in the play when this occurs so be careful that the rover doesn't tap your attempt at goal else it will be only be a behind. So, you can kick a goal but it will only count as a behind if the rover has touched the ball on the way through.

Now that I've cleared that up, I can go solve the Israel/Palestine conflict.

@Kofi, um, thanks?

So this isn't a rugby catch?

Ya know what I also like. The cute girl "Goal umpire" in the AFL Chelsea Roffey. Love her!

@bareboards2 hehe

In AFL parlance this is known as a "specky".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacular_mark

Re:rugby
Are we talking league or union?

http://videosift.com/video/AFL-Mark-of-the-Year-Nominations-2011

I'm now a fan of the specky.