Aces 35 CBH 27
Aces won against a very physical CBH team, keeping their cool and playing a short-passing, steady game throughout.
Within the first 5 minutes of the 1st quarter Aces took the lead by 4 goals and maintained that lead throughout the rest of the match.
As we settled into the game, we quickly realised we were in for quite a physical match, with lots of contesting for the ball.
As we went into the second quarter, CBH decided to turn up the ‘chaos’ element of their play – they were dropping off their player to semi zone the space but were not organised so instead were just very disruptive which to be fair did work in putting us off slightly.
Towards the end of the second quarter and as we headed into the third we realised that we could take advantage of this disorganisation and play a short ball game, focusing on possession and sharp shooting. Instead of moving the ball quickly to goal we took our time, keeping hold of it, moving it around and choosing the right attacking pass when we were ready.
This tired CBH out pretty well and meant that in the final quarter we had loads of space through court to build play and maintain possession again.
Defencive pressure was once again a key feature of our match play today – the shooters struggled to get in decent shooting positions as well as struggling to work the ball round the D. Leah, Edie, Katie and Grace C worked well as a team to apply the pressure, secure the turnover and move the ball through court.
Timing of movement and quality of passing through court into attack was lovely to watch – Rose and Eliza supporting the defensive team bringing the ball through.
As we headed into attack we focused on rotation both in and out of the D. With Katie moonlighting as WA as well it meant our play had depth through court and allowed for space for the shooters to move around in.
Captains player went to Edie who was fantastic in the D, under the post and through court as well🤩
Thank you to Liv you kindly played up for us before her match for Clubs and did a great job!
2 out of 3 wins so far for Aces – keep up the great work girls!! 🤍✨
Written by Gemma – Captain
