Dolphins halfback Sean O’Sullivan and his fellow playmakers are relishing the kicking tuition offered by Brisbane Lions veteran Daniel Wealthy.
Wealthy, an All Australian 2021 and one of many sweetest kickers of the Sherrin all through his 268-game profession, has been readily available at Dolphins coaching to fine-tune the talents of the aspect’s kickers forward of the NRL season opener in opposition to Sydney Roosters on Sunday .
The 24-year-old O’Sullivan mentioned Wealthy had improved his accuracy and tweaked elements of his ball drop since working with him over the previous 4 months.
They’re each left-foot kickers so it isn’t stunning that O’Sullivan has reaped advantages.
“Dan has been unreal. He is a good kicker of the footy and simplifies it rather well,” O’Sullivan mentioned.
“A variety of AFL gamers maintain the ball in entrance and take it down with one hand onto the foot.
“With lots of leagues we maintain the ball with two (palms) and drop it. Then our palms go (away from the ball).
“He has been delicate with trusting our ball drop and having our palms in entrance of the ball. It has taken just a little little bit of time to regulate … however the little refined variations are positively going to assist us.
“In AFL the entire a part of their sport is kicking. We’re striving to be extra correct. It’s child steps in the meanwhile.”
Wealthy was at Monday’s coaching session and after he left O’Sullivan stayed out on the sector and known as the place he was going to land his kicks. He landed most of them on a dime.
The Melbourne Storm have for years embraced the AFL to enhance all elements of their operations.
That has included management coaches akin to premiership profitable legends like Nick Maxwell, and now Joel Selwood.
Collingwood coach Craig McRae was the Storm’s kicking and catching coach for seven years the place he was a significant affect on present halves Cameron Munster and Jahrome Hughes.
Former Storm ahead Felise Kaufusi, now on the Dolphins, has been absorbed in that tradition and O’Sullivan recalled what he mentioned when he first noticed Wealthy at coaching.
“When Fus’ (Kaufusi) came visiting he mentioned, ‘bro, that is Dan Wealthy’. I used to be like, ‘Yeah I do know’,” O’Sullivan grinned.
“Dan is a good individual so we’re very lucky to have him on the Dolphins to assist me and each single certainly one of our halves.”
