{"id":37959,"date":"2018-07-27T17:36:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T07:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=37959"},"modified":"2021-11-12T07:28:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T21:28:25","slug":"unsatisfied-brown-determined-to-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2018\/07\/27\/unsatisfied-brown-determined-to-improve\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsatisfied Brown determined to improve"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAKING Vic Metro for the second consecutive year, named among Sandringham Dragons\u2019 bests on multiple occasions and called up to play for Southern Saints in the VFL Women\u2019s, the talented Eleanor Brown<\/strong> was not satisfied with her TAC Cup season.<\/p>\n

She described her individual TAC Cup Girls season as \u201cdisappointing\u201d, clearly showing that the onus of you are your own harshest critic rings true. Her performances were good enough to book a ticket to the Gold Coast for the AFL Women\u2019s Under 18 Championships, and catch the eye of the Southern Saints talent scouts. Brown was pleased with how the Dragons went in the second TAC Cup Girls competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did pretty well the team I thought,\u201d she said. \u201cEspecially in the second half of the season, we kept improving and finished third, so we were pretty happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown named her endurance as her main strength, although many who have watched her know how strong she is in the air and her ability to win one-on-one contests is as good as anyone. Her focus right now is that of her disposal, an area that has been improving over time and one she is working hard on developing.<\/p>\n

\u201c(I want to improve) everything, but probably my kicking is a bit of a weakness,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not very accurate so I work on that mostly and just everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Vic Metro representative played a key role for her state side at the championships, especially in the second game loss to Queensland where she did everything she could to rebound out of defence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so fun I love it (Vic Metro experience),\u201d Brown said. \u201cIt was a really good experience last year. I didn\u2019t play very well, but it was just such good experience and I was really excited to get in the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is amazing to think how far Brown has come in the past few years, starting back at local football midway through high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I started in Year 9 or 10, just at my local club Glen Iris because they were always short on players,\u201d Brown said. \u201cSo I used to go down after netball training and play with them and then I started playing at Sandringham two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown was not sure of the reason behind focusing more on football, but she admits she has become \u201cmore serious\u201d with the sport and has had to cut back on netball. She is in her first year at university, studying physiotherapy, something she hopes to follow through on over the next few years.<\/p>\n

Her dream on the field is to take her football as far as she can, something that was not possible when she was growing up, knowing there was no clear pathway to the elite level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was really young I loved footy,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t play and it wasn\u2019t really an option to be professional but I always wanted to be a professional netballer in primary school. \u201cNow for sure it\u2019s a dream to play footy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unselfish Brown credits everyone involved in the sports she has played with her development in football.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably just all my coaches from every sport (are the biggest influences),\u201d Brown said. They\u2019ve all helped me in different ways, I think like I\u2019ve had a lot of coaches, but they\u2019ve all definitely helped so much. \u201cMy teammates as well, they\u2019re always looking out for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown is already impressing with the Southern Saints, winning plenty of the ball and running hard along the wings, no doubt catching eyes with consistent performances that are building towards the end-of-year AFL Women\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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