{"id":82963,"date":"2021-07-08T18:54:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=82963"},"modified":"2021-07-08T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:54:47","slug":"go-getter-swan-brings-leadership-to-the-fore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2021\/07\/08\/go-getter-swan-brings-leadership-to-the-fore\/","title":{"rendered":"“Go-getter” Swan brings leadership to the fore"},"content":{"rendered":"

STARTING her football career as a seven-year-old for the Bridgewater Raiders in the Adelaide Hills, Georgia Swan<\/strong> is still travelling on her \u201creally fun and long journey,\u201d a decade later.<\/p>\n

The now 17-year-old Swan, known by her teammates as \u201cSwanee\u201d, is a part of the South Australian Academy.<\/p>\n

Swan has recently completed her third season playing for Sturt in the SANFLW, where she averaged 9.1 disposals, 2.1 marks, 2 tackles, and 1.6 inside 50s. Swan credited her hard work in the off-season for her performances during the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I had a really good pre-season this year. I worked on my fitness coming off last\u00a0season and I think I\u2019ve become a lot fitter which has really improved my game,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Despite the team only managing three wins and a draw from 11 games this season, Swan was not too disappointed about the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been pretty tough actually. [Sturt] haven\u2019t had too many wins but it\u2019s been really fun,\u00a0we\u2019re improving a lot since last year so that\u2019s the main thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

At state level, Swan knows she must be on top of her game not only with the way she plays, but also to fulfil her role as a leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve got a bigger leadership role on-field in our state team as co-captain and one of\u00a0our bigger players in the forward line, helping out with voice and instructions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Playing predominantly up forward, she averaged 10 disposals, 2.7 marks, 2 tackles, and 2.3 inside 50s during the three NAB U19s Championship games showcasing just how much of a classy player she is.<\/p>\n

Swan loves to get around the ground and attack as many contests as she can, a trait she believes she can offer at the top level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to think I\u2019ve got a very go-getter attitude on the field. I want to get into contests, get\u00a0into packs and keep going with two, three efforts. With the right coaches and teammates, I\u00a0hope that could really compliment [an AFLW team] and I can keep improving from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swan remains determined to make it to the AFLW and is always wanting to get better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to work on my aggression, keep smashing through the packs and winning\u00a0ground balls.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has relished the opportunity to be coached by Chelsea Randall<\/strong>, someone she says is a \u201cvery inspiring and amazing woman to look up to\u201d, and Swan dreams of one day becoming just like her.<\/p>\n

Away from footy, Swan is studying Year 12 and she also works in a restaurant, but for her \u201cfooty\u2019s a big priority\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STARTING her football career as a seven-year-old for the Bridgewater Raiders in the Adelaide Hills, Georgia Swan is still travelling on her \u201creally fun and long journey,\u201d a decade later. The now 17-year-old Swan, known by her teammates as \u201cSwanee\u201d, is a part of the South Australian Academy. Swan has recently completed her third season […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":82951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,8,7638],"tags":[16214,3045,6332,3578,1747],"class_list":["post-82963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-articles","category-news","category-sanflw","tag-aflw-u19s-championships","tag-chelsea-randall","tag-georgia-swan","tag-sanflw","tag-sturt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}