{"id":83839,"date":"2021-08-02T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T02:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=83839"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:27:40","slug":"case-eyes-confidence-boost-to-take-game-to-another-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2021\/08\/02\/case-eyes-confidence-boost-to-take-game-to-another-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Case eyes confidence boost to take game to another level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n\n\nNORTH Adelaide’s Kate Case<\/strong><\/a> is a self-proclaimed hard worker and defensively-minded talent who can play across multiple lines. Now the versatile utility admits to take her game to the next level, she will need to learn to back herself more often and even put out a ‘don’t argue’ or two in the process.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think something I\u2019m really looking to improve on is to try and take the game on a bit more,” Case said. “I think I have potential to be able to get the ball and run a bit more, but I have to build the confidence to take it on and maybe do a fend-off, and then maybe pinpointing kicks and things like that.\u201d\r\n\r\nCase’s football journey “started a while ago” when she was much younger, but the 18-year-old also teamed up her football with netball and it was not until a chance opportunity at school that the South Australian took the first steps towards making the State team.\r\n\r\n\u201cI did a bit of Auskick but then I started netball quite young instead and played for a while and then my high school PE teacher suggested that I tryout for Under 15s State Football and I luckily enough got in,” Case said. “So my first ever real game of football was the Under 15s State game. “Just went through and played the underage SANFL which led to trying out for the women\u2019s and went into those seasons and it\u2019s all sort of got to here now.\u201d\r\n\r\nRepresenting South Australia at the AFL Women’s Under 19 Championships, Case averaged 10.3 disposals and 4.3 marks, working hard up and down the ground to provide an option in transition.\r\n\r\nCase said she felt more comfortable in herself and her role within the reigning premiers side, though her areas of improvement were strong on her mind. She credits coach Krissie Steen<\/strong> with her development of late, saying “she really inspires me to be a better footballer and a better person”. As for her role on field, Case loves the open space of the wing.\r\n\r\n\u201cI like wing, it\u2019s my favourite position, it\u2019s a lot of gut running and unrewarded running but I still enjoy that,” she said. “Backline, I like pressure acts and things like that over a forward, so I think really supporting teammates whether it\u2019s through gut running or getting there to put a block on or pressure acts.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt is no surprise that Case enjoys playing an aggressive brand of football and said she likes to model her improvement on a Crows star for not only what she does with the ball, but without it too.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think a player I really look up to and enjoy watching is Chelsea Randall<\/strong> because that\u2019s with the pressure and so courageous, puts her body on the line, gets to every contest and works really, really hard. I want to base my game on the work rate and courageousness,” Case said.\r\n\r\nRight now juggling a football career, Case has plenty on her plate between studying and looking to join the army.\r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m at uni currently, I\u2019m hoping to become a physiotherapist,” Case said. “Footy is pretty busy so I\u2019m just doing that, and applied for the Army Reserves and hoping to get into that. Just working and footy, just pushing along.\u201d\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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