Tasmania women's representative coach Deb Reynolds joined Brent to discuss her football journey, her involvement with North Melbourne AFLW star Mia King, reviewing Saturday's tough loss to Queensland and preparing for next month's game against Sydney/Canberra.
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This is the devil's advocate with Brent Castello Follow us online at SCM Tassie and text any time 0 4 3 7 double 5 2 5 3 5 This time now for my next guest It's the coach of Tasmania's women's team who unfortunately went down to Queensland on Saturday. Welcome to the show Deb Reynolds Thanks for joining me morning Brent. Thank you for having me Nice to talk to you. We'll get to the game in a moment, but I always like to ask our guests about their journey and footy off the top of the interview Where did the love affair with football start for you? A very long time ago actually started back on the west coast the home of the gravel in Queenstown Grew up playing football With brothers who were involved and a lot of good friends who allowed me to tag along So that's when my love and my journey started Okay, and you probably have one in coaching for a wall, but tell us about yourself as a player As a player I guess initially my era was where females weren't really allowed to play football and So I sort of played on the fringes a little bit and then was part of the lonsets and TSL side which first formed many a year ago So that's where it first started and then in regards to playing a little bit further down the track with Old Scott And then of course she became a coach as I alluded to a moment ago When did you know that that was the journey in the path you wanted to take? Actually just happen Brent to be honest that I Guess you with your children you had along to junior sport and my son was playing with East Launceston at the time and an opportunity presented itself there Whether someone was away sick or not, but the opportunity arose and it first started in the under nine boys Sort of continued in that environment for a little while and then the under 17 girls I guess became a thing here in the north and East Launceston entered a team and I Guess that's in many ways where my coaching began with the under 17 tell other under 17 baby pardon girls group at East Launceston Yeah, I wanted to ask you about that because you've had some success You were AFL Tasmania's coach of the year in 2016 Then you won the the premiership's with East Launceston and also enjoyed some success with Old Scott's as well Yeah, the under 17 girls That was the initial phase of that program and we had a group of young ladies who came along to to play the game And to try it out that they'd never been involved with football previous So we had a wonderful group who were able to learn and put a lot of game sense and awareness from other sports and we linked it in and and through the two seasons we developed as as footballers but as young ladies and made a connection that Sometimes is really hard to do and they did that Incredibly well and balanced each other out both on and off the field very well Through there a little while late I ended up at Old Scott as a senior women's coach and had Some really good times there the first year we I guess the girls had been developed a little bit earlier with Nick Demden as head coach And I came in and and continued that path and shared success making two preliminary finals in a row But fell short at the hurdle, but Austin connection with the group growth An older I guess age bracket joining football for the first time But others who come through from the junior ranks You became the first female coach to be involved in a TSL program as well. What was your experience coaching at Launceston like with the men? Italy is enjoyable, but a really Really steep learning curve Sam Lonnie again gave me the opportunity to to be a part of the Launceston program Coming from the junior 17 girls into a statewide men's program was was pretty fit But the the group itself were very welcoming The coaching staff and players alike and they were nothing short of you know Happy to help me along my way and answer any questions, but Sam took me under his wing as did Chris Hill's And helped me develop as a person in an elite environment at that particular time and Be a part of of the men's program. It was um, it was pretty steep, but it was very enjoyable and very eye opening Now think you were also Mayor King's first junior footy coaches Well, do you still keep in contact with mayor and how proud of you of her as the play? She's become for North Melbourne Yeah, so Mia was one of those young ladies that were walked through the gate at the under-17s and wanted to have a crack She's obviously gone on to bigger things now, but yes, we connected for the first time and I was Mia's first coach We do still stay in touch regularly through you know messages and phone calls and It's lovely to sit back and watch and see how she's gone about her journey and her development and it shows the the young ladies you know watching her and understanding her journey that it's possible and There's more opportunities out there now even from when Mia began But yeah, he's I'm proud of it. He's doing very well, and I continue to watch her growth And you're building yourself a nice resume to dead because I believe you're part of the AFL W women's advisory panel that was established by the devil's last year. Tell us about that experience of what it's been like Yeah, that was actually a nice surprise I received a phone call from from Julie and with the opportunity to work as part of the advisory board and I guess to have The opportunity to be a part of something that's pretty special within within the Tasmanian landscape currently so The opportunity to be a part of that to to understand the processes That everything follows and and what could possibly be at the end of it It's an awesome opportunity and one one. I'm very grateful to be a part of Deb Reynolds the coach of our state women's team is my guest on the devil's advocate today Deblets look back at Saturday a 58 point losses always tough But you must have been pleased with the way your players lifted in that second half and run out the game It was pretty tough. We try not to focus on the score too much I Going back over the game. We started the game relatively well in the sense that It was you know deep within that quarter before the score came from Queensland The girls battled throughout the full quarter performance and after that half-time in particularly we adjusted slightly the effort continue and continued and sort of went up a notch a little bit and In that certain fourth quarter Particularly we did notice that the game was played a little bit on our boot and we We actually played some football without that perceived pressure behind us and we almost won that fourth quarter Which was pleasing? Where do you think the game was won and lost and what did you think Queensland and did a little better than your team on the day? Queensland are there a much stronger fit or outfit and they trusted each other just that little bit more for pretty much throughout the game And that plays a big part in a team sport So we need to go to work in that in the sense of understanding our strengths Going forward and backing ourselves to actually play football And backing ourselves that we've done some of the work previous so we've got four weeks leading into our next game Brent where we'll learn from this game in particular and We'll move forward With that game to to be able to put that into I guess another contest with New South Wales and ACT Yeah, I'll ask you your thoughts on that one in a moment But just still on Saturday's game. How proud were you of Kelsey Hills performance that the ball was heading down her and quite a bit But she stood really tall in defense He did. Yeah, a back line more under pressure a lot particularly in that first half and and Kelsey's a smart footballer She's here the slighting frame, but she's tough and she's not scared to put a head over the ball and back herself into win the contest She attacks the football and she's got really good game sense and and opens a vision and she's the skill particularly by shoe is high-end and Kelsey did that all game under pressure and He was a worthy winner of the best on for the Saturday's game But a two-part question from Kelly here one of our listeners that's sent us a message Deb She wants to know how you became the women's rep coach and what level of experience you feel is paramount to do the job well Yeah, it's also Kelly First of all I had the opportunity to be I guess the rep coach last year through conversation With with AFL Tasmania and a few discussions in that sense. So Going through that process last year enabled me the opportunity to have the same opportunity again for this coming rep series which was one that I went through discussion with again and welcomed the opportunity and going forward the continued growth in the the coaching space is very very important one of which I continue to do I continually work on my personal development within I guess as an individual but to put yourself around that team environment to continue to learn to have a mentor who you can receive feedback from on a regular basis It's about putting good people around you So there are many different things Kelly, but they're two of the things that and I hope that helps with your answer But then the the things within this process And last time before I let you go debut alluded to it But I'm exciting that you get to do it all again next month when Tasmania takes on a Sydney Canberra combined sign at Utah Stadium, how much do you expect your team to change for that game? Not a hundred percent sure yet Brent different opposition different ground possibly different conditions We've got a few injuries that we'll look at That we went into this game with and and we've come out of the game with with more so that may Change our team line up Obviously as a coaching group will sit back and we will actually reflect going within going into the next week in Preparation for our first training gathering again next week leading into that game. So Sitting here right now. I can't answer that, but we'll look at all those all the things that actually go around the selection and No doubt there will be some changes of some description Brilliant stuff there, but obviously a tough day on Saturday But I'm sure your girls will be better for the run Thanks so much for joining me on the devil's advocate today and good luck next month for that second match in the series Yeah, thank you, Brandon. Thank you for having me Deb Reynolds joining me here on the devil's advocate the coach of our state women's team We're off to our final break of the show right after this We're coming back to whip around Australia to see how our Tazzy players fared in their respective competitions That's coming up next here on the devil's advocate
