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THE TRADERS’ FANTASY CLASSIC STOCK MARKET

Stocks Up

Luke Davies-Uniacke (MID, $779,000) is one of the most popular trade targets this week, and justifiably so. Many coaches projected the highly regarded Roo to take his game to the next level, but injury and form issues have in fact resulted in a drop of $45K from his original asking price. However, over the past two weeks we have seen what the pre-season hype was about with scores of 122 and 138. He now has a BE of just 52 and a nice draw on the horizon with games against the Saints and Eagles in the next two. Down $135K from his starting price and back as the main man in the middle for the Demons, star ruckman Max Gawn (RUC, $779,000) is ripe for the picking. Gawn took full advantage of Brodie Grundy (RUC, $607,000) being out of the side with his most dominant display of the season and his BE of just 48 justifies the value. He is owned by 17 per cent of the competition and provides a way to ‘take on’ the top teams that are rolling with the ‘set and forget’ combination of Tim English (RUC, $971,000) and Rowan Marshall (RUC, $989,000). Under-priced stars Touk Miller (MID, $830,000) and Jack Steele (MID, $833,000) are both being targeted for the run home after hitting form for $142K (Miller) and $145K (Steele) cheaper than their original asking prices.

Stocks Down

Due to last week’s carnage and the late nature of Tom Green’s (MID, $863,000) injury omission, several teams got stuck with him last weekend which leaves him as the most traded out player of the week. He has had a great season, averaging 108 and increasing by $111K but an injured hamstring will ensure he misses a few weeks and therefore needs to go. A few weeks ago, Zak Butters (FWD/MID, $850,000) was a priority trade target but that has backflipped of late with just one triple-figure score in his past four games and his lowest score since round three last week. He managed just 68 against the Blues with just 17 touches and one mark before sitting out almost the entire fourth quarter which leaves him with a BE of 143. Bomber Ben Hobbs (FWD/MID, $691,000) remains a priority trade out after failing to hit 75 in his past three games and his time on ground has not hit 70 per cent in that stretch which can be attributed to the return of Darcy Parish (MID, $925,000). Removing some fattened and injured rookies remains a popular play with six rounds remaining which has resulted in Angus Sheldrick (FWD/MID, $516,000), Matthew Johnson (MID, $547,000) and George Wardlaw (MID, $492,000) sitting among the most highly traded out players to generate some cash for an upgrade trade.

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HEALTHY BODY

The importance of exercise in our daily lives in order to maintain a strong and healthy body. Participants will partake in a range of group cardio fitness activities and challenges.

2 HEALTHY FOOD

To keep our body and mind healthy, we need to fuel ourselves with a range of nutritious and delicious foods. Participants’ knowledge will be challenged in multiple food activities that will test andproblem-solvingtheirskills understanding of food.

HEALTHY TEAM

Theimportanceofworking together,supportingone anotheranddeveloping relationships.Participants willplayarangeof team-buildinggames, with the inclusionofcompetitions andchallenges.

4 HEALTHYMIND needTotrulybehealthy,wetocareforourmind justasmuchasourbody. ParticipantswilllearnBox tacticsBreathingstrategiesand tohelpregulatetheiremotions.

Coles Healthy Kicks aims to educate, activate and motivate students to become more physically active, eat nutritious foods and develop a healthy mind while having fun with others.

Strength

Balance is a vital part of any sport that should be trained just as much as any other element. A good sense of balance and understanding of the importance of footwork will decrease your risk of injury and enhance your athletic abilities!

Exercises

• Jump and Stick with Jog – Standing on two feet, jump forward as far as you can and land on one leg holding this position for two seconds. Now jog backwards to your starting position. Repeat this for the other leg. Do this five times for each leg.

• Six Joint Challenge – Start balancing on your left leg, hold out your right arm. Now keep your balance and use your left hand to touch different joints in your body. Start by slowly touching your ankle. Now touch your knee. Move up to touch your hip. Now your right wrist then elbow and finish with your right shoulder. Now change to balance on your right foot with left arm held out. For a challenge, do this with your eyes closed! Do this three times each side.

• Clock Jumps – Get four items (footy, water bottle, tennis ball) and put these on the floor in the place of where 3, 6, 9 and 12 are on the clock. Now stand in the middle of these items, facing 12 o’clock and balance on your left leg. Keeping your balance, jump and turn to face 3 o’clock and land on your right foot. Now jump back to 12 and land on your left foot. Now do the same for 6 o’clock going back to 12 o’clock and finally jumping to 9 o’clock then back to 12. Now repeat this for your other leg.

• Scissor Steps – Keep your items in the clock face position. Start with your legs at 12 and 6 o’clock. Now jump and land with your feet at 3 and 9 o’clock. When you do this quickly, your legs will look like scissors. Repeat this for 30 seconds.

The program is built on four key pillars –Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Healthy Food and Healthy Team.

Healthy Body is all about physical activity and movement.

• Cross Over Step – Start standing up. Cross one leg over the over in a sidestep. Now sidestep your other foot so your legs aren’t crossed. Take one more step to the side with the foot you crossed over your leg with. Now repeat this going back the other way. Continue this for 30 seconds.

• In and Outs Side to Side – Place a mat, towel or blanket down. You will use this as a box to step in and out of. Now take two side steps either side into the box and two side steps out. Now repeat this going the other way. Continue this for 30 seconds.

Keeping fit and active is a great way to stay healthy and have fun with friends.

Be it kicking the footy or checking out one of the Coles Healthy Kicks training videos, there are heaps of easy ways to have a Healthy Body.

• In and Outs Forwards and Backwards

– Keep your box area from the previous exercise. Now instead of side stepping into the box you will take two steps forward into the box. Now take another two steps forward outside the box. Take two steps backwards into the box and then another two steps backwards so you are back in the starting position. Continue this for 30 seconds.

To find out more Balance and Footwork exercises for other parts of the body visit afl.com.au/video

Can you unscramble these letters to reveal the AFL players’ names?

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