	{"id":163923,"date":"2025-06-21T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=163923"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:11:13","slug":"joeys-eager-to-improve-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Joeys eager to improve communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST JOSEPH&#8217;S coach Ron Watt was pleased with the way his charges bounced back against South Barwon after their disappointing loss to Newtown and Chilwell.<\/p>\n<p>The GFL ladder-leader beat the Swans by 62 points at home after losing to the Eagles by 25 points in the wet the week before.<\/p>\n<p>Joeys kept the Swans at arms-length throughout, with Paddy De Grandi kicking five goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew we had to put in a strong performance and I think we actually worked through the game really well and it took a while to crack them,&#8221; Watt said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But once we cracked them a bit and kept persevering with good basic football principles, we came out with a good win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He reflected on the Eagles loss, St Joseph&#8217;s only defeat of the season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/2025June1_9689385248_09688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Joseph&#8217;s players celebrate a goal against St Mary&#8217;s in recent weeks. Photo: MARCEL BERENS SPORTSMEDIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just need to improve on our communication and our ability to take care of the basics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was tougher the week before because of the conditions and there was sometimes good intent, but we didn&#8217;t finish off very well with our ball use.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can put a lot of that down to the weather, but also put it down to maybe not focusing on the game that&#8217;s right in front of you and just drifting off a little bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>St Joseph&#8217;s play Bell Park away tomorrow Saturday, June 21 in Round 9 at 2.10pm at Hamlyn Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Dragons have won their past four games since playing Joeys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They throw a few things at you that you&#8217;ve really got to concentrate on and their contest at the ball is strong,&#8221; Watt said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that we get another good game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The draw this year has been much better for us playing against harder opposition week in, week out, and I think that&#8217;s standing us in good stead.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST JOSEPH&#8217;S coach Ron Watt was pleased with the way his charges bounced back against South Barwon after their disappointing loss to Newtown and Chilwell. The GFL ladder-leader beat the Swans by 62 points at home after losing to the Eagles by 25 points in the wet the week before. Joeys kept the Swans at [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":163927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-163923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joeys eager to improve communication - Surf Coast Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"St Joseph\u2019s football coach Ron Watt targets better basics and communication ahead of a tough Round 9 GFL clash with in-form Bell Park.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joeys eager to improve communication - Surf Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"St Joseph\u2019s football coach Ron Watt targets better basics and communication ahead of a tough Round 9 GFL clash with in-form Bell Park.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Surf Coast Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-20T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Allen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brian Allen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brian Allen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0f3004d507facda679092acfadb609d7\"},\"headline\":\"Joeys eager to improve communication\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-20T18:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":333,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/\",\"name\":\"Joeys eager to improve communication - Surf Coast Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-20T18:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"St Joseph\u2019s football coach Ron Watt targets better basics and communication ahead of a tough Round 9 GFL clash with in-form Bell Park.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"St Joseph's beat St Mary's by five points earlier this season. Photo: MARCEL BERENS SPORTSMEDIA\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/sport\\\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Joeys eager to improve communication\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Surf Coast Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Surf Coast Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"width\":350,\"height\":38,\"caption\":\"Surf Coast Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0f3004d507facda679092acfadb609d7\",\"name\":\"Brian Allen\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/surfcoasttimes\\\/author\\\/brian\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joeys eager to improve communication - Surf Coast Times","description":"St Joseph\u2019s football coach Ron Watt targets better basics and communication ahead of a tough Round 9 GFL clash with in-form Bell Park.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joeys eager to improve communication - Surf Coast Times","og_description":"St Joseph\u2019s football coach Ron Watt targets better basics and communication ahead of a tough Round 9 GFL clash with in-form Bell Park.","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/","og_site_name":"Surf Coast Times","article_published_time":"2025-06-20T18:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Brian Allen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brian Allen","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/"},"author":{"name":"Brian Allen","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/0f3004d507facda679092acfadb609d7"},"headline":"Joeys eager to improve communication","datePublished":"2025-06-20T18:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/"},"wordCount":333,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/","name":"Joeys eager to improve communication - Surf Coast Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-20T18:00:00+00:00","description":"St Joseph\u2019s football coach Ron Watt targets better basics and communication ahead of a tough Round 9 GFL clash with in-form Bell Park.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-16-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"St Joseph's beat St Mary's by five points earlier this season. Photo: MARCEL BERENS SPORTSMEDIA"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/sport\/joeys-eager-to-improve-communication\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Joeys eager to improve communication"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/","name":"Surf Coast Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#organization","name":"Surf Coast Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","width":350,"height":38,"caption":"Surf Coast Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/#\/schema\/person\/0f3004d507facda679092acfadb609d7","name":"Brian Allen","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/author\/brian\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163923"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=163923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}