American Reacts To The Top 50 greatest AFL Marks Of All Time!

[@tomoliver2961]

Every position gets to “ do the marking” and everything else for that matter. Every player has to be able to kick and mark etc

[@macdac9861]

No it doesn’t matter if your teammates are under the drop of the ball, it’s see ball get ball. You where right about the courage aspect as well, there is a saying in the game- When it’s your time to go, you have to go

[@davidhines68]

Teams have marking bags that they use to practice specky jumps, so players get used to jumping on their coaches and teammates.

[@DaDamuse]

every position in AFL is wide receiver skills lol

[@drunkpaulocosta]

These AFL reactions are popping off again brother. I always thought you were my fave AFL reactor cause you seem to get the skill based off your own experience with sport in real life. Alot of people ATM phoning it is as simply fans and that never truly understand how hard this shhhh is.

[@hamish5186]

in order for a mark to be a mark you have to have the ball controlled for a seccond or two without it touching the ground

[@RexAlfieLee]

Dor, the big black guy with the shoulders is 6'6.5. Natanui, Fijian background is 6'7. The blast from the past is 6'7 climbing over someone who was 6'8.

[@chrisfarmor4321]

Brilliant reaction, and love that you can appreciate the skill involved

[@georgegriffiths8440]

A player can mark a ball anywhere on the ground, this is a great spectacle of our game. You really have to experience the excitement of a game by going and watching it live. AFL is the greatest sport in the world.

[@Josh_B]

I was at the game for #1 Mark - Gary Moorcroft - 5ft 8in one of the shortest players in the AFL! The entire stadium erupted!

[@melbtom1]

I remember I was at home doing something else and my brother came rushing in yelling about some greatest mark of all time. I called bullshit but I've never seen him so excited. Holy shit my brother was was right!

[@ray.shoesmith]

Pity he had both hands in the back to help him up

[@darrylschultz9395]

​@@ray.shoesmithWhy's it a pity if it was paid?

[@ray.shoesmith]

@@darrylschultz9395 Because the umps fked up

[@darrylschultz9395]

@philleotardo_o That doesn't make it a pity-the aim is to get the free kick. Job done. Besides a gentle touch like that to the back is never a problem with umps.

[@stevelozevski8151]

Great reaction bro. Some of these players have serious hops

[@Flexx2nicEReacts]

It's crazy!

[@rodairs1575]

Keep in mind this game (Australian Football) has been around since 1858.

[@jamescarmody6467]

Your eyes are watching the ball in flight as are other players close by,it’s hard to describe but you just jump and if someone is underneath you,that’s when you get the ride.If the ball comes out when you hit the ground it’s the umpires decision,not always correctly of course (Ablett v Pies)

[@nickwhan92]

Loving the reaction! Just wanted to clarify something small, early in the video you mentioned someone "marking their teammate" which doesn't quite make sense. The mark is the catch itself, so you can take a mark over someone but you can't "mark them". Hope that makes sense.

[@nickwhan92]

Just got to the point where you ask if you're using the terms correctly or not... no need to apologise, you're learning the game and the terms that come with it!

[@bradleyedwards9244]

Ottens mark against the Swans player was gold. Not only did he leap all over him but he further humiliated him by holding his face with his thighs in a vice like grip and tea bagged him.🤣

[@matthewwatts5845]

Ripper of a place. Great to cycle both sides of the river from the city to Freo. Beaches outstanding, yet the best in my opinion are the southern beaches, Warnbro Sound, Shoalwater Marine Park and Long Point, however, Cott, Trigg etc. get most of the exposure.

[@bon7572]

The number 1 mark he landed badly on his hip and it ended his courier

[@vaudevillian7]

Everyone marks, it’s a fundamental way the ball moves across the field. The positions aren’t as specialised as in American Football - really no other sport has positions / roles that specialised, like in Rugby you have to be able to pretty much do everything to a degree and do it continually for two 40-minute halves. I do love American Football but it’s so different it can skew perceptions of other sports

[@josephbloe4412]

Lol love watching your reaction a few things: To take a mark, you don't have to land it, just gain possesion. The person you mark on is a step ladder, you sit on their head or go for a ride. When you complete a mark of amazing quality it is called a specky. When it comes to a specky anyone can get it. We have this here, check out the USAFL, its this game but at a much lower level.

[@ashenshugar2696]

I was right behind the Gary Moorcroft #1 mark probably the most insane thing i have seen in first hand

[@SuhanDane]

If you can get a reel of the Rioli players, brothers, father's and various family members that would be great. They were so quick, they weren't big men but he'll they could read the play. You sort of wondered what they were up to and then bang, they'd swing the tide of the game. Brilliant players.

[@gamortie]

10:44 possibly the most impactful mark of the lot - ensured his team won the grand final

[@philipandrew1626]

[3:13]You said, "That's a score too huh!". Unfortunately no, its not a score, its a mark (catch). He now gets a free kick right in front of goals and will undoubtedly score when he takes his kick.

[@Flexx2nicEReacts]

Thank you for the clarification!

[@peterbath5424]

great reaction

[@colconn57]

Happens virtually every game. sometimes the failures are more spectacular than the successful marks.

[@danielstephens9748]

Whoever compiled this got number 1 exactly right!.... Gary Moorcroft was only 5'8" and too get that high was what we call a 'specie'

[@metallewd3472]

The high mark is an absolutely insane skill. The craziest most spectacular sporting skill IN THE WORLD. Nothing really comes close. The highlight here is Jughead standing on Jim Bob Hird's noggin lolz.

[@RexAlfieLee]

Ryan's mark is over a guy who is 6'10. Howe is a freak of many, many great marks

[@petermcculloch4933]

A player can drop the ball on impact with the ground or another player and be paid the mark providing he had already secured the ball in his hands prior to the impact occurring

[@mikejongray]

Unbelievable marks happen very often, but not always

[@RexAlfieLee]

The little black guy near the, Liam Ryan is about 6'. The guy he flattens is 6'10. The one much earlier where they said he turned back time, Brad Ottens was 6'7 but the guy he outmarked Kurt Tippett is 6'8.

[@Honkersification]

G'day, mate. Nice reaction.

[@drewbateson2873]

It's hard to set yourself in these contests. Usually it's the guy at the back of the pack waiting for the ball to spill out. When they see it is falling shorter that's when you hit the pack over everyone. As kids we play king of the pack and we're all jumping like this

[@steve8510]

I'd say you get 3 to 5 'speccies' (spectacular mark) a week during the season from the 9 games, it's just rare enough to be amazing every time, but you do see it every week.

[@fernugle8466]

The forward line most of the time but some of the back line players can do it too

[@Ducatirati]

No off side rule , you can get ko'd from anywhere in a 360 degree circle , it's a real good game , it's the best game

[@Richard-darixdax]

We don't need pads in Australia because we are tough.

[@binnsky2786]

Check out a one handed mark compilation, there's a couple of good ones

[@Mirrorgirl492]

The reason the Commentators appear to be saying 'Mark of the Year' a lot is because most of these WERE Mark of the Year...lol They don't say it after every Mark.

[@kirk5152]

Hey dude, checkout the only American playing AFL "Mason Cox" he has a video called "Mason Cox don't believe in Never" shows his journey from Texas to Australia.

[@davidhill500]

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[@Ducatirati]

The footballs used are different , there are one grab marks , but fat ball big hand to catch that ball at knots ,not a pointy type of ball is more pure oval shape , sizes differ from womans to mens , even a Rugger ball is closer to your ball ,cheers

[@lukepittle8961]

Howe against the Swans was the best to me easily

[@Shnordy]

How can you watch this and not understand why we Australian's love our game so much?

[@liambrock3831]

Shhh it's our little secret. We all know it's the best sport in the world.🤫

[@davidhill500]

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[@jackjohnson691]

If you have control of the ball but the ball is dropped as result of hitting the ground. It's counted as a mark

[@dointheokecoke5548]

you aint gunna mark like that with the one hand !

[@davehocking4091]

Loving the AFL reacts bro. Check out the following vid (would be good for a reaction) What is AFL? Aussie Rules Explained. Should explain a lot more about the game kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn69io2ZpKaWi5I Keep up the good work mate. You'll be an honorary Aussie in no time.

[@tobinsarttrading1733]

Some of them were mark of the year because they date back to the 1970

[@billbaggins1688]

#36 Aaron Edwards should be higher up.

[@38skippers]

Majak Daw jumped over my nephew 😏

[@fernugle8466]

We do get punched in the back of our heads alot

[@farnarkling]

In AFL anyone in any position can mark

[@RexAlfieLee]

Dawes, the big black guy is only 6'6, maybe 6'6.5 but he had the best body in the comp. Those shoulders man, wow. The Gary Ablett mark was BS bcos he didn't control the ball at all. It is about having control of the ball. They put him in bcos he was an amazing player but that wasn't a mark.

[@archcollie5708]

This is not American football (pansy hand ball with pads) nor is it rugby (bull fighting) or soccer (head butting and dancing). This is Aussie rules football, and it's older than all of them. It's fast, tough and spectacular. AFL is a 360 degree, high scoring, non-stop game. Oh, and whatever position you play, you must be capable of taking a specky (spectacular mark/catch) or you wont get a game. Nice reaction, but you need to watch the latest rules vid produced by the AFL, "What is AFL" so that you talk sense.

[@ray.shoesmith]

No way this clip is the best marks of all time. Maybe the best handfull of marks in some randoms compilation. Jeremy Howe has a better compilation than most of these put together tbh

[@RexAlfieLee]

Gary Ablett didn't mark that ball. You are supposed to have control of the ball. Ablett never did!

[@Ducatirati]

Didn't see the best mark , any vertical leap, like Boustows leap on the spot no sit, no run up , just jump 6 ft in the air , that is why Smiths grab is better than Moorcroft, having said that , the truth is it's stupid comparing marks , were they all not cheered , were they all part of why you go to the footy, what a game , it gonna be the ultimate football code , it's well on the way ,its just the size of the ground , now if every country played cricket , but its been established in America since 1996 , and growing , and getting bigger ,harder faster , and a lot of other places play it , all yah need is a ball ,

[@sutchfish572]

Marks are the only good thing about AFL

[@Richard-darixdax]

NFL has nothing ON AFL!

[@ACE-gk5gi]

AFL has started..start reacting lol ya goofy m8te from Australia

[@MaureenBrown-i7c]

Who said white men can't jump??????

[@balczaranthony4853]

Love your content.

[@Flexx2nicEReacts]

I appreciate that! I'm glad you enjoy it!

[@RexAlfieLee]

Burton or Birdman was another genius mark.

[@stephenhoward8433]

U need to play almost every position to be any good at this sport

[@stinkypunani69]

easier to jump with one leg