BOOTS heavy and caked with mud, waterlogged socks weighed down around the ankles, a ball like a piece of soap – wet-weather footy is not for the faint-hearted.
However, for Inglewood midfielder Damien Polack, it’s actually welcome.
“As a small midfielder it suits me really well, with the ball being on the ground most of the time.
“Apart from the cold, I get excited for a wet-weather game now and again.”
Conditions last Saturday against Calivil made him feel right at home.
The ball, surprisingly for Polack, stayed in decent shape, and only “a couple of big puddles like a swimming pool” caused concern, but still the conditions were challenging.
“In the last quarter you realise how heavy your legs are – your boots are full of water and the ground has softened up,” he said.
“We hadn’t really played a wet-weather game this season, due to better drainage of the grounds and not as much rain.
“We like to play nice footy, to hit players up on the lead … in the wet it’s just get the ball and get it forward.”