Don't stand back, confront the opposition.

DEB

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@donnashuggy wrote:

Ok let me clarify my reason for posting this

 

my daughter plays afl, she is 17 and always lecturing me about political correctness

 

at todays game the coach kept telling the girls to 'man up'

 

they did win 80 nil so it must have worked ha ha

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 It's a term used to stick with your direct opponent,(so whatever position each player was playing they would

have to man up,(stick with) their direct opponent).

For instance,if she played at full back she would have to "man up" on the full forward.

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@imastawka wrote:

And I think David was right - there is a ladder

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i just wrote the first thing that i thought of. 

man up a ladder. so not really right.

oh and quite often followed by man in ambulance.

To me it is as insulting as telling men not to be girls. 

In footy terms it means to stick very close to your opposition player as Go Tazz has already explaned very well. It means playing a one on one tight, defensive game, rather than chasing the ball around.  I realise in other settings it can have a different meaning that some of the PC brigade might get upset about, but in sporting terms its all very innocent really.

I suspect I might have regularly told the 9 & 10 yo girls I coached in netball last season to "man up" to their player. It certianly worked as they where all great little defenders by the end of the season.