{"id":31053,"date":"2016-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/richard-douglas-opens-up-about-losing-form\/"},"modified":"2016-06-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T00:00:00","slug":"richard-douglas-opens-up-about-losing-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/richard-douglas-opens-up-about-losing-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Douglas opens up about losing form"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Adelaide Crow Richard Douglas has spoken to Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA about hitting a flat spot a few weeks ago and what he did to work through it.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI obviously had a few lean weeks a few weeks back which was disappointing,\u201d Douglas said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to pinpoint that, which is good, and try to turn my form around now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO RICHARD DOUGLAS HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/266735320&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Douglas identified the problem when he looked back at match vision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(I) Obviously wasn\u2019t getting enough of the ball. It\u2019s not until you look back at the tapes and see you\u2019re not quite working hard enough or working to the right positions, that\u2019s why you\u2019re probably not getting enough of the ball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn those few weeks where I was struggling, I was focusing more on my defensive side of the game and working hard in that area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time I got the ball I was probably too spent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve had to tweak and look at and I think now I\u2019ve got that balance a lot better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout your career you go through little flat spots, and I definitely hit a flat spot a few weeks ago. 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