football. Commentators labelled the Sydney Swans 2005 premiership team masters at tempo football and they were also widely criticized for it. Environmental Conditions and playing styles Kicking with the wind Kicking with the wind is one style of direct play in which the team would use strong winds to advantage. Teams place emphasis on the direction of play and determine defensive strategies and long kicking and run-on football to gain extra distance in attack. Captains that win the coin toss will often elect to kick into or against the wind. Strong winds can assist teams in the final quarter of each term when players are tiring. They can alternatively assist them in the first and third "premiership" quarters. They can also assist in scoring and provide better opportunities for a long distance after the siren attempts during close matches. In some grounds, the wind will swirl, which teams can use to advantage by compensating their kicks for the prevailing wind or tactically attacking or defending along a boundary the ground that the wind favours. Wet Weather Footy Wet weather football involves a different style of play in which teams may deliberately kick to contests as it results in the ball more often going to ground. Teams that play most in wet or cold climates, either light rain in temperate climates (such as Melbourne and Adelaide) and or heavy rain tropical/subtropical conditions (Brisbane, Darwin) often have an advantage of the slipperiness of the ball and ground. Coaches may instruct players to knock the ball on instead of take possession. Coaches may advise players not to kick or handball short as the ball may be more easily dropped, fumbled or the player tackled due to reduced foot speed. Wet weather often makes drop punts less effective and teams with torpedo punt specialists use it to cut through the conditions more easily and gain attacking distance. Coaches may advise players to drop into the square in defence as the heavy ball drops short of the goal line. Defensively coaches may advise to cause stoppages as often as possible to lock up the ball and to try to rush behinds or force the ball out of bounds if possible. Wet weather can also help attacking teams to more easily break tackles and run the ball into attack, however coaches will almost always advise run anc carry players to touch the ball on the ground