RUGBY LEAGUE COACHING MANUALS
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RLCM Comment by Gary Roberts

One team played across the field. The other played up the field.

The Broncos experienced another loss at their new home ground,
Suncorp Stadium, before an enthusiastic crowd of 31,180.

A field goal by Craig Gower, the only points scored by Penrith in the
second half, put Brisbane out of the game with four minutes remaining.

The closeness of the scores was not indicative of a great defensive
game.

Two points stood out in this encounter.

1. The Broncos' inability to create plays to score points.

2. The Panthers' inability in the second half to complete positive
sets.

These two points would be of great concern to both teams and their
coaches, as the Final Series now looms closer.

Penrith can possibly fix their problem. The Broncos may have a
bigger problem to correct.

The Broncos have developed a tendency to play across the field. Not
enough are following the lead of Shane Webcke in taking the ball
forward.

Webcke, Webb and Parker take the ball aggressively straight up the
field, correcting the sideways drift and occasionally coming out the
other side for a quick play the ball. This can lead to finding good
field position for the last play option.

The key positions of 6, 7and 9 work well individually, but in team
play something is missing.

Berrigan needs a steady five-eighth to work with.

Scott Prince, although he will be out with injury, needs to play
closer to the line to bring the runners straighter. When he delivers
the ball on the line, positives are noted.

When Ben Ikin comes back, his kicking and overall steadying influence
will be an asset to the team. Berrigan works better with Ikin, but
the question is, does Ikin bring much more to the team nowadays?

If McGuire takes over this role, he does play closer to the line but
lacks the finer touches of five-eighth play.

Swain's pass to the first receiver is predictable through lack of
movement by other possible recipients of the ball and the Broncos'
persistence with one pass and the across field drift makes them easy
to contain.

Swain's scoots from dummy half do not cause much anxiety to the
opposition of late.

Wayne Bennett said after the game that the Broncos were getting
better after losses to lowly placed Cronulla and Manly.

However, after watching the errors and uncompleted sets by Penrith,
and the Broncos' inability to score, this may be wishful thinking.

After scoring 12 points in the first 17 minutes and looking the goods
so early, Penrith's attacking game deteriorated to that of a very
ordinary team.

Penrith had the ball for 19 of the 41 sets played in the second half.

Of these, they had seven positive sets that resulted in an advantage
to them.

They had 12 negative sets that resulted in advantages to the Broncos.

Penrith 13 defeated Brisbane 6

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Coaching and Analysing the Game with Computers

SPORTS PERFORMER will isolate - any statistic, players, plays, events
in the game or whatever a coach requires. Any part of the game can be
recorded and analyzed in detail eg. analyzing a teams decision making
on the fourth, fifth or sixth plays, analyzing an oppositions defense
on the short side in their red zone.

The software will build performance and technique, a coach can
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Innovative coaches gain the edge with their in-depth knowledge of
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style, and of the team's defense patterns and attacking strategies.

The cost for studious coaches or clubs, who are not in the
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Rugby League people have developed the SPORT PERFORMER for coaches
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KANGAROO TOUR 2003 and NRL FINAL SERIES 2003 TOUR for the UK fans

For Aussie fans, the Official Big League "Artie's Army" has four
Kangaroo Tours to choose from.

For UK fans a tour is being organised encompassing the NRL 2003
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RLCM is assisting 'Experience Sport!', a Sydney based sport travel
company dedicated to the true Rugby League enthusiast. It is
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RLCM will be conducting Rugby League Coaching Forums in the UK
coinciding with the Kangaroo Tour.

The Forums will be held at Bolton - 8th November, Wigan - 12th
November and at Huddersfield - 19th November.

Any coaches who are contemplating experiencing the 2003 Kangaroo Tour
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All tours are packed full of unique "league" experiences as well as
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The Monday question is from Dennis Koks
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QUESTION - Passing technique

I would really appreciate some information on the technique of
passing the ball correctly for distance and accuracy.

Would appreciate anything you could send me.

ANSWER from Rick Campbell

An overview of passing technique is firstly the grip - thumbs running
parallel down the seam of the ball with the fingers well spread
cradling the ball just before the roundest portion of the ball.

Once the grip is settled upon then the basics are the arms are
relaxed as the ball pendulums across the front of the body with the
point of the ball aiming at the ground.

As the ball is passed the player will place his weight onto the foot
away from the direction of the pass & that foot will be up.

The ball is passed conventionally or spiral using the wrists.

The follow-thru of the arms should be exaggerated to maximize
accuracy; thumbs to be pointing at the target area (chin to navel)
upon completion of the pass.

I hope this is some sort of help,

Rick
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RLCM Coaching Extract

The Assistant Coach

Tony Kemp NZ Warriors

.......Tony Kemp spends a great deal of time on the
Warriors analysis systems.

Its one of the biggest tools in the game and its a
pretty big job for one person to take care of, he
commented. Daniel and I cover a lot of different
areas looking for quality statistics, both positive and
negative and then discuss and compare our ideas on
what can be improved.

Tony feels a responsibility to the players in the full
time professional era. He has evolved through it
himself and now with the players involved Monday
to Sunday with the club, there is much to be done. He
points out that there is not just their playing jobs but
marketing/sponsorship duties, their own physical well-being,
strength, speed and endurance skills, and extra
coaching and kicking skills and the like, to be
monitored.

One of the roles is to make sure that if your players
spend a lot of time at your club, they enjoy the
environment. We work pretty hard on making sure
the environment is right, he said.

Tony comments that it is a player like Stacey Jones,
in particular, who shows the younger players what
being a professional footballer is all about. Its not
only the good advice he hands on or the kicking skills
sessions that he can take, its his attitude to his own
game. These kids already hold him in awe and respect
and then they see him putting in the extra hours on
small things in his own game or heading off with a
bag of balls to practise his own kicking skills, he
said.

Tony agrees that it is Staceys attitude, along with
others like Jerry Seuseu, which has helped the
Warriors overcome what others had perceived as a
problem, that is, the loss of seasoned players from
last years team. He stated that with the right systems
in place and good recruitment and junior development,
the Warriors had young players ready to step up.

These players did not feel intimidated because of the
regular contact they had already had with players like
Stacey and Jerry.

Tony described it as replacing old heads with young
legs. Then our remaining seasoned players and
Daniel and I help those young legs become old heads,
he added.

Another perceived problem for the New Zealand
Warriors is the tyranny of distance. Tony refers to
this as crossing the ditch every second week. He
points out that not only are there the hours of actual
travel, but also the two-hour time difference. Players
tend to wake up earlier on game day and this can be a
problem later in the day.......READ MORE

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Book 31 - CONTENTS
Issue Contents
* Coach Talk - Graham Murray - North Queensland Cowboys
* The Assistant Coach With Tony Kemp - Auckland Warriors
* The Coach and Planning With Brian Canavan - Sydney Roosters
* Mental Toughness Without The Mental With Steve Anderson
* Football Parents, Support, Smiles and Success by Wayne Goldsmith
* The Ruck is the Centre of the Universe Written by Owen Dalkeith
* Drawing The Line Written by Chris Fullarton
* Approach to Defensive Preparation by Ray Unsworth - RFL
* Taking the Plunge - Becoming a Full Time Coach by Wayne Goldsmith
* Duties of the Coaching Co-Ordinator ARL Foundation
* Motivation at the Top Level by Pat O'Keefe - Northcliffe Surf Club
* Laws of the Game By Richard Johnson - QRL
* Players Questions - Coaches Answers - Wigan Junior Academy
* Andrew Johns' Mental Skills Checklist
* Responsibilities of the Team Manager
* Fine Tuning the Player with Instinctive Drives With Jill Horder
* What Type of Person Makes a Good Coach
* Wigan, Now Develop the Best Written by Gary Roberts
* Testing... How, Why, Who, Where and When by Wayne Goldsmith
* A Suggested Plan for a Rugby League Environment by Steve Anderson
* League Coach Forum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/leaguecoach
* Bio Muscle Stimulation Sports Therapy by Robert Wilesmith (B.S.Sc.)
* There Is No Room For Liquid Amber - Gary Slater - Sports Dietician
* Injured Player: Emergencies by Doug King RCpN PG Dip SportMed
* Practices for the Dummy Half / Advantage Line Running SARL

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