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2008 ARL High Performance Coaching Seminars Sydney and Brisbane
The 2008 ARL High Performance Coaching Seminars will be conducted as follows:
Sydney
When Thursday 17th & Friday 18th January, 2008
Where Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club
Brisbane
When Saturday, 2nd & and Sunday, 3rd February, 2008
Where Queensland Academy of Sport
In the past, coaches have used the seminar as an update to their coaching knowledge and expertise. The seminar also acts as a component of the ARL High Performance Coaching (Level 3) course.
Listed below is an outline of the proposed seminar topics (subject to availability of selected presenters).
Presenters will come from a mix of elite coaches, sports specialists and the media.
The final agenda will be set, and forwarded in a follow up memo, at the beginning of December, 2007.
Proposed Seminar Topics:
Keynote speakers:
- 'Things I've learnt in coaching'.
- 'Developing halfbacks'.
- 'Preparing teams for short term competitions'
- 'Preparing a rep team'
- 'Breaking the monotony'- The use of alternate sessions.
- 'Developing and using a leadership group'.
- 'Blending natural flair and attacking structure'
- 'Time and motion analyses and implications for coaching'.
- 'Total athlete development'
- 'Character assessment and decision making'
- 'Coaching athletes from ethnically diverse backgrounds'
Lecturers are subject to change due to changes in availability
The course is open to to all Senior Club Coaches (ARL Level 2) and above.
To nominate for the seminar, download an application form here.
Luke Ellis
Education and Training Manager
P: 02 9223 6586
M: 0408 274 936
F: 02 9221 9333
E: lukeellis@...
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NZRL chief Graham Lowe says players totally to blame
By Matt Marshall
New Zealand rugby league boss Graham Lowe says some of the Kiwis' highest profile stars are spineless and totally to blame for the past month's disasters.
With Kiwi coach Gary Kemble in the firing line after a horror start to his international career, the NZRL continues to stick firm behind their embattled coach amid calls for Broncos mentor Wayne Bennett to be given the job.
Reaffirming the NZRL's commitment to Kemble for next year's World Cup, NZRL director of football Lowe attacked the Kiwis' playing group - declaring a lack of pride and sub-standard performances from leading players was to blame for a record 58-0 defeat at the hands of Australia and subsequent winless three-Test series against Great Britain that included a 44-0 drubbing.
"I know Gary's (Kemble) had a difficult time but he's been savagely let down by some leading NRL players who haven't lived up to their reputation," Lowe said. "I don't care who was the coach, the players have let him down and to put the blame on Gary is very unfair.
"I hear the calls of ex-players, particularly those based in Australia, that say you need to have NRL experience and I'm sure that's of great benefit,
"But any coach at any level would at least expect the players picked to wear the Kiwi jumper to show a bit more gumption than what some of them showed against Australia and in that second Test against Great Britain."
The attack is understood to be directed at Kiwi captain Roy Asotasi, who refused to publicly support Kemble on his return to Australia, and the likes of fellow misfiring leading players Fuifui Moimoi, Frank Pritchard and Simon Mannering.
"It's not a matter of coaching, it's a matter of personal player pride," Lowe said. "Personally I've been very disappointed, and I'm sure Gary is gutted, by the performances of a couple of those blokes who I would have thought would have delivered more and had more pride in wearing the New Zealand jersey.
"Gary's had a terrible time but key players like Sonny Bill Williams and Nathan Cayless were injured for instance, and there's a lot of other players who would have featured prominently but aren't available.
"Making matters worse is the performances of a couple of players from the NRL, who are stars in the NRL, who have been totally and absolutely smashed by the Poms."
Kemble replaced popular mentor Brian "Bluey" McClennan, who stood down in July.
"Gary Kemble is the appointed coach through until the end of the World Cup, end of story," Lowe said. Read more Courier Mail
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Willie may sting like a butterfly, dance like a bee
TWELVE months ago, Willie Mason was seeing stars. Very soon, he could be dancing with them.
Bulldogs prepare the Mason firing squad as Sharks get ready to talk turkey
THE Bulldogs have moved a step closer to sacking renegade star Willie Mason as Cronulla officials prepare to table the first formal offer for the Test forward.
Blocker hits out at youth comp's lack of wise old heads
FORMER Test and State of Origin front-rower Steve Roach has joined the chorus of discontent against the NRL's new marquee national under-20s competition - claiming it will hinder, rather than help, the game's development. Read more League HQ
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James Graham calls for a reality check
By Ian Laybourn
St Helens forward James Graham has called for a reality check in the wake of Great Britain's Test Series whitewash of New Zealand.
The 22-year-old Liverpudlian is also urging his sport's governing body to reduce the demands made on Super League players, after his 38th match of a season which began for him on the first weekend of February and spanned 10 months.
Graham played in all three Tests against the Kiwis as Great Britain pulled off their first series win for 14 years.
But the young front rower believes Britain will be seen as a major force only if they can repeat this season's efforts - and admits the real test will come against world champions Australia.
"Things are going well, but we shouldn't get carried away," he said.
"I don't think a series win is going to change anyone's mind about Great Britain rugby league.
"We've put the series to bed now, so let's look at the future. I don't think people will take us seriously until we consistently put victories together.
"One series win isn't good enough. You've got to do it on a consistent basis. We don't want to have a group of lads in 14 years' time saying 'come on, we haven't won a series for however long'.
"There is no way we're going to accept just this one series victory." Read more Sporting Life
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Sharks stay in race for Mason
By Margie McDonald
Cronulla is not giving up in the fight for Willie Mason's signature after a private meeting with the Test forward yesterday at coach Ricky Stuart's home.
On the day Mason was issued with a series of breach notices by the Bulldogs, Cronulla chief executive Tony Zappia described the three-way meeting between himself, Mason and Stuart as "very positive".
Zappia would not say how confident he was of securing the services of the Bulldogs forward but the Sharks will make a formal offer to Mason's manager Greg Keenan by tomorrow.
"Myself and Ricky met with Willie today and we hope to formalise an offer within 48 hours," Zappia said.
Keenan said the meeting was productive.
Mason has nominated the Sharks, Roosters and St George Illawarra as the three NRL clubs he is interested in joining.
After the Roosters' lock Ashley Harrison was off-loaded to the Gold Coast yesterday, it was thought the two southern neighbours would be out of the running for Mason.
Zappia believes it is now a two-horse race between the Sharks and Roosters.
"If it comes down to a bidding war I think the Roosters will probably win," Zappia said.
The Roosters are expected to make their offer today.
The Dragons released their 2008 roster yesterday with a footnote: "one to two places" need to be added to the 32 already named.
One spot is expected to be filled by Newcastle discard Kirk Reynoldson while the other has been left for dual international Wendell Sailor, whose two-year suspension for cocaine use expires in May.
Zappia said Cronulla could make an offer to Mason without off-loading former Queensland prop Ben Ross.
"We'll just work with the players we've got and add Willie to the roster we've already assembled," Zappia said.
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs have set down a hearing for next Tuesday at which Mason will be asked to show cause why he should not be disciplined over a series of breaches.
The club sent breach notices yesterday to Mason following a number of incidents this year.
Should the 27-year-old sign with another club - a deal could be completed by the end of the week - Mason won't be required to respond to the breach notices.
Mason said yesterday he had no intention of appearing before the board and expected to be training with a new club soon.
It was the alleged repeated errors of judgment by Mason that finally pushed the board into offering him a release.
The 23-Test veteran did not appear at sponsor and member functions, wore clothing which was not Bulldogs club apparel and did not turn up for an organised photo session.
Harrison dropped into Roosters training in Sydney yesterday to farewell his former team-mates before boarding a plane to the Gold Coast.
He gave a press conference in Titans gear and coach John Cartwright revealed he had wanted Harrison to be a foundation player at the club 12 months ago.
"Ashley is as comfortable playing at five-eighth or in the centres as he is at lock or in the second row, which makes him an extremely valuable commodity," Cartwright said. The Australian
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Harrison excited to ride the whirlwind
By Luke Turgeon
Yesterday morning Ashley Harrison was a Sydney Rooster enjoying a coffee with mates by the beach at Bondi.
By 3pm he was in Titans colours at Southport, with his world turned upside down and his head still spinning from a whirlwind trade deal.
Harrison met Titans boss Michael Searle on Saturday, agreed to terms on Sunday and inked a three-year deal with the Gold Coast yesterday.
With one season left on his Roosters contract, Harrison instructed his manager Chris Orr to put the feelers out late last week following talk the tri-colours were looking to punt him in order to free up salary cap funds for Bulldogs forward Willie Mason.
"It is (surreal)," said Harrison. "I am not real sure if it has even set in my mind yet that I am here.
"It hasn't sunk in, but I am sure it will tomorrow when I am running around with the boys.
"By no means did I think I would be playing for the Titans (a few days ago) or be on the Coast by Monday and signing a contract for three years. That wouldn't have even been in my wildest dreams.
"But I am here now and I am excited." Read more GC Bulletin
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Jon Wilkin expresses World Cup fears
By Phil Gordos
Jon Wilkin has questioned whether rugby league is ready for a World Cup, suggesting the tournament could witness too many one-sided games.
Ten teams will fight it out for glory next year, with England and hosts Australia mixing it with the likes of Scotland, Ireland, Tonga and Fiji.
"My fears are the same as anybody else's - I'm worried about some games not being competitive," said Wilkin.
"We just need to be cautious about running before we can walk as a sport."
The 2008 World Cup, which starts on 25 October, will be the first for eight years.
The 2000 tournament, staged in Britain, had its fair share of landslide victories, among them Australia's 110-4 demolition of Russia, New Zealand's 84-10 romp against the Cook Islands and England's 66-4 thrashing of Fiji.
It also made a heavy financial loss.
But rugby league's powerbrokers are keen to stage another in an attempt to increase the game's worldwide popularity, even though just three teams - holders Australia, New Zealand and England - have any real prospect of winning it.
For the other seven nations, it is about testing themselves against the very best and avoiding a drubbing in the process.
"This may very well be the kick-start that the game needs in these emerging nations," said Wilkin, who helped Great Britain seal a 3-0 series win over New Zealand at the weekend.
"I just don't want it to be a competition which is thrown together to make it look like we've got a world game when in reality rugby league is played on the eastern coast of Australia and the M62 corridor in the north of England.
"These areas are the strength of the game and I think we've got to develop other areas in a similar way and get rugby league as a recognised sport in a lot more areas instead of pretending that a sport is fully developed in all these regions."
For St Helens forward Wilkin, the lack of any Welsh, Scottish or Irish players in the Great Britain squad proves those particular countries still have a lot of developing to do.
Indeed, Wales failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing to Lebanon.
But Wilkin is also concerned they are trawling other countries like Australia for players rather than focusing on nurturing home-grown talent.
"How many of their players are legitimately Irish, Scottish or Welsh?" he said. "Or are they putting teams together for the sake of a World Cup?
"I'd like to think they're at the World Cup because they've got an infrastructure that allows elite players to come through the system, not just because we need 10 nations there.
England, led by Andy Farrell, beat Fiji 66-4 at the last World Cup
"Maybe they would be better investing the money they'd use taking a squad to a World Cup in developing the youth structure in those areas, getting young kids to play the game rather than gathering people who are some sort of distant relatives in that country.
"It's a Catch-22 situation really because as a player you want to be involved in a World Cup.
"At the same time you want to be involved in a tournament which is competitive and where you're playing against players who have been brought up in a system in their country, played rugby league in their schools and come through that system."
The head coaches of both Ireland and Scotland have already hinted they will look to strengthen their teams by recruiting players from Super League and the NRL with the necessary ancestry.
Although to be fair to Andy Kelly and Steve McCormack, both Ireland and Scotland employed a lot of players from their respective domestic leagues during their successful qualifying campaigns.
Wilkin hopes that trend continues.
"As a player I want to play in the World Cup and I think it's the right way to go, I just want these countries to develop rugby league at grassroots level more," he said.
"The next 12 months will be an interesting period to see just how much development there is in those areas.
"I'd like to see more children playing the game at schools in those countries, developing an infrastructure from which players can grow."
Nevertheless, Wilkin is looking forward to the tournament, which has been won nine times by Australia and three times by Great Britain since the inaugural event in 1954.
"I'm sure the World Cup will be a success and all the England players and those in Super League are all fully supporting it," he said. "We'll do everything to make sure it's a success."
The 10th and final place at the World Cup will be decided on Wednesday, when Samoa and Lebanon meet in the repecharge final at Featherstone. BBC
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France 22 beats PNG 16
By Steve Mascord at Stade Andre Moga,Begles
Coach Adrian Lam says Papua New Guinea have proven the unfairness of their controversial World Cup draw - by failing to win any of their internationals on a European tour.
The Kumuls crashed controversially 22-16 to France at Begles near Bordeaux yesterday to give the French a clean sweep in the two-Test series. PNG were flogged by Wales to start their trek and won only provincial games.
New Sydney Roosters assistant Lam broke his six-month silence over the Kumuls being grouped with Australia, England and New Zealand at the World Cup, describing it as "a f---ing joke".
"Our board has said: how can we be ranked fourth? In the last World Cup we were in the quarter-finals, we got knocked out by Wales and since then we haven't won a Test!" he told the Daily Telegraph.
FRANCE 22 (Maxime Greseque 2, Eric Anselme, Cyril Stacul tries; Greseque 3 goals) bt PAPUA NEW GUINEA 16 (Nigel Hukula, Tu'u Maori, John Wilshere tries; Wilshere 2 goals) at Stade Andrew Mosa, Begles. Referee: Leon Williamson (New Zealand] Read more Daily Telegraph
2008 ARL High Performance Coaching Seminars Sydney and Brisbane
The 2008 ARL High Performance Coaching Seminars will be conducted as follows:
Sydney
When Thursday 17th & Friday 18th January, 2008
Where Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club
Brisbane
When Saturday, 2nd & and Sunday, 3rd February, 2008
Where Queensland Academy of Sport
In the past, coaches have used the seminar as an update to their coaching knowledge and expertise. The seminar also acts as a component of the ARL High Performance Coaching (Level 3) course.
Listed below is an outline of the proposed seminar topics (subject to availability of selected presenters).
Presenters will come from a mix of elite coaches, sports specialists and the media.
The final agenda will be set, and forwarded in a follow up memo, at the beginning of December, 2007.
Proposed Seminar Topics:
Keynote speaker:
- 'Things I've learnt in coaching'.
- 'Developing halfbacks'.
- 'Preparing teams for short term competitions'
- 'Preparing a rep team'
- 'Breaking the monotony'- The use of alternate sessions.
- 'Developing and using a leadership group'.
- 'Blending natural flair and attacking structure'
- 'Time and motion analyses and implications for coaching'.
- 'Total athlete development'
- 'Character assessment and decision making'
- 'Coaching athletes from ethnically diverse backgrounds'
Lecturers are subject to change due to changes in availability
The course is open to to all Senior Club Coaches (ARL Level 2) and above.
To nominate for the seminar, download an application form here.
Luke Ellis
Education and Training Manager
P: 02 9223 6586
M: 0408 274 936
F: 02 9221 9333
E: lukeellis@...
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Doncaster sign Super League centre.
Doncaster Rugby League capture another signing direct from Super League in the form of Auckland born Centre Andreas Bauer. Bauer, a British passport holder, scored 5 tries in 13 Super League appearances for Hull Kingston Rovers during the 2007 campaign marking himself as a player of undoubted quality.
The New Zealander signed for Hull Kingston Rovers in the January of 2000 direct from New Zealand Warriors, the same club The Dons have recently signed loose forward Corey Lawrie from for their 2008 Co-Operative National League 2 Season.
Bauer, along with Chris McKenna, comes to the Keepmoat Stadium direct from a fierce Super League campaign with his eyes set firmly on making a massive impact at the club.
The Dons have added undoubted quality to a squad that was known for attacking Rugby under Head Coach John Stankevitch.
Chief Exec Shane Miller was quoted, " Bauer is another piece of a jigsaw I work all hours trying to put together, the puzzle I'm trying to solve involves the whole setup not just the first team. The amount of effort we put in to exciting signings like this is equalled in all other departments of the club as we fight to be the finished article".
As always Director of Rugby Carl "The Postman" Hall is happy to deliver one more time. "These are major signings, and they take months of hard work behind the scenes to work out. Sometimes experience and knowledge are the tools that cut deals money can't buy".
Season tickets are available from the Keepmoat Stadium ticket office, 01302 762576, to see the Dons battle it out next season. The huge early bird discount still applies until the 30th of November. Doncaster Rugby League Online
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Dean Anderson Wauchope RSL Blues coach
By Rod Thompson
THE Wauchope RSL Blues have named its coaching staff for the 2008 Group 3 Rugby League season.
Dean Anderson will guide the first grade outfit, former Port Macquarie Shark Andrew Shaw has been appointed the reserves' mentor and John Manning is overseeing the under 18s next year.
The Blues have also decided to re-introduce two selectors in 2008.
At the recent annual general meeting, Peter Ninness was returned as president, Manning was elected senior vice president, Patrick Preston the junior vice president, Karen Roods the club secretary, and Peter Murphy the treasurer.
The newly-formed committee consists of Doris McKinnon, Peter White, Adam Marchment, Luke O'Brien, Ian Murphy, Lynda Murphy and Robyn O'Brien (publicity). Port Macquarie News
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French aim for NZ after PNG league win
France are preparing to pile more misery on NZ's woeful league tour of Europe after the tricolours beat Papua New Guinea 22-16.
Mason wants future settled by week's end
Willie Mason wants his future decided by the end of the week after beginning his own pre season training with a solo run at Centennial Park.
Harrison hungry to regain Origin jersey
Having secured his NRL future with the Gold Coast Titans until the end of 2010, Ashley Harrison wants to focus on playing the level of football.
Kemble upbeat on thrashed Kiwis
New Zealand coach Gary Kemble is confident his young rugby league side will go from strength-to-strength following their series whitewash by Great Britain. Read more Yahoo Sport
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New era brings new hope after Tony Smith restores national pride
By Christopher Irvine
There have been some dark days since Great Britain previously whitewashed New Zealand in a series, times when rugby league has been portrayed as teetering on the edge of a smoking volcano and forces beyond its control were threatening to apply the final shove.
Fourteen years on, the sunny uplands are in sight for a sport that labels itself "the greatest game" but too often attracts only passing interest.
Despite the merits of the 12-year Super League era, rugby league, in its modern guise, has until now lacked the rallying influence of a successful national team.
Britain beating New Zealand three times is unquestionably a triumph for the country, not simply one part of it, and for all the qualms in some quarters over the mothballing of the Britain banner for a change to England for the 2008 World Cup and beyond, falling into line with football, cricket and rugby union is important for inclusiveness.
A winning England team in next year's World Cup in Australia, certainly one capable of reaching the final on the past three weeks' evidence, offers unlimited possibilities for a sport that has habitually struggled for a national dimension, never mind an international one.
The significance of victory in the Gillette Fusion Test Series, completed by a 28-22 victory in Wigan on Saturday, cannot be underestimated, for all New Zealand's lame excuses about players left at home.
The conundrum is that this sport, too often hidebound by its parochialism, can regularly sell out grounds for league matches yet struggled to fill Huddersfield, Hull and Wigan for a triumph in the Lions' farewell home series that has resonated beyond the traditional northern boundaries. The wider perception is of a national team and an imaginative sport going places.
The RFL was disgruntled that Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, omitted league's proposed 2013 World Cup here, in his reference last week to Britain's "great sporting decade".
But if there is some way to go in impressing the sport's contribution in the highest orders of office and convincing a largely London-centric media, at least there is a long-term international calendar in place, rather than the hand-to-mouth existence that once passed for detailed planning.
Watch out, too, for the possibility in the BBC Sports Personality awards of Britain following all-conquering St Helens in 2006 as team of the year and Tony Smith collecting the coaching award, after his double success with Leeds Rhinos and now Britain. Smith has given the team a cutting edge and a self-belief seldom seen in recent times. If not yet ready to topple Australia, they are a good deal closer than 12 months ago.
Rugby league's No 1 status in New South Wales and Queensland ensures a vast reservoir of talent for Australia, but England can call on 23 players of proven capability for the World Cup and the trick is supplementing that pool.
With relegation removed next season, the theory is that Super League clubs will invest more in home-grown talent and less in Antipodean cavalrymen.
The dark side, as league likes to portray rugby union, is a threat that has not disappeared, although more players who found that the grass was not greener have come back. Given the shortage of outside backs, where Smith has had to muddle through, the return of Chev Walker from Bath to Hull Kingston Rovers and Karl Pryce, if continued speculation about the former Bradford Bulls centre leaving Gloucester for Wigan Warriors becomes a reality, should widen his options.
Attention after a gruelling ten-month season switches to negotiations for a new and improved television deal from 2009, on which hinges a proposed franchised 14-club Super League structure. League's dependence on television money for its wares, a lifeline in 1996, is little different from most sports.
It has an outstanding product to sell, one watched by record crowds, with a credible team in France and now a winning national side. Not many sports can say that. London Times
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Bridge elected NSWCRL Group 3 president
By Rod Thompson
Wingham's Wayne Bridge has been elected to lead Group 3 Rugby League in 2008 following yesterday's annual general meeting at the Wingham Services Club.
The full committee consists of Bridge, Taree's Kevin Hardy (senior vice president), Wingham duo Alan Kerr (junior vice president) and Harry Rider (treasurer) and Barrie Smith, of Cundletown, who retained his position as secretary.
Taree's Bob Anderson and Warren Blissett, of Forster, were also named as management members.
The patron of Group 3 Rugby League is Wingham's Ken Malpas.
At the meeting, the executive nominated Saturday, March 29, as the season launch date.
The 2008 competition is scheduled to start on Saturday, April 5, with the play-offs kicking off from Saturday, August 23.
The grand final will be played on Sunday, September 14.
The prestigious player of the year function, and awards ceremony, has been set down for Saturday, September 20.
Meanwhile, former NRL star Phil Adamson will coach premiers Taree City Bulls in their title defence.
Adamson replaces another winning mentor in Terry McCartney, who did not seek the role.
Ken Bourke was also re-elected president unopposed at the Bull's annual general meeting, with Barry Benjamin again secretary and Len Hogan vice president.
The Taree City committee is Helen Jacklin, David Mitchell, Greg Hay, Bernard Hogan, Terry Robards, Peter Wood, Leanne Wood, Steve Pascoe, Brad Willett, Mel Willett, Rhett Bedford, Steve Ward and Barry Westcott. Port Macquarie News
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RUGBY LEAGUE COACHING MANUALS -
Extract from Rugby League Coaching Manuals (RLCM) eBook 30 - Page 22
What type of person makes a good coach?
Studies of the personality of American coaches form four sports revealed some interesting data.
Among the personality traits in the group investigated, the following were noted with most frequency:-
1. Ambition - An outstanding need to be on top - drive.
2. Organisation - Orderly by nature; planning ahead - goal attainment and purpose.
3. An Extroverted Personality - Outgoing; warm, enjoy company - confidence
4. A fine sense of values - Well developed conscience - respect
5. Leadership - Score very well in this aspect
6. Persistence - Stick-to-it-ness was a cardinal feature
7. Acceptance of blame - When failure beset, they were prone to shoulder the responsibility and not pass it on to somebody else.
It must be realised that not every coach possessed top values of all these qualities, though each was observed to be endowed with the majority.
Acquisition of the above characteristics is possible and self examination does not harm and may disclose one's "psychological blind spots".
If these can be overcome - increasingly effective coaching will ensue.
SURVEY'S TWO FEATURES
The psychologists conducting this survey found two features in coaches which they considered to be detrimental in their sphere of work.
The first was a tendency to avoid the emotional problems of their charges, e.g. to be disinterested in the worries, troubles, fears and apprehensions of their players.
When one ponders upon the "strong man" character image painted above, it is perhaps understandable that such coaches might feel loath to act as "fatherconfessor".
Such omission by a top coach is inconsequential if a kindly and sympathetic trainer or other staff member who had the 'ear of the coach', can assume this role.
The trainers room becomes the psychologists couch as the players discuss their worries with the respected staff members/trainers whilst having their injuries treated or ankles strapped.
However, the other facet lacking in these coaches is harmful. This was a tendency to be loath to use new techniques and to stay with the old routines when they were proven to have been superseded.
As so many coaches in Australia are products of their own playing era, principally influenced by the men who coached in their early days, this can be especially injurious when a player becomes a coach.
Finally, one might mention some of the problems facing a player on assuming the responsibilities of a coach or a playing coach.
As an industry and business, it is a particularly difficult change from employee to boss - far more so when you assume coaching duties of a team for which you were previously a player.
Your closest mates are the most difficult to control and as they are often the senior players, their example is followed implicitly by the younger players.
The coach must be the boss, must command the respect and the confidence of his players. He may fraternise with his charges - it is expected of him - but he must never completely break down all the barriers between coach and player.
He must display consistency, exercise discipline and exhibit honesty with himself and the team. Only through such an image can ambition, decisiveness, drive and a fervent desire to win be transmitted to the whole team............." Join the RLCM Monthly Club and receive 4 DVD's/CD's monthly.
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* CD-ROM - RLCM Junior Coaching Books
* CD-ROM - RLCM NRL Coachtalk Yearbooks 1, 2, 3 and 4
* CD-ROM - An Approach to Coaching - Ray Unsworth RFL
* CD-ROM - 2007 Yearbook [Published January 2007]
* CD-ROM - Care of the Injured Player by Doug King
* DVD - With Tim Sheens, Royce Simmons & Peter Sharp
* DVD - Canterbury Bulldogs coach Steve Folkes
* DVD - Coachtalk with NQ Cowboys Coach Graham Murray
* DVD - Adrian Hurley Basketball Coach at three Olympic's.
* DVD - Chris Fullarton ex Junior Kangaroos coach.
* DVD - Junior Coaching with Michael Rawiri NT Institute of Sport
* DVD - Shaun McRae 2006 South Sydney Coach
* DVD - Coachtalk with South Sydney 2007 Coach Jason Taylor
* DVD - Coachtalk with Brian McLennan NZ Kiwis Coach
* DVD - Recovery with Steve Nance Fulham Soccer UK
* DVD - Nutrition Leanne Hammond works Wallabies and QAS
* DVD - Defence and Attack Principles with Adrian Suttie
* DVD - Coachtalk with Gavin Judd, Gold Coast Titans
* DVD - Sports Psychologist Wendy Swift Australian Swimming
* DVD - Coaching with Stuart Raper Cronulla Sharks 2006 Coach
* DVD - Sports Psychology with Dr Phil Jauncey
* DVD - Maximising Teenage Talent with Bill Sweetnam
* DVD - Rucks and Restarts with Steve Gough
* DVD - Sprint Training with Paul Watson
* DVD - Shane McNally, Wynnum Manly, ex Wakefield Coach
* DVD - Scott Dickinson, Newcastle Knights Performance Manager
* DVD - Paul Molinia, Unless the Core is String the Shell will Suffer
* DVD - Kurt Wrigley, St George Illawarra Dragons
* DVD - Greg Culnane Parramatta Eels
* DVD - Shane McNally, Wynnum Manly, ex Wakefield Coach
* DVD - Scott Dickinson, Newcastle Knights Performance Manager
* DVD - Paul Molinia, Unless the Core is Strong the Shell will Suffer
* DVD - Kurt Wrigley, St George Illawarra Dragons
* DVD - Greg Culnane, Parramatta Eels
* DVD - Nathan Brown, St George Illawarra Head Coach
* DVD - Ian Thomson, ex player, coach and CEO of Manly
* DVD - Paul Penna, Sports Psychologist at ARL Coaching Conference
* DVD - Ian Millward, NQ Cowboys Assistant coach.
* DVD - Vince Kelly, South Sydney Strength and Conditioning
* DVD - Luke Ellis, Melbourne Storm & ARL Development
* DVD - Ivan Cleary, NZ Warriors coach
* DVD - Angela Calder, Recovery and Performance consultant
* DVD - Tim Sheens West Tigers coach, Man-Management Skills
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