Quote ="The Glorious League Freak"Its not the players fault.....and let me tell you why.
Players brought up in the UK are not taught many of the fundamentals of the game.
Its not the coaches fault.....at any level....because they were never brought up on the fundamentals of the game either.
So what you have is generation after generation turning over under skilled players.
What needs to happen is the RFL needs to start at the top and works its way down to the grass roots.
I've outlined the coaching clinics, coaching packs, change in national coaching structure and so on that I think the RFL needs to put in place to re-educate the British players in how to play the game.
Super League is the shop front and TV is how kids these days learn a lot of the skills needed to play the game.
If you teach SL and developing players how to play well, it will filter down through the ranks.
But this is going to take a long time and quite frankly, I dont think you lot care enough about it to be bothered doing the hard work.'"
On what evidence?
If you want players to learn skills, you need coaches to teach it to them at an earlier stage of development. Probably around high-school/college time. There is no harm in coaching the elite as well, but you won't get very good results from them as they'll have to alter their original methods which may take time (if it ever actually happens).
If you want players to pick up the right skills, start at the beginning, not the end.
Precisely! So if players are not performing, perhaps they are not being coached correctly? Hence a different coach might be required?
