We have a poster on here JC who wrote some intriguing comments on touch football techniques, the power and speed aspects of our forwards in the game, and the effect that power running backs add to that equation. He dived into some techniques used in other rugby type sports especially touch football; an interesting discussion point.
JC, thanks for that explanation you make a lot of sense with what you say and the "touch" analogy is interesting.
Realalistically I have no real idea of how that game has evolved to the state you imply. I assume similar principles must exist in Rugby Sevens and League. Could I invite you to explain what happens in these other sports that maybe of interest to everyone.
You could possibly put a blog together based on your equations re big/medium/power and speed, both small and large player.
General athleticism is something that doesn't seem to be emerging through our juniors and people like me try to see football skills, and combinations of both ideally. However, we don't seem to have enough power and speed.
Dylan Brown as a case in point has a combination of both, but is not a big man. Ryley Smith brings down big forwards, is skilful with the ball but lacking in running power. You could write up our whole team with respect of this type of analysis.
I also question whether our players should be doing more touch football training in the pure sense of what you explain. Areobic strength definately invites its way into this brief.
I think you could also wind in Hoey's "dead zone" philosophies into that as well and it would be very enlightening to IEE readers and anyone else that is smart enough to understand.
I am thinking not enough thought is being given to these "philosophies" in change, Hoey is the only one that has driven a systemic approach to the idendification i.e the diagnosis is there, just not the cure or the fix! Daz and Coryn have also gone down comparative paths as well.
I haven't gone into much detail here but I specifically invite the contributers mentioned to maybe explain this whole aspect further.
Forget this is my blog. I am happy for anyone to take it over and maybe we will all understand better.
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Good point Chiefy.....
Hey JC this is meant to be your blog, if you get the chance can you run through the touch football connection you illustrated else where......
Good stuff Chiefy, great to see you getting involved in positive input.....I like your points but respect that you are staying away from personalising them..... the purpose of exploring this blogg was the developing aspects that most certainly have application in pathways and R&R.
i.e KK may have been a disaster given his form with Souths, a number of criticisms about the players we missed in recruitment could be balanced off with their subsequent unimpressive results.....Galvin being a prime example and I don't believe we have lost anything with Blaize..... Blaize actually may come back to Parra one day, a better player than he left....he would need to! The same could be said about Galvin, he will/would be cheaper in todays market if he came on tomorrow and we would be able to improve him playing in his rightful position of 5/8 and maybe one day a lock, depending on how he grows.
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