Phil Clarke: British rugby league can lead the world in innovation
Wednesday 18 September 2013 13:15, UK
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Back in the 1970's teams began to keep a record of the number of tackles made by their players in a match.
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They, and the other guest speakers, wanted to make sure that any research that's been carried out is put to a practical use. More importantly, they need the practitioners at the games to tell them what we need to investigate. Is the talent identification of rugby players working? What can we learn from other sports? What does the latest evidence suggest? Are we doing all that we can to help young British talent to maximise their potential?
What are the match demands for each position in a team? How do we write an individual training plan to help a player prepare for those?
I know that most fans are only interested in which team has the most points on the scoreboard at the end of the game, but to do that you need to do a great deal of work before it.
It's time that we started to listen to the research and link it to the games.
