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Our video tapes of Coach Talk have been revisited by Robert Rachow, Rugby League Week and new information not read before has been written into feature articles.

Read what some of the best coaches have to say

To Simmons, skills are the essence of the game. A self-confessed average player with above-average dedication, he believes skills are the new area where players can gain a distinct advantage over their opposite man.

Unlike years gone by when fitness and footballs were two mutually exclusive groups, he promotes the concept of combining ball-drills with cardio-vascular components. As a result, he also has a higher tolerance for the impulse skills of his players, given the increased time spent on ball-handling at training.

Royce Simmons, Penrith Panthers

"The major difference in my approach, even since my last season with North Queensland in 1998, is that I tend to focus more acutely on the culture and psychology that pervades the players' lives," he explains.

"That aspect of Rugby League in New Zealand is huge, because I think previously players were not shown from an early age how to push through the pain and be strong mentally".

Mark Graham, Auckland Warriors

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"Every moment you are in the game, you face a choice of options and unless you can react well, you will never succeed at the top level.

"Better players are readily identified by being able to make quicker and more valid decisions while under the pressure of a tight situation.

"Training your players to react properly through drills is a fairly effective way of improving this, and as a hard challenge it can be both fun and rewarding if the desired objective is achieved'

Wayne Pearce, Wests - Tigers
 

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"There are players in our club that can play in more than one position, junior coaches should encourage this in younger players. It is a sad situation where a young player is labelled and told to play only one position.

"Young players should be given the opportunity to play in more than one position. If you have players who are multi skilled then playing more than one position is beneficial to them.

"Each position requires different qualities and therefore allows players the chance to have a better all round game".

Wayne Bennett Brisbane Bronco's
 

"Skills work seems to be a responsibility that some coaches neglect. The new trend in the game, and our players are giving us great feedback on it are the modified games, skill games or challenge games. We set the parameters and play on smaller fields with less players and lay down the rules of the game.

"At Parramatta we were very keen to improve on the kicking aspect of our game, not the actual kick but the reaction of the players to the kick, both when the opposition kick and when we kick. So we introduced games which the players absolutely loved. In fact they are telling us that they get more out of those games in conditioning as well, because it is more game related, and they push themselves even harder".

Brian Smith, Parramatta Eels

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In terms of variation, Coleman looked to sports outside of normal consideration like boxing and even judo.

Most coaches supplement their training time with ball sports such as offside touch, soccer or basketball to increase skill levels and on-field vision, but martial arts combine neither of these.

Instead Coleman used his sports to emphasise factors such as footwork, agility and defence - with a great deal of success.

"Tugger" Coleman, South Sydney 1999

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"The instinctive players are an integral part of the game and a very good player will take advantage of a half chance to do something constructive either for himself or another player.

"Coaches now seem to work towards the right balance of play and the best coaches don't restrict their class players too much.

You can't put a price on those players who can "react" and do something special that ultimately wins the game. And that is hard to coach against".

John Lang, Cronulla Sharks

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"Our basic thought with our players both from a fitness, physical and skill level is thatwe look at their workspace, what type of workspace they have. Obviously a front rower has a different workspace to a winger, who has a different workspace to a full back, who has a different works pace to a halfback or a centre. "Our basic thought is to make them as strong, as fast and as skilful in their own work space as we possible can."

Phil Gould, Sydney Roosters 1999.

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"We work on a flat line in attack, which is evolution in my coaching. With the input ofthe 10metre rule we try to create our space by earning it, not by getting back behind the advantage line. Our front rowers and other forwards work to try and create space for our backs. The space to create is on the 10metre line, forcing the defence to go backwards and creating a one on one tackle as much as possible by the opposition"

Chris Anderson, Melbourne Storm
 

"It is extremely difficult to expect players to perform at their peak each week. You can't possibly do it, and it is hard to be able to keep players up all the time.

"The thing that does help keep them up is the variation we spoke about earlier. Boredom is the biggest problem in trying to keep players concentration level and the more variation that coaches can come up with the better they seem to perform.

"Rest and recovery is very important as Coach you have to be smart enough to recognise the distress signals and handle the situation".

Peter Louis, North Sydney Bears 1999

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"Years of experience tell me that there was an emphasis on getting drills manuals and running drills for the sake of the drills.

"Unfortunately coaches didn't know what they were looking for, therefore there was no correction done, the drills looked fantastic and every one was running in the right direction - that is a real worry.

" Players think they have achieved success because they have performed the drill. The focus of the drill is not the drill itself, but the skill within the drill, which is supposed to be evaluated and corrected".

David Waite, St George - Illawarra.

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"As a lot of losing teams would know, it takes an enormous amount of time and effort to locate and cut adrift the dead wood that is bringing your side down.

Some of the time it may be players undermining you and if you do not kick them out, things will invariably get worse once they know they can get away with it.The role of coach is to provide your players with guidance and, in the right circumstances, dropping miscreants can provide a sense of that."

Phil Economidis, Gold Coast Chargers 1998

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