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<v Speaker 1>How are you doing? Welcome to the Rugby League Coach Podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>Episode two hundred and fifty four and it's in season four.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Lee Addison. I am the owner of

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<v Speaker 1>Rugby League Coach dot Com. Dotte you. I am a coach, mentor,

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<v Speaker 1>a coach educator, coach consultant and author of Rugby League

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<v Speaker 1>Coach Thirteen Game Changing Conversations to Transform your coaching. I

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<v Speaker 1>drink a lot of water, and my water consumption on

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast is sponsored by the Global League Network, who

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<v Speaker 1>you can contact on Global League dot Network. For those

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<v Speaker 1>who see the clips, you'll see I have a wanko wanko.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't mean to say that, yanko. I'm keeping that

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<v Speaker 1>in Yanko wamon. It's easy to see how I've done that. Though.

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<v Speaker 1>Wangko your moon yang Ko wa moon Hawks. They'll giggle.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll giggle. Kyle and Adam and all the guys there,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll they'll giggle when they see that that's just an elite.

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<v Speaker 1>And I did a ran a ran a coach seminar

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<v Speaker 1>on the Tuesday night and then ran a clinic, but

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<v Speaker 1>mentoring the coaches to do all the drills, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 1>The day after with over fifty odd children. Look, it

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<v Speaker 1>was very well received, very well attended, those of you

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<v Speaker 1>who have been following me for a while. No, I

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<v Speaker 1>used to do clinics back in the day that people

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<v Speaker 1>paid for. Put it this way, the fifty five kids,

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<v Speaker 1>I think there were fifty two of them paid zero.

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<v Speaker 1>Three didn't come from the clubs that we invited to come,

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<v Speaker 1>so they paid a very small fee. And the fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>coaches that attended the coaching night didn't pay a cent either,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's not a profit making thing. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear from anybody passionate about growing country rugby league and

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<v Speaker 1>anyone who feels the country and remote areas need more support,

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<v Speaker 1>more coaching and more coach support. In Australia, the nrl

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<v Speaker 1>OF just announced a new broadcast deal I think five billion,

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<v Speaker 1>and as I record this podcast on Sunday the nineteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>the Daily Telegraph says that clubs are going to get

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<v Speaker 1>a share of five hundred million dollars of that. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>whether that's a share of five million dollars or some

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<v Speaker 1>of them are going to be getting a massive chunk

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<v Speaker 1>of that, I don't know, but either way, there's no

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<v Speaker 1>announcements about grassroots. There's no announcements about bush and remote areas,

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<v Speaker 1>so at the start of this podcast, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear from everyone of may have dealt with in the past.

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<v Speaker 1>A rugby league coach. Rugby league coach is now eight

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<v Speaker 1>years old the business, so anybody that I have dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with in the past, particularly particularly in country and remote Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>I also want to hear from you if you are

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<v Speaker 1>in the following areas, because I know you listen to

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast. In New South Wales, if you're in Sussex

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<v Speaker 1>in Orange, Tormina and Coffs, Harbor, Wagga, Wagga Parks, Port mcquarie,

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<v Speaker 1>Portland and the Central table Lands in general, Wamba and

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<v Speaker 1>the Clarence Valley, Nawrah and the South Coast, Tweedheads, Queen Beean, mcdowie,

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<v Speaker 1>Corlette and Port Stephens, Oldbury, Banara Point and the Northern Rivers.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're based in any one of those areas, I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to reach out to me. I'll give you

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<v Speaker 1>the contact details soon. In Queensland, people in Cairnes your Anger,

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<v Speaker 1>Touguan pi Alba, indeed anywhere in Harvey Bay, anyone in

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<v Speaker 1>the Fraser Coast region, in the Mackay Region, Moreton Bay, More,

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<v Speaker 1>anybody in the Luckier Valley, Murphy's Creek, Hamilton Island and

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<v Speaker 1>the Witch Sundays in general. What I want you to do,

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<v Speaker 1>guys is get in touch with me. No obligation, but

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<v Speaker 1>get in touch with me. At Rugby League Coach on

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook or Instagram. If you want to send me a message.

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<v Speaker 1>Admin at Rugby League Coach dot com dot au is

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<v Speaker 1>the email address. I'll repeat those At Rugby League Coach

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<v Speaker 1>on Facebook and Instagram, I'm Rugby league coach on everything.

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<v Speaker 1>Basically I don't do Snapchat, but I don't check the

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<v Speaker 1>messages on anything but Facebook or Instagram. Admin at Rugby

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<v Speaker 1>League Coach dot com doteyu is the email and let's

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<v Speaker 1>see if we can work something out. That's all I'll

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<v Speaker 1>say for now, but thank you to everybody at Yanko

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<v Speaker 1>one Moon Hawk, particularly Kai, who was a coach I've

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<v Speaker 1>mentored for four years now. He took a real lead

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<v Speaker 1>role in the clinic, and Adam the president, and also

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<v Speaker 1>Nick from the local club Norandra now Nick nicknamed Bundy

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<v Speaker 1>use your imagination and all the kids were taking the

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<v Speaker 1>P one double less. Whenever I said Bundy, he gave

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<v Speaker 1>me a hoodie from the Norandra Hawk's Club, and I

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<v Speaker 1>will wear that next week. And all I'll say is,

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<v Speaker 1>you may need to turn the brightness down if you

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<v Speaker 1>see the clips. We tend to reflect most when we lose,

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<v Speaker 1>don't we Not just on the rugby league field, but

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<v Speaker 1>in work and in life. If we miss out on

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<v Speaker 1>something or something bad happens, we tend to reflect most.

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<v Speaker 1>It's human nature. We may feel like we failed because

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<v Speaker 1>of course we want to succeed. We want to win

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<v Speaker 1>and reput results are important in so many aspects of

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<v Speaker 1>our life. We may lose a game of rugby league

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<v Speaker 1>by a solitary point a soldiery try, or we may

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<v Speaker 1>lose a tournament based on points difference that work, we

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<v Speaker 1>may fail to reach certain key performance indicators, or might

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<v Speaker 1>fail to reach a deadline, or may make an error.

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<v Speaker 1>Does that make us a bad person? Player? Team, work group?

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<v Speaker 1>Bringing it to rugby league? The best coaches and players

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<v Speaker 1>critically analyze the victories as much, if not more than

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<v Speaker 1>they analyze the defeats. Quite often, the seeds of a

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<v Speaker 1>defeat can be seen in many victories. If you, as

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<v Speaker 1>a coach or as a player, win a game thirty fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>a good coach gets concerned with the fourteen. I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>so many coaches who get this wrong. In this particular department,

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<v Speaker 1>A twenty two twenty win can be treated like a

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<v Speaker 1>turning point in a season or a massive achievement. If

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<v Speaker 1>it's a Grand final, it is, or if it's a

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<v Speaker 1>game that you just have to win, it is. But

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<v Speaker 1>the dangers are there in that result, and you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to highlight them. And if you're not careful, before you

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<v Speaker 1>know it's a week or two after, you'll be on

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong end of a similar score line and wonder why.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have a saying that you will have heard

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<v Speaker 1>me use before that nothing fails like success. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you lose a tight one, learn the lessons. Know you've

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<v Speaker 1>played your part in a great game, and just focus

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<v Speaker 1>on what you do. And that will be a theme

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<v Speaker 1>that comes through in this podcast. It will be a

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<v Speaker 1>different pod today. You will know that one of the

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<v Speaker 1>sections on this podcast has been what we can learn

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<v Speaker 1>from another sport. And one of the reasons I have

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<v Speaker 1>that in this podcast is most of my study and

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<v Speaker 1>most of my development as a coach has come from

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<v Speaker 1>other sports. And I think that's why I have a

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<v Speaker 1>slightly different view on the way the game should be

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<v Speaker 1>played and whatnot. And of course the FIFA World Cup

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<v Speaker 1>has dominated a lot of our narratives and discourse in

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<v Speaker 1>media and television sets and social media, etc. So the

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<v Speaker 1>gist of this podcast is going to be about everything

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<v Speaker 1>you can apply to your coaching and rugby league from

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<v Speaker 1>learnings from the FIFA World Cup. I do have a

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<v Speaker 1>question from a follower in the middle of this, and

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<v Speaker 1>we will break in the middle to talk about some

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<v Speaker 1>other things, but I really want you to approach this

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<v Speaker 1>with an open mind. Football is something that's huge in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of informing my coaching. I've always believed that rugby

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<v Speaker 1>league should be an eyes up game. It should be

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<v Speaker 1>a game where you'll look to find space. Football soccer,

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<v Speaker 1>by its very nature, you control the ball, the first

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<v Speaker 1>thing you do is look up and see where you

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<v Speaker 1>pass it. So it's informed an awful lot of my

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<v Speaker 1>coaching philosophies. So what can rugby league coaches learn from

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<v Speaker 1>what we've just seen over the last few weeks. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe there's something for administrators. First, England won the nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>sixty six World Cup right sixty years ago, and did

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<v Speaker 1>you know the Rugby League Challenge Cup that year was

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<v Speaker 1>bigger at the same stadium that the World Cup was

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<v Speaker 1>played at the World Cup final. That is so sixty

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<v Speaker 1>years ago rugby league was bigger than the football World Cup.

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot believe that soccer is now huge in Australia

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<v Speaker 1>compared with two thousand and three when I first visited.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when I was in the Cudji Bay Hotel

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<v Speaker 1>in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and stayed there to

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<v Speaker 1>watch the FA Cup final at one am in the morning,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think there was me and three other people

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<v Speaker 1>around the television at the time. I can only imagine

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<v Speaker 1>what was watching World Cup games recently. But one of

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<v Speaker 1>the problems in Australia with soccer is that registration is

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<v Speaker 1>very expensive. So that's one thing for the administrators to

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<v Speaker 1>think about. But let's think about coaching now. I think

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<v Speaker 1>one of the first things we can look at is

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<v Speaker 1>that identity its talent. Let me explain that identity beats talent.

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<v Speaker 1>The World Cup often proves that the most talented team

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<v Speaker 1>rarely wins. Instead, the teams that know exactly who they

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<v Speaker 1>are go the deepest. So I mean this podcast could

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<v Speaker 1>age quite quickly. But Spain have gone through the whole

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<v Speaker 1>World Cup up to the final, conceded one goal. Argentina

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<v Speaker 1>have been very flexible tactically and including against England this week,

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<v Speaker 1>have been good at comebacks towards the end and honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>for all the critique of England's approach, there's not enough

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<v Speaker 1>qu'dos and credit being given to the Argentinian team for

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<v Speaker 1>the way they played. So Spain and Argentina are in

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<v Speaker 1>the final. So the two things there are positional play

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<v Speaker 1>and tactical flexibility. How technically, how tackedly flexible is your

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<v Speaker 1>football team, your rugby league team? How positionally focused is

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<v Speaker 1>your rugby league team. I know that I'm obsessed with

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<v Speaker 1>attacking shape and attacking field balance, so that would speak

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<v Speaker 1>to Spain's positional play tactical flexibility. My game plan allows

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<v Speaker 1>me room for maneuver when I coach teams, whether we

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<v Speaker 1>want to play through them, around them, play patiently, build

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<v Speaker 1>pressure or take risks, whether we want to go directly

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<v Speaker 1>down one channel, or we want to work across and

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<v Speaker 1>work them laterally. In rugby league, we often chase more effort,

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<v Speaker 1>don't we. Instead, instead of giving players a crystal clear

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<v Speaker 1>game model and a great system, can make average players

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<v Speaker 1>look really good, and a poor system makes great players

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<v Speaker 1>look ordinary. The second thing I'd like to bring up

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<v Speaker 1>is that coaching isn't about controlling everything. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at elite football coaches in the World Cup and

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<v Speaker 1>in the Premier League and whatnot, it's down to the

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<v Speaker 1>players a lot to solve problems. They don't send water

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<v Speaker 1>runners on every five minutes. There's no time outs every

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes. They can't stop the game. What also happens

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<v Speaker 1>is their players constantly scan, and they communicate and adapt.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is exactly what I've been talking about to

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<v Speaker 1>rugby league coach people and rugby league coaches listening to

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast for years. Constantly scan, communicate and adapt to

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<v Speaker 1>what's in front of you. The fee for World Cup

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<v Speaker 1>has just rewarded football intelligence more than robotic execution. And

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<v Speaker 1>in rugby league, can we develop more thinkers instead of robots.

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<v Speaker 1>We're still quite a robotic sport in some parts, aren't we. So,

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<v Speaker 1>like I say, you're going to have to use your

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<v Speaker 1>lateral thinking skills to listen to this pod today. I

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<v Speaker 1>think because instead of talking about Nathan Cleary or Joey

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<v Speaker 1>John's or Jonathan Thurston, I might be talking about football

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<v Speaker 1>is like Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo, Earling Harland and the

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<v Speaker 1>skills that they develop. Number three countries developed coaches, not

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<v Speaker 1>just players. Germany did a complete rebuild of their coach

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<v Speaker 1>education system after the Euro two thousands, where they performed

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<v Speaker 1>really poorly. Now Germany have been pouring the last decade

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<v Speaker 1>in the World Cup. But that program of just telling

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<v Speaker 1>you about after the year two thousand, well, first of

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<v Speaker 1>four tournaments. The last four tournaments they've won, the last

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<v Speaker 1>What a fantastic record, and because of these efforts in

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<v Speaker 1>Number four, team selection is about balance. The World Cup

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<v Speaker 1>creators and workers. Go through those go through again with

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<v Speaker 1>I can almost guarantee that budgets permitting. Number six. There

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<v Speaker 1>has to be patients with development. Countries like Spain and

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<v Speaker 1>Number seven. Defending is a skill. Football celebrates defending. A

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<v Speaker 1>and as teams. There's an old saying that defense wins championships,

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<v Speaker 1>and we could argue with that scoring more points on

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<v Speaker 1>I'll try and say that adaptability wins championships. World Cup

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<v Speaker 1>build up patterns, different substitutions. Rugby league is I've often

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<v Speaker 1>a seat. Keep applying this to your rugby league. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to have to do some mental gymnastics. Number nine,

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<v Speaker 1>Winning moments matter in football. It can be one turnover

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<v Speaker 1>one defensive mistakes and the margins are tiny. When we

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<v Speaker 1>So these margins are crucial. Number ten. What we've learned

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<v Speaker 1>the coach. Look at the nations that consistently perform. Their

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<v Speaker 1>playing identity often survives different managers and the system outlasts

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<v Speaker 1>the individual. Imagine if every junior team in Australia, every school,

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<v Speaker 1>every club, and an ROL pathway system in Australia and

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<v Speaker 1>the UK taught the same principles of scanning, support, play,

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<v Speaker 1>decision making, communication, game understanding and some basic principles of defense.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine that. Imagine there was an Australian way of playing,

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<v Speaker 1>to start from scratch, whether it's the NRL head coach

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<v Speaker 1>don't we And that's why football nations build cultures. We

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<v Speaker 1>often build personalities of teams. So there's how many things

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<v Speaker 1>did we do? Did I say? Ten? Yeah? Ten things

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<v Speaker 1>Remember each week I'll say this as a coach, what

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<v Speaker 1>you let go is what you allow and what you

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<v Speaker 1>with that. Right now, I'm doing loads of deals because

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<v Speaker 1>many things of fifty percent off coach mentoring. I did

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<v Speaker 1>number on there, so give me a bus. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>Pick up the phone or get in touch. I'll give

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think there's been a better time to come

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<v Speaker 1>for that matter. And I do a weekly column at

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<v Speaker 1>zero Tackle dot com as well. I also want you

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<v Speaker 1>to get ready for another podcast if you like rugby

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<v Speaker 1>league history there's going to be something good coming soon.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna get sick of listening to me. Somebody wrote

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<v Speaker 1>to me said, hey mate, not sure if you remember me,

421
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<v Speaker 1>but I'm someone's dad from Melbourne and he went to

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<v Speaker 1>your course down here. Just a quick one. He is

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<v Speaker 1>unbelievable in a tackle this year, but he's hopeless in defense,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>get him tackling. His footy IQ is special, but I

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<v Speaker 1>find him scared of tackling. Would love to hear what

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<v Speaker 1>you think about making him better. Cheers. I've hidden the

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<v Speaker 1>I've hidden the identity. This is one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>common questions, and people who've listened to my podcast for

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<v Speaker 1>a while will have heard me target this several times.

431
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<v Speaker 1>People are either scared to tackle or they're not. Now

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<v Speaker 1>without seeing your boy, I don't don't know that. Only

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<v Speaker 1>he that probably knows that, to be quite frank. And

434
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<v Speaker 1>if they are not scared to tackle, that's brilliant. So

435
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<v Speaker 1>tackling shouldn't be a problem. If they don't tackle, it

436
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<v Speaker 1>could be a laziness thing. But if they have a

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<v Speaker 1>fear of tackling, which I'm guessing your boy might It

438
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<v Speaker 1>all comes down to technique, and they need to be

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<v Speaker 1>coached properly in technique, and technique comes down to the feet.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes down to where the shoulders go. But foot

441
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<v Speaker 1>placement is the most important. Getting the body in front,

442
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<v Speaker 1>that's the biggest hurdle with players who don't want to tackle.

443
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<v Speaker 1>But the third thing is it's counterintuitive. The most scared

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<v Speaker 1>somebody is of tackling, They have to go into a

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<v Speaker 1>It is hard because if they don't and they're scared

446
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<v Speaker 1>and they back off, they look even worse. So the

447
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<v Speaker 1>only thing that's going to get your boy over the

448
00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:17.960
<v Speaker 1>line here is an awful lot of practice tackling somebody bigger.

449
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<v Speaker 1>And you start it, and you approach it just like

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<v Speaker 1>riding a bike in the sense that you might start

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<v Speaker 1>with stabilizers and then eventually you take the stabilizers off,

452
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<v Speaker 1>get somebody bigger to run at your boy from one

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<v Speaker 1>meter away, and get the technique right there and do

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<v Speaker 1>this under proper coaching instruction and practice bilaterally on both

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<v Speaker 1>shoulders in equal measure, and then gradually move that big

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<v Speaker 1>human further back. Now, this process might take you six months,

457
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<v Speaker 1>but that's probably the only way to turn this around.

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<v Speaker 1>Depending on the level of how scared your boy is

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<v Speaker 1>to make a tackle. If you get in touch again,

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<v Speaker 1>if you send me a little clip or two of

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<v Speaker 1>him tackling, I'll be able to diagnose it a lot better.

462
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<v Speaker 1>You know how to get in touch with me because

463
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<v Speaker 1>you had my number and you texted me. Let's go

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<v Speaker 1>back to what we can learn from the FIFA World Cup.

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<v Speaker 1>Argentina or in the finals, I record and they'll either

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<v Speaker 1>win it or they'll be runners up. And we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about coach education earlier in Argentina. I've been there to

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<v Speaker 1>coach rugby league as well. By the way, so you

469
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<v Speaker 1>my friend bought Joe from Argentina and you went on

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<v Speaker 1>Chat GPT and put me in an Argentina shirt hosting

471
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<v Speaker 1>a podcast with zero tackle about five minutes after the

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<v Speaker 1>game ended against Argentina. England versus Argentina.

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<v Speaker 2>That is.

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<v Speaker 1>One phrase often used in Argentina about football is the

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<v Speaker 1>street is the first academy children play football everywhere, or

476
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<v Speaker 1>play any sport everywhere, And that certainly dropped off in

477
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<v Speaker 1>England over the years, and some people in Australia say

478
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<v Speaker 1>that's dropped off a little bit more too, But Australia

479
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<v Speaker 1>still got an abundance of opportunities sports wise. But in

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<v Speaker 1>Argentina children play everywhere streets, parks, concrete courts, five A

481
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<v Speaker 1>side picture school playgrounds. I always tell the story on

482
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<v Speaker 1>this podcast about the time I was in Mornington, Ireland

483
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<v Speaker 1>and they had nothing. They were the most talented players

484
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<v Speaker 1>that have scene very mind of coach the two n

485
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<v Speaker 1>RL club, three World Cups, three elite high schools, wherever

486
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<v Speaker 1>it is. They're the most talented players I ever seen.

487
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<v Speaker 1>Is because they without structured coaching. Because coaches can ruin

488
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<v Speaker 1>people sometimes by over coaching them. These players develop creativity, deception,

489
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<v Speaker 1>close control of the football, improvisation, vision, competitive instincts. So

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<v Speaker 1>what's the what's the lesson for us? Let me have

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<v Speaker 1>a swig of the old H two O. The lesson

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<v Speaker 1>for us is, instead of overstructuring our training, let's have

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<v Speaker 1>some of the street football mindset with our coaching. Unstructured

494
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<v Speaker 1>play matters. Do more games instead of drills to fix

495
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<v Speaker 1>your issues in your team, Encourage creativity, allow mistakes, Let

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<v Speaker 1>the players learn through play players and best when they

497
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<v Speaker 1>don't realize they're learning right. And if you really overstructure someone,

498
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<v Speaker 1>it takes them more into their brain rather than their

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<v Speaker 1>subconscious brain, takes them more into their conscious brain. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't want that, you want the concept of flow, which

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<v Speaker 1>I'll talk about soon again. Technique of players in Argentina

502
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<v Speaker 1>comes before tactics, and in Argentina they tend to coach

503
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<v Speaker 1>that they want every player to become technically excellent before

504
00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:34.320
<v Speaker 1>systems dominate. That does not happen in Australia. It happens

505
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<v Speaker 1>at some of the bigger clubs, ie the NRL clubs,

506
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<v Speaker 1>But there's nobody in this country seas as much coaching

507
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<v Speaker 1>as I do. And I can tell you now the

508
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<v Speaker 1>place isn't full of technicians. It's all about systems. Technique

509
00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:04.079
<v Speaker 1>is never finished and it needs quality repetitions in training

510
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<v Speaker 1>to be perfected. And you need to play in tighter

511
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<v Speaker 1>spaces and master the football in your hands and master

512
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<v Speaker 1>the art of tackling, and then of course when you

513
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<v Speaker 1>get tired. Another example, and I do consult for some

514
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<v Speaker 1>big clubs in rugby league, and one big thing I'm

515
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<v Speaker 1>doing for a very big state league club at the

516
00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:31.880
<v Speaker 1>moment that have actually nearly finished. I talked to them

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<v Speaker 1>about small sided games. Most Argentinians grow up playing five

518
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<v Speaker 1>on five, six on six seven on seven rather than

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<v Speaker 1>the full field version. And when you do things like

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<v Speaker 1>this and this is the same in rugby league, you

521
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<v Speaker 1>get more touches, you make more decisions, you make faster decisions.

522
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<v Speaker 1>You play under more pressure because the game's moving quicker

523
00:38:56.039 --> 00:39:01.559
<v Speaker 1>and you have to think faster all games. Big improvements.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about your pitch sizes, Think about your rules constraints.

525
00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:09.840
<v Speaker 1>Think about your scoring systems. If you want your team

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<v Speaker 1>to move the ball more, think about awarding tries out

527
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<v Speaker 1>wide or sorry, awarding more points for tries out wide

528
00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:22.960
<v Speaker 1>than through the middle. Manipulate the numbers, design your games

529
00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:26.880
<v Speaker 1>to get the outcomes that you want. In Argentina, decision

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00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:32.719
<v Speaker 1>making is everything. They value intelligent players instead of robotic players.

531
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<v Speaker 1>They're more likely to ask a player in training what

532
00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:38.679
<v Speaker 1>did you see? Rather than why didn't you run there?

533
00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:44.280
<v Speaker 1>So do we coach rugby league intelligence? Do we teach

534
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<v Speaker 1>our players to read cues, to scan, to make the

535
00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:51.320
<v Speaker 1>right decision, to recognize patterns, to solve problems themselves, and

536
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<v Speaker 1>to play what they see? Do you do that as

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<v Speaker 1>a coach? When I was doing my coach an Hour

538
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<v Speaker 1>on Tuesday, I actually gave away a little bit of

539
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<v Speaker 1>something tactical from one team to another, and they were

540
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<v Speaker 1>a bit worried about it, and I said, don't worry

541
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<v Speaker 1>about it, because in about thirty seconds in the game,

542
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<v Speaker 1>they'll know what it is, and if they've watched the video,

543
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<v Speaker 1>they'll know what it is. And we're very secretive in

544
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<v Speaker 1>rugby league as coaches in Argentina, many coaches are encouraged

545
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<v Speaker 1>to spend enormous amounts of time discussing, analyzing the game

546
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<v Speaker 1>and debating it and asking questions about it, and it's

547
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<v Speaker 1>a real part of their less formal coaching development. Many

548
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<v Speaker 1>Argentinian coaches are obsessive students too. I'm not going to

549
00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:08.760
<v Speaker 1>go through all the names, but they focus on lifelong learning.

550
00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:13.800
<v Speaker 1>They focus on observing matches, They focus on reflective practice.

551
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<v Speaker 1>That's one of the most important things every coach can do.

552
00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:19.480
<v Speaker 1>Reflect on a game, what could I have done better? First?

553
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<v Speaker 1>Before you start blaming your players. Curiosity leads to growth.

554
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<v Speaker 1>So all this brings me to England and this is

555
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<v Speaker 1>where I might get a bit more passionate. And for England,

556
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<v Speaker 1>I want you to think a club that might be

557
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<v Speaker 1>in your area that were traditionally very good or the

558
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<v Speaker 1>most arrogant club in your area, the club everyone seems

559
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<v Speaker 1>to hate. So England got beat in the semi final

560
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<v Speaker 1>to Argentina, and that part of our culture is we

561
00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:11.880
<v Speaker 1>will give outrageous criticism of the coach in our media

562
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<v Speaker 1>and whatnot. And that coach happens to be German. So

563
00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:18.840
<v Speaker 1>the first things we need to look at there is

564
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<v Speaker 1>England as a country had to go outside the country

565
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:24.480
<v Speaker 1>to find what they thought was the best candidate. So

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<v Speaker 1>what does that say about how they're developing coaches Now?

567
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<v Speaker 1>The narrative in the media is that his tactics went

568
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<v Speaker 1>defensive when they shouldn't have after going one nil up.

569
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<v Speaker 1>But let me give you some context. All through his reign,

570
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<v Speaker 1>Thomas Took, who was the England manager, has been talking

571
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<v Speaker 1>about mentality. So he is a very high profile soccer coach,

572
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<v Speaker 1>but he kept referring to mentality from the very first

573
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<v Speaker 1>interview he did. He said that at the last tournament,

574
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<v Speaker 1>English players seemed more afraid of dropping out of the

575
00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:06.559
<v Speaker 1>tournament than having the excitement and hunger to win it.

576
00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:10.880
<v Speaker 1>In other words, the pressure got to them. I've dealt

577
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<v Speaker 1>with this when I coached at Ipswury State High in

578
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<v Speaker 1>the first few years of when we're in the top division.

579
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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes at finals we fluffed our lines and the players

580
00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:24.639
<v Speaker 1>it meant so much to them because they had other

581
00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:26.760
<v Speaker 1>goals in rugby league and they felt this was their

582
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<v Speaker 1>last chance, and sometimes they played the game too much

583
00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:35.480
<v Speaker 1>in the head. So this has been Thomas Tuckles, Thomas

584
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<v Speaker 1>Tuckle's thing that has been talking about all the time.

585
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<v Speaker 1>And as somebody born and raised in the UK, I

586
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<v Speaker 1>can give some insight into that mentality. So we're raised

587
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<v Speaker 1>as a people who were superior. So if England ever

588
00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:52.000
<v Speaker 1>win the Ruby League Ashes or the Rugby League World Cup,

589
00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:56.360
<v Speaker 1>we will approach it as if it was our god

590
00:43:56.400 --> 00:44:01.199
<v Speaker 1>given right and that the world is back on its access.

591
00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:06.079
<v Speaker 1>We're given this through so many of our media outlets,

592
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<v Speaker 1>political talk and even in our education system. I'd say

593
00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:17.239
<v Speaker 1>it permeates through our society that we're better than most

594
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<v Speaker 1>other countries. Class and the class system is a huge

595
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<v Speaker 1>thing in English society and it's not the same as

596
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<v Speaker 1>in Australia. So when I took my dad to the

597
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<v Speaker 1>fifth Test match of the last Ashes series in the UK,

598
00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:36.199
<v Speaker 1>I took him into the hospitality area, so I was

599
00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:38.880
<v Speaker 1>paying just as much as everybody else in there. But

600
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<v Speaker 1>because we both had Northern English accents. A lot of

601
00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:46.880
<v Speaker 1>the Southerners were looking down on myself and my dad

602
00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:52.559
<v Speaker 1>and I felt that tangibly. And that's some of the

603
00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:55.679
<v Speaker 1>snobbery that can happen in England for you. And this

604
00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:59.599
<v Speaker 1>will explain so much to so many Australians who think

605
00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:03.880
<v Speaker 1>the which can be arrogant. Sometimes we think we started football, Well, sorry,

606
00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:07.840
<v Speaker 1>we did start football. We started rugby league as well. Therefore,

607
00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:10.440
<v Speaker 1>if we win the World Cup in either of them,

608
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<v Speaker 1>it's coming home. It's our rightful World Cup because it's ours.

609
00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:17.920
<v Speaker 1>But the problem is for a long time we haven't

610
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<v Speaker 1>and it's an inherited UK arrogance. We still cling on

611
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<v Speaker 1>to the Empire, rule Britannia and all that. Yet the

612
00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:32.360
<v Speaker 1>reality is economically, lifestyle wise, politically and right now sporting

613
00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:35.440
<v Speaker 1>we are far from a best practice example in the world.

614
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<v Speaker 1>And you're probably thinking, what does this relate to coaching,

615
00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:46.400
<v Speaker 1>what does this matter? Well, so many of you will

616
00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:48.400
<v Speaker 1>be at clubs that are still living twenty years in

617
00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:52.800
<v Speaker 1>the past in terms of their expectations, in terms of

618
00:45:52.840 --> 00:46:00.960
<v Speaker 1>their models of work. And I know somebody who's got

619
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<v Speaker 1>this arrogance about how they do things in rugby league,

620
00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:09.960
<v Speaker 1>Britain and England dominated before the nineteen sixties, yet lost

621
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<v Speaker 1>our way hugely as the world became more enlightened through

622
00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:19.440
<v Speaker 1>many things, but one of them was television and then

623
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<v Speaker 1>color television. Australia kicked away from us in the seventies

624
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<v Speaker 1>and we finally realized in nineteen eighty two when the

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<v Speaker 1>Kangaroos went through one beaten and flogged every British and

626
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<v Speaker 1>French side and went through undefeated for the first time

627
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<v Speaker 1>in history. It took the English twenty plus years to

628
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<v Speaker 1>realize their biggest opponents had got better than them, and

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<v Speaker 1>that was due to arrogance and ignorance. Remember what I

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<v Speaker 1>said at the start, nothing fails like success. The British

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<v Speaker 1>and the English were always good at these sports until

632
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<v Speaker 1>they weren't. In football, we didn't enter the World Cup

633
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<v Speaker 1>until nineteen fifty because we thought it was a timpot

634
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<v Speaker 1>tournament and beneath us, and then got the shock of

635
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<v Speaker 1>our lives when teams like the USA and Hunger started

636
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<v Speaker 1>beating us in it. But we managed to win it

637
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<v Speaker 1>in nineteen sixty six on home soil. And there's enough

638
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<v Speaker 1>people who will tell you there were some dodgy things

639
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<v Speaker 1>going on there too, So in England and the way

640
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<v Speaker 1>we look at things, the world was back on its

641
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<v Speaker 1>axis then as far as the mood in the country

642
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<v Speaker 1>was concerned because of all the arrogance and the empire

643
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<v Speaker 1>that the UK hard. Remember the opposite to that, the

644
00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:49.320
<v Speaker 1>opposite to conquerors is conquered, the opposite to owners is owned,

645
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<v Speaker 1>the opposite to favorites is underdog. Right, and we can

646
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<v Speaker 1>apply this to our own coaching context. Northerners like me

647
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<v Speaker 1>in England, and again this is why it's relevant we

648
00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:09.159
<v Speaker 1>formed rugby league. We've got a historical problem with Southerners

649
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<v Speaker 1>because based on that class system, we've had huge historical grievances,

650
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<v Speaker 1>whereas Northerners have been ignored, downtrodden, sometimes killed. But in

651
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<v Speaker 1>rugby league we were so fed up with what people

652
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<v Speaker 1>down south were doing we formed our own game and

653
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<v Speaker 1>called it rugby League in September nineth eighteen ninety five.

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<v Speaker 1>But because England as a nation has that arrogance about it,

655
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<v Speaker 1>overseas countries hate us and go twice as hard against us. Again,

656
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<v Speaker 1>when you're successful and you're coaching, everyone's going twice as

657
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<v Speaker 1>hard against you. Nothing fails like success when Norway beat

658
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<v Speaker 1>England for the first time ever in a World Cup

659
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<v Speaker 1>qualified in the early eighties. I think it was then

660
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<v Speaker 1>the legendary Norwegian commentator delivered the following on live TV.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, quote, we are the best in the world.

662
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<v Speaker 1>We are the best in the world. We have beaten England, England,

663
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<v Speaker 1>the birthplace of giants, Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, so winstant Churchill,

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<v Speaker 1>Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Atley, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana. We

665
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<v Speaker 1>have beaten them all. We have beaten them all. Maggie Satcher.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you hear me, Maggie Thatcher, Your boys took a

667
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<v Speaker 1>hell of a beating. Your boys took a hell of

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<v Speaker 1>a beating. When Argentina beat England last Wednesday, the Argentinians

669
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<v Speaker 1>unfilder fan banner at the end saying Las Malvinus on Argentinas,

670
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<v Speaker 1>which means the Falklands are ours. But guess what, we

671
00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:52.599
<v Speaker 1>got hold of them over one hundred years ago and

672
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<v Speaker 1>the UK owned them. So the you step up and win,

673
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<v Speaker 1>the minute you step up and dominate, and the more

674
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<v Speaker 1>you dominate. And there's a lot of coaches I know

675
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<v Speaker 1>out there who are winning games fifteen erl every week,

676
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<v Speaker 1>there'll be somebody who's trying to get you, and one

677
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<v Speaker 1>day they might if you're arrogant. So let's that brings

678
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<v Speaker 1>us to the present day. In the last decade in football, now,

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<v Speaker 1>this one is about how you package successful failure. In

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<v Speaker 1>the last decade in football with England have made a

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<v Speaker 1>semi final in twenty eighteen, a quarter final in twenty

682
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<v Speaker 1>twenty two and a semi final and then third place,

683
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<v Speaker 1>so the highest finished since nineteen sixty six in twenty

684
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<v Speaker 1>twenty six, and they also made the final of the

685
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<v Speaker 1>Your Roles in twenty twenty one twenty twenty four. So

686
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<v Speaker 1>that's the English equivalent of the sorry, the European equivalent

687
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<v Speaker 1>of the Copper America that I mentioned earlier. But because

688
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<v Speaker 1>our coach is German, just like me being a pomme

689
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<v Speaker 1>over here, you know, the the people still like to

690
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<v Speaker 1>call me that. They've been going to town on him

691
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<v Speaker 1>over the tactics he used against Argentina and the fact

692
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<v Speaker 1>that he was meant to be a winner and a

693
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<v Speaker 1>well paid winner at that. But remember earlier I said

694
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<v Speaker 1>he was worried about their mentality as a playing nation.

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<v Speaker 1>He kept referring to it. So for sixty years England

696
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<v Speaker 1>haven't won a World Cup. How many of you are

697
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<v Speaker 1>coaching teams and you're just struggling to get them over

698
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<v Speaker 1>the line. Right now, based on what I've said, results wise,

699
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<v Speaker 1>England are roughly top four in the world and top

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<v Speaker 1>two in Europe as I sit here right now. They

701
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<v Speaker 1>are top three in the world because they finished third

702
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<v Speaker 1>in the World Cup and Spain are the only other

703
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<v Speaker 1>European team above them in the World Cup. So the

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<v Speaker 1>top two in Europe is that not par achieved as

705
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<v Speaker 1>a minimum? They've actually just had one of the best

706
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<v Speaker 1>decades in English soccer history, but because of the pressure

707
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<v Speaker 1>from the media, it's being treated like the end of

708
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<v Speaker 1>the world. So which one's true? Glass half full or

709
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<v Speaker 1>glass half empty? Thomas Tuckle is also the most successful

710
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<v Speaker 1>foreign coach in the history of English football, and he's

711
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<v Speaker 1>the third one that's been foreign and he's now improved

712
00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:30.280
<v Speaker 1>on England's best return since nineteen sixty six. Two other

713
00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:34.400
<v Speaker 1>times they've made a semi final under two other managers

714
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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety and twenty eighteen, but Thomas has took them

715
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<v Speaker 1>one further. So which one is true it's a massive

716
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<v Speaker 1>failure or its improvement? Have a think about that when

717
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<v Speaker 1>you're thinking about your team's development. Now, let's have a

718
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<v Speaker 1>look at how Thomas Tuckle picked aside. You picked one

719
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<v Speaker 1>that was tall and tough physically. In the game against Argentina,

720
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<v Speaker 1>there went one up in and then it seemed after

721
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<v Speaker 1>that they went into a shell. And let me tell

722
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<v Speaker 1>you this, it's not for the first time, by the way,

723
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<v Speaker 1>in the last decade, or indeed the last sixty years.

724
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<v Speaker 1>So within another seventeen minutes, the coach decided to put

725
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<v Speaker 1>more defenders on and double down on the defensive stuff

726
00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:33.199
<v Speaker 1>that had worked in previous rounds. But what nobody in

727
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<v Speaker 1>the media is acknowledging is that the players didn't do

728
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<v Speaker 1>their job. The fear of failure crippled them. The fear

729
00:53:41.320 --> 00:53:46.760
<v Speaker 1>of failure crippled sportspeople, and some of your teams will

730
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<v Speaker 1>suffer that. Sometimes if you ever coached a team where

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<v Speaker 1>you're playing against somebody really good and they'd twenty four

732
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<v Speaker 1>nil down at halftime, and then they realize at half time, h,

733
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<v Speaker 1>we're not playing against monsters, and then play a little

734
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<v Speaker 1>better in the second half. That comes down to mentality.

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<v Speaker 1>Or you might play against a team that you should

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<v Speaker 1>be but you keep fluffing your lines. The fear of

737
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<v Speaker 1>failure can cripple sports people. You've heard of fight or flight.

738
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<v Speaker 1>Blood rushes to your limbs when that happens. Well, imagine

739
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<v Speaker 1>an English footballer or imagine one of your players. You're

740
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<v Speaker 1>ahead with thirty minutes to go, you start to overthink

741
00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:32.719
<v Speaker 1>every action, don't you, and then the fear of failure

742
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<v Speaker 1>in everything that comes with it. So for English footballers

743
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<v Speaker 1>it's the absolute abusefu'l cop on social media and in

744
00:54:39.719 --> 00:54:41.719
<v Speaker 1>the media if they make an error that leads to

745
00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:44.440
<v Speaker 1>them blowing this lead. And you know what happens when

746
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<v Speaker 1>you do that as a supportsperson. More blood rushes to

747
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<v Speaker 1>the brain to process your thoughts, which means less slightly

748
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<v Speaker 1>less in your limbs means your legs don't move in

749
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<v Speaker 1>the same way. So there's an actual physiological reason how

750
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<v Speaker 1>the pressure of performance impacture and impacts our teams. You've

751
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<v Speaker 1>heard of the concept of flow in sport. This is

752
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<v Speaker 1>the opposite. And like I said, I encountered this when

753
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<v Speaker 1>I was coaching it which stay high when I brought

754
00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:21.880
<v Speaker 1>them up the divisions. The players knew in big games

755
00:55:21.920 --> 00:55:25.079
<v Speaker 1>that potentially they had to perform if they were going

756
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<v Speaker 1>to pick up an an RL contract and in many

757
00:55:27.840 --> 00:55:33.440
<v Speaker 1>cases it was the last chance. And like the English

758
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<v Speaker 1>coach or the German English coach said about his football team,

759
00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:39.719
<v Speaker 1>my team were more afraid of dropping out the tournament

760
00:55:39.760 --> 00:55:44.159
<v Speaker 1>than having the excitement and hunger to win it. Because

761
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<v Speaker 1>under pressure we revert to type. Type is what we know.

762
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<v Speaker 1>So guess what gets us out of these problems? And

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<v Speaker 1>this is the coaching lesson. I finally got to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Through this podcast, I've talked about the importance of technicality

765
00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:07.960
<v Speaker 1>and making decisions yourself as a player rather than having

766
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<v Speaker 1>them spoon fed by a coach. If technically as a

767
00:56:12.079 --> 00:56:17.880
<v Speaker 1>player you aren't an absolute expert level, under pressure, you

768
00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:22.239
<v Speaker 1>won't perform at expert level. Sometimes when things are going

769
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<v Speaker 1>your way, you will perform at something that looks like

770
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<v Speaker 1>expert level. When they're going really poorly, you won't. The

771
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<v Speaker 1>absolute best sports people are disciplinarians when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>their technicality, and they ignore outside noise always. Throughout this

773
00:56:46.400 --> 00:56:48.920
<v Speaker 1>and other podcasts I've done over the years, there's been

774
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<v Speaker 1>many examples of how you can improve technically and mentally

775
00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:55.000
<v Speaker 1>as a rugby league player and how you can improve

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<v Speaker 1>it as a coach. If you are listening, You'll know

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<v Speaker 1>exactly where I've been coming from in this podcast. I

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<v Speaker 1>love your work, Take care, Speak to you next.

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<v Speaker 2>Week, SA say