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<blockquote data-quote="youmerugby" data-source="post: 497533" data-attributes="member: 52082"><p>I agree. So many players slip through the cracks it's a sin. In some ways I compare it to the Jamaican sprinting scene. I read a snippet from a book where Dennis Johnson (the great Jamaican sprinter turned coach) talks about how it takes four years for him to take a high school sprinter’s times down to the 10.0 level, and he has done so hundreds of times. There isn’t a magic food out there.</p><p></p><p>Scientific-based coaching, remain injury free, good genetics, a solid work ethic, and a team with a good support staff, and you’ll get those times in 4 years. Not overnight. Guaranteed.</p><p></p><p>With this in mind, if rugby players (and coaches for that matter) had access to the same pool of information as the the "elite" and were able to apply it each day/week/month I'd say many more schools/clubs/lower tier countries would be able to churn out better playing and coaching standards and not have to rely on changing schools/clubs/countries just to get exposure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="youmerugby, post: 497533, member: 52082"] I agree. So many players slip through the cracks it's a sin. In some ways I compare it to the Jamaican sprinting scene. I read a snippet from a book where Dennis Johnson (the great Jamaican sprinter turned coach) talks about how it takes four years for him to take a high school sprinter’s times down to the 10.0 level, and he has done so hundreds of times. There isn’t a magic food out there. Scientific-based coaching, remain injury free, good genetics, a solid work ethic, and a team with a good support staff, and you’ll get those times in 4 years. Not overnight. Guaranteed. With this in mind, if rugby players (and coaches for that matter) had access to the same pool of information as the the "elite" and were able to apply it each day/week/month I'd say many more schools/clubs/lower tier countries would be able to churn out better playing and coaching standards and not have to rely on changing schools/clubs/countries just to get exposure. [/QUOTE]
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