Pathways Riley Pollard

Sharks NRL Prospects said:
My guess would be Sharks all week and then Jets for captain's run.

Most of the Jets team would be training together with the Sharks though.

From yesterday's 17... JJBM and Rajab no. McCulloch, Fearnley and Dixon unknown. Everybody else yes.

If you go back a few pages I listed the "B" team that was shown in training during Ronnie's recovery video. That was before Ison came back. Williams, Dellow and Grantham are also training full time.
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Cheers. Any idea what that looks like when they move back to the jets for a captains run. You'd have to assume they are training sharks structures whilst with nrl and given that's most of the time then the jets coach can't have much ability to implement his own plans/structures. Must be an odd scenario as the coach.
Sharks NRL Prospects said:
Not in top 30 this year. Functionally no difference between Dev or T&T. Just money.

You should know by now not to treat the Sharks website as a reliable source of info.
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Fair play. Cheers.
 
Proud Shark said:
Cheers. Any idea what that looks like when they move back to the jets for a captains run. You'd have to assume they are training sharks structures whilst with nrl and given that's most of the time then the jets coach can't have much ability to implement his own plans/structures. Must be an odd scenario as the coach.
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I can't know obviously - but that's a good guess.

People obsess over "systems" but in my experience it doesn't work as smoothly as people think it does. It's great for language/comms around things that are standards (shapes, naming your sets, places on the field, etc.) and it works really well for when players come up to the top team, but for how you want to play they don't translate down to lower grades because that is usually personnel specific. I want Riley Pollard to be the best version of Riley Pollard. I don't want him trying to match the style of the NRL halves.

If I was the feeder coach in this situation I'd go with "keep it simple" and "let them play".
 
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Sharks NRL Prospects said:
I can't know obviously - but that's a good guess.

People obsess over "systems" but in my experience it doesn't work as smoothly as people think it does. It's great for language/comms around things that are standards (shapes, naming your sets, places on the field, etc.) and it works really well for when players come up to the top team, but for how you want to play they don't translate down to lower grades because that is usually personnel specific. I want Riley Pollard to be the best version of Riley Pollard. I don't want him trying to match the style of the NRL halves.

If I was the feeder coach in this situation I'd go with "keep it simple" and "let them play".
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Mate, do teams still need code names for specific plays and if so, do they need to change them each week?
 
Sir Chadley said:
Mate, do teams still need code names for specific plays and if so, do they need to change them each week?
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Different teams might have names for certain shapes or for a specific set they run. i.e. different call for a yardage set with outside backs versus one where the forward get heavily involved. NRL players are at that level because they know their jobs though, so it's not like someone is reminding them every 5 seconds or anything. Once call at the scrum or whatever should be enough. The ballplayer then manages the guys around him for shape etc.
 
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