The opening NSWRL Pathways camp of 2018 commenced at Narrabeen yesterday, with the state’s most promising young Rugby League talent gathering to be guided by managers and coaches that include a host of True Blues.
The three-day camp is one of the many long-term steps that aim to develop players as young as under-16s into potential State of Origin players further down the track, with junior Origin games (u-16s, u-18s and u-20s) being played annually against Queensland for them.
For the under-16s and under-18s – which are the players attending this three-day camp – results of the junior Origin games are a secondary priority, with development both on and off the field being the primary goal. In saying that, not a single NSW team in the Pathways
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Among those are Brydens Lawyers NSW Blues coach Danny Buderus, who coached the NSW Under-20s side to victory last year, and now plays a role in both juniors and seniors meaning there is a define link between the two.
“We kicked off the seniors on Saturday with the Emerging [Blues camp],” Buderus said to NSWRL.com.au.
“We had about 40 players there for that, and now we’ve got another 40 here with the 16s and 18s, it’s a start for them about the Pathways Program [which] has been running for about four years now.
“There’s been some graduates of that [including] Curtis Scott, Cam Murray, Campbell Graham, these guys have played first grade.
Nick Cotric, Brock Lamb, Victor Radley, Blake Laurie, Jai Field and Matt Dufty are just a handful of others who have made their NRL debut after coming out of the NSWRL Pathways Program, and they have some of the brightest futures within our
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“It’s about their training and off the field the strategies around being consistent in most parts of their life, then that will transfer onto the field.
“They’re all a little bit quiet at the moment but I’m looking forward to making them feel more comfortable and by Wednesday afternoon they should feel a part of the Pathways Program.”
Another True Blue lending his hand to the next generation of NSW is Mark O’Meley.
O’Meley, who terrorised Queensland from 2001 to 2006 through brute strength, will and toughness, is thrilled to be giving back to his state and helping the development of young players within NSW.
“As a kid coming through it was always something I looked up to, it was the pinnacle of junior Rugby League,” O’Meley said to NSWRL.com.au, referring to junior Origin games.
“You don’t need to overcomplicate Rugby League, Origin is about repetition, end-to-end football and the grind, so we’ve got some good skill here and good body shapes and we’ll try and get the best out of these kids.
“For me to be able to give back and try to help out, and hopefully have an imprint on these kids’ careers I’ll be pretty
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Football academies are environments in which promising footballers are trained and developed with the goal of becoming elite senior athletes (Crust, Nesti & Littlewood, 2010). English academies operate a dual sporting goal according to Isoard-Gautheur, Guillet-Ducas & Duda (2013), in which they aim to teach and help athlete’s master skills, but also have an obligation to ensure enough athletes break through into the senior team. Academies train athletes from the ages of 10 to 18 on a part time format, using elite coaches and elite competition between other academies to enhance their player’s ability (Crust, Nesti & Littlewood, 2010). Academies are very much utilised as a progressive filter, which begins with a large number of athletes at the youngest age, with progressively smaller numbers of athletes in each age group as age increases (Crust, Nesti & Littlewood, 2010). Whether an athlete is retained for the next year is subject to player evaluation by coaches and directors within the academy, thus requiring athletes to demonstrate competency as well as achieving success (Isoard-Gautheur, Guillet-Ducas & Duda, 2012; Crust, Nesti & Littlewood, 2010).
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