The making of an All Black: how New Zealand sustains its rugby dynasty

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The making of an All Black: how New Zealand sustains its rugby dynasty

 

A country of just four million is home to arguably the most dominant team in sport. But how do the All Blacks remain at the pinnacle more than 100 years after the ‘Originals’ established their supremacy?

 

 

O artigo é grande e muito completo por isso não o vou colar aqui, mais vale ler no seu formato original da página do The Guardian. Vale a pena ler mesmo para quem não siga o rugby.

Deixo aqui umas passagens que se referem a 3 medidas que tomaram para desenvolverem a formação e aumentarem o numero de praticantes.

 

 

A talented 18-year old will be pulled in several different directions, by his school, his provincial union, his old club, and his local Super Rugby franchise. There is a tension here. But, interestingly, the NZRU seems less concerned about the kids who do make it than the ones who don’t. A lot of what the NZRU does at this level is about “keeping as many kids as possible in the system, playing the game, moving on with it through the age groups”. They have a small player base in New Zealand and are determined to maximise it.

 

The idea is that the longer you keep a child playing the game, the better the odds they develop into a top player. And for the many more who don’t make it, they at least develop a love of the game, which means “they watch it on TV, they buy Sky subscriptions, they join their provincial union, and more importantly than all, in a generation’s time they take their kids to play rugby”.

 

Three measures stand out. The first is weight gradings. In urban areas where there is a large playing base, children often have the choice of playing in teams that are organised by size rather than age.

 

A teenager could play for the under-15 team, or he could play for the under 55kg team. Weight-graded rugby is the fastest-growing form of the game in New Zealand today. Especially among adults. Some clubs now offer an under 80kg grade.

 

The second measure is more controversial. It’s called the half-time rule. In all youth matches, whenever one team is winning by 30 points or more at half-time, the two coaches are obliged to meet to discuss what they can do to even the game up. The winning side might decide to take off their best player or move him to another position.

 

The third measure is the least popular. At every level below school first XV, coaches are obliged to give every player in their match-day squad at least a half of rugby. “We get emails saying: ‘This is a bloody nonsense,’ ‘Political correctness gone mad,’ and all of that,” Anderson admits. “But we also get emails from parents saying: ‘Thank you, my kid was about to leave because he wasn’t getting any game time.’”

Editado 11 Setembro 2015 por antifa

[dragomir]

Melhores do mundo!

[Chuto]

Gosto das 3 medidas, embora a última só funcione bem se estivermos a falar de uma equipa que ganhe com regularidade. É que nas camadas jovens do nosso futebol, os treinadores também fazem isso e depois instala-se uma cultura de derrota com base no argumento "o que interessa é participar".

[Cabeça de giz]

"um desporto de arruaceiros jogado por cavalheiros. " decorei esta frase no meu primeiro treino, nunca fui fanático do jogo em si, mas sou 1000% apaixonado pela treinos, a camaradagem, os jogos, as 3as partes. além disso, all blacks > deuses :handclap:

 

Gosto das 3 medidas, embora a última só funcione bem se estivermos a falar de uma equipa que ganhe com regularidade. É que nas camadas jovens do nosso futebol, os treinadores também fazem isso e depois instala-se uma cultura de derrota com base no argumento "o que interessa é participar".

é o "americanizar" de qualquer desporto, e até os americanos estão a voltar o bico ao prego e regressar ao "winning spirit"