And staying positive!

All coaches will agree that in the wet you must observe basics:

The Three Ts

THE GAME WITHIN A GAME

The mighty prop forward - the unsung hero of rugby past and present.

What he needs to be

Sensibly my friend declined to do this for me for he felt he had, as I have, been too long out of the game.  But he has a son at university who is well qualified to tell us something about locks. His information is largely statistical, though. 

The way they do things

Guru writes: "During my long career as a coach I have come across many good hookers but none as good as the one I have asked to write this article on the position. There is not one International side in the world for which he could not have played."

Set the spirit free

Most International rugby sides are playing a brand of rugby that has little space in it for individual decision-making, flair and instinctive skill. Games are plotted and manufactured in offices by statisticians and video analysts and then players are instructed in detail and choreographed, moulded, so that automaton-like, in almost hypnotic state, they march to instructions, or should I say orders?

Make it fun

He speaks:
 
I have often pondered on the name ‘line-out’. What a drab and innocuous name for perhaps the most important structured facet of the modern game, and potentially one of the most stirring arenas of competition.

The Guru gets psychological

It is a fact that when a person is in a position of comfort he will produce little for he is content.