I remember seeing a thing on tv some years ago where a Parra juniors coach was interviewed and said something along the lines of "When identifying talent if I have a choice out of an athlete or someone with footy talent I'll take the athlete."
When I heard that I could not believe it, but if you look at our juniors over a number of years now we seem to be churning out a very similar type of player. And how many good 'footballers' who might not be the biggest units as kids have we lost who have gone to other clubs and become very good NRL players.
A mixture of big athlete types and players with genuine football smarts is what we need.
Are we targeting the wrong juniors?
When I heard that I could not believe it, but if you look at our juniors over a number of years now we seem to be churning out a very similar type of player. And how many good 'footballers' who might not be the biggest units as kids have we lost who have gone to other clubs and become very good NRL players.
A mixture of big athlete types and players with genuine football smarts is what we need.
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