nitv.org.au/barefoot Week Ending 15 th May 2009 THIS WEEKLY RLCM NEWSLETTER CAN BE SENT TO YOUR CLUB BY EMAIL For your distribution to your coaches Just send an email To: [email protected] Subject: RLCMPDF Foxtel NITV Channel 180 Stop Those Injuries Extract from RLCM eBook 'Care of the Injured Player' by Doug King NZRCpN DipNg PGDipSportMed (Otago) The biggest killer to any team is the 3.Power activities designed to cause the highest number of injury toll within that period crucial provide explosive power training, injuries. These can be for a variety to the team performance on the of reasons such as poor point's board - in season. 4.Games designed to provide a preparation, poor conditioning, skill based training situation i n a p p r o p r i a t e t r a i n i n g o r This can be the make or break of directly transferred to the game overtraining. So what is the answer the competition for the club and scenario, for these types of injuries – no can also be disheartening for the running? team players as well. 5.Tackle/pad drills designed to condition the players to the bumps Well I don't think the game would Wouldn't it be nice to have a team and rigors of tackling and contact handle that and unconditioned of players who never get injured within the game, players out on the field are more and are able to turn up each week likely to be severely injured so for training and playing without any 6.Opposed games designed to there has to be a running niggles that can distract them from simulate the opposition against the component to any training session. the game? teams moves and strategies, Add in the fact that fatigue of the Experience and research has 7. Kick/catch drills designed to player leads to an increased risk of identified that the most common provide the continuous learned an injury occurring especially as injuries are within the lower behaviour necessary within the the research has shown the largest extremities such as knees, ankles game amount of injuries occur in the and hamstring/quadriceps. These second half of the game. are often directly related to 8.Conditioning and energy based activities carried out prior to the activities such as running and Therefore, there has to be some injury occurring. sprints, and form of conditioning programme for the players but how to do this Injuries in the game are not that 9.Cool down activities designed to while reducing the risk of injuring easy to counteract, and if return the player's body to the non- them in the process is the measures were put into place to do exercising state. question. this, then possibly the thrill of watching the game would be taken Within any training session there is For the conditioning and energy- away. always the risk of an injury based trainings, a well thought out occurring especially in the contact preseason programme needs to However, changing the training type drills and in any opposed be implemented. It should aspect of the game preparation is activity where there is a incorporate a gradual increase in an area we can review and requirement for a quick reaction the running speed and distance hopefully meet the coach's desire type movement that the body may over a sensible period of time. to have a fully fit team with the not be prepared for. necessary skills and attributes to cont' page 3 win the competition. Of the injuries that do occur, the most common types are the strains Care for the injured Player Broken into basic groups, the and sprains of the soft tissues in - Before the Competition starts training session can be seen to the lower extremities. - Emergency Management Preparedness consist of several activities. - Injury Prevention - Some Training ideas These are the typical strained - Injury Prevention Strategies These are: muscle "pulled hamstring" etc, and A Sports Nurse - Injury Statistics in Rugby League: what now 1. Warm up activities designed to the sprained ankle or twisted knee - Functional Stretching prepare the player's body for the that can occur when the players Perspective - Nutritional Consideration of the younger player ensuing session, are running. - The Injured Player: Emergencies in the game rlcm - Concussion C O A C H I N G - The Positive side of an injury 2. Agility drills designed to provide Of all the training activities, the CD ROM ● E-BOOKS ● DVD a game related quick dexterity conditioning and energy-based Order Now! 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But Benji Marshall's first game as advantage of your side, and to the John seems to have forgotten that Kiwis captain didn't go to plan, but disadvantage of the opposition, his side benefitted from two how much blame does he then there will be no-try. And that's obstruction decisions in their deserve? Friday night's 38-10 loss what happened in my view victory over South Sydney the to Australia was a classic regarding the Slater incident. I previous week, when he had no performance by Marshall - thought it was a correct decision, issues. He said after the Knights something magic one minute, and referees boss Robert Finch that he would be accused of being something shocking the next. But thought it was the right decision, a whinger. Well, I'm accusing him that's something Kiwis fans have too. Interestingly, I attended a of whingeing. I think we just have to come to expect from the five- conference at the end of last establish the best time to debate eighth turned halfback. Marshall is season - where all the clubs were these issues. And I don't think the an enigmatic player who thrives on represented - and nine out of 10 time is after any particular game emotion and likes to take chances - people, if not more, had no dramas during a particular round of the sometimes those chances pay off with the interpretation of the rules. season. From foxsports.com.au and sometimes they don't. He made several costly errors in The representatives, a who's who general play, the biggest of those of the NRL, were asked "Should Laffranchi facing one-match was a poor pass from a scrum we review the current obstruction Gold Coast backrower Anthony which was knocked on by Iosia rule?" Well, 93 per cent of the Laffranchi is in danger of missing Soliola. That directly led to people present said "don't change Friday night's derby against Australia's first try. anything"; 1 per cent said they had Brisbane after being charged with From tvnz.co.nz "no strong view"; and just 6 per striking. cent requested change. The "potential topic" wasn't debated Let's start with the video beyond that point because of those RL European Federation U16's referees. From Fox Sports rugby responses. Now, however, we've To u r n a m e n t s c o n f i r m e d league commentator Warren suddenly got a great outcry, which, Belgrade will again play host to the Smith There are two parts to the frankly, I find stunning. As far as RLEF Under 16’s tournament in discussion: video referees and two referees are concerned, you 2009, which will take place over calls re. obstruction and double would think we've had an five days in August; the Serbian movements; and the debate about avalanche of penalties and you'd capital having successfully staged two referees v one referee, and the think they're finding new penalties it two years ago. For the first time consistency in interpretation while to award. the competition will be split into a making decisions. I was citical of Cup and a Shield, a change that the double-movement decision But in reality, there's hardly any was agreed at the last RLEF board against Johnathan Thurston in the change in the number of penalties meeting prior to the World Club North Queensland Cowboys-St awarded this season compared Challenge at Elland Road in George Illawarra game. I thought with last year. But there's only one March. he should have been awarded a penalty more per game in 2009. try; it was very clear from my point W e f o r g e t t h e r e f e r e e s of view. Regarding obstruction, I controversies in the past; referee Lebanon Rugby League Update think 95 per cent of the time, we're controversies have been around a Bethan Simpson, daughter of MEP getting the right decisions. But we long time. We need to take a (Member European Parliament) had a case in the Test match breather, and we need to work out Brian, has just completed a two between Australia and New the best time to air the questions.