Book 6: Learn @ Home Coaching Rugby League Project: Academy of Excellence for Coaching Rugby League Personal Skills and Fitness Drills
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It begins over a century ago, when Mr. George Holcroft, was given charge of Leigh St. Peters R.L.F.C. in 1889.
He married and when his family grew up, Jack, Harry, William and Tom all played for local teams. They married and George's grandsons Bert and Bill also played.
Bert Holcroft has been a distinguished servant for the game of Rugby all his life. He holds coaching certificates from BOTH the Australian and British governing bodies - one of only a handful of men to achieve such an honour in the game's history.
For 20-odd years Bert Holcroft has had one of the unlikeliest jobs in sport - teaching Australian Rugby Coaches how to coach!
Considering the Australian dominance of World Rugby in recent years, that might seem a par with taking coal to Newcastle.
But make no mistake, Bert Holcroft has done as much as anyone to ensure Australia's re-emergence as a major Rugby power.
On the face of it, Australia wouldn't seem to need any outside help, let alone from a Pom. Their record of only one Test defeat since 1978 speaks for itself. But Bert's reputation is nation-wide "down under" - quite simply he's one of the best in the business.
Bert, who played for Leigh between 1950-60, has spent much of his latter years Down Under lecturing to top-grade coaches in New South Wales.
Born and bred in Cameron Street, Leigh, Bert has few peers when it comes to teaching the basics of the 13 a side game. Since emigrating in the late 60's, Bert has dedicated his life to coaching and fitness techniques. Teams in Queensland, New South Wales and Sydney have all come under his influence - often with spectacular results. Bert's credentials are impeccable.
Last summer, he achieved the highest accolade in Australia - his Grade Three certificate personally signed by the then Australian league chairman Kevin Humphreys and the Director of Coaching, Peter Corcoran. Three years earlier, Bert has sailed through his Grade One and Two with flying colours. In 1953, he was awarded his senior coaching certificate in England.
Bert, who held a number of posts at Hilton Park before emigrating to Australia, has spent a lot of his time heavily involved with Rugby in the universities there. He became director of coaching for the University of New South Wales and later coach of the Combined Universities side.
Coaching Accreditation awarded by the Australian Institute of Sport, Department of Sport and Recreation NSW and the NSW Rugby League for administration, as well as being awarded National Coaching Certificates in both Britain and Australia - one of only a handful of people to do so.
Eventually the offer of a job in Sydney came - to coach Premiership glamorous club, Eastern Suburbs.
Bert Holcroft
My name is Bert Holcroft, I am a World Accredited Northern & Southern Hemisphere coach. I have spent a lifetime developing specialist fitness, dietry, coaching and training techniques for some of the worlds leading sports people in All Contact Sports
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Book 6 - Bert Holcroft
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Contents
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
35100.png35119.png35124.pngRUGBY REVELATIONS
VIRTUAL REALITY IN CYBER SPACE
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF FUTURISTIC
INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
ILLUSTRATED DEPICTING ELITE
FINESSE FOR SPORTS EXCELLENCE
By ACCREDITED GRADE III COACH—BERT HOLCROFT.
E-mail: bert@sportsrevent.com
Postal Address: 50 Pennine Grove, Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK
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35130.pngSECTION 1
MODES OF FITNESS
Accreditation
FITNESS REVELATIONS
PSYCHOLOGICAL & PHYSIOLOGICAL
FACTORS, INTERACTING,
INTERCHANGING,
INTEGRATING, TO ATTAIN NEW WORLD
ELITE FITNESS FOR SUPREMACY.
UPGRADED ILLUSTRATIONS AND
TECHNIQUES THROUGH MODERN
SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES.
FACILITATING A NEW MODE
OF FITNESS REGIMES
Introduction
PROGRAMMING THE BODY FOR SUCCESS MENTAL IMAGE TRAINING (M.I.T.)
BERT HOLCROFT
This equates with Conceptual and Perceptual imagery, facilitating the five disciplines of sporting participation and reaction to Stress and Pressure Situations.
1. Sports Psychology (Mind and Body).
2. Sports Physiology (Energy Facilitation).
3. Basic Game Disciplines (Visual Reactions).
4. Academic Disciplines (Learning Process).
5. Skill and Technical (Disciplines).
These functional proficiency disciplines should co-ordinate with the physiology, i.e. the Nine Levels
of accepted fitness. – Plateaux, optimum fitness levels, 9 disciplines and the acquirement of the same.
Perception or Conceived Perceptions
require perceived knowledge of A. Object, B. It’s Presence, C, Space and Time and D. Direction and Elevation, derived and perceived from past learning and conceived from participation and experience gained in actual contesting the game of your choice at the highest level under pressure situations. Experiences gained are assessed for their Technical Proficiency and Efficiency, i.e. A. Correct Movements of the fundamental skill, B. Bio-Mechanically and Functionally, C. Correction Drills are initiated if required. Conceived Perception is gained by teaching and facilitating a learning process of correct movement patterns. These patterns are gained by repetitive technical related drills relating to Personal Variables in pressure Orientated Situations. These Personal Variables which relate to skill patterns and the energy systems are facilitated by Perceptual Images and Motor Nerve Impulses, which create an efficient Engram System
. These stored Motor Engrams respond to Automated Response impulse reaction to Elite Participants under Pressure Situations.
CALISTHENICS FOR WARM-UP ABDOMINALS
UPPER BODY
1. (8 stations x 20 reps)
30847.pngLOWER BODY
30869.pngMOBILITY AND STRENGTH
DO NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH DURING EXERCISE
UPPER BODY
2. Push-ups
Increases strength and endurance in shoulders and chest muscles. Muscular strength and endurance.
30900.pngLOWER BODY
3. Tucking High Jump
Provides exercise for heart and lungs, development of power in the legs and a mobility exercise for the spine and hips. Agility and mobility.
30911.pngCALISTHENICS FOR WARM UP CIRCUIT
MINIMUM 20 REPETITIONS
LOWER BODY
4. Astride Jumping (Agility & Mobility)
This develops power in the legs and is a mobility exercise for the hips.
* Lift arms to shoulder level.
30978.png5. Squats (Lower Body)
Strengthens the thigh muscles. Muscular strength.
30968.png6. Burpees (Upper & Lower Body)
For stamina and suppleness, endurance and agility.
30959.pngFACTORS INFLUENCING SPORTS PERFORMANCE:
Flexibility: Stretching Exercises.
Stretching after warm-up (not before warming up) is an essential factor to prevent muscle injury when intensity is increased. Joint flexibility is Important in all sports to maximise performance and to prevent soft tissue injury. Flexibility exercises should also be performed to compensate for the shortening effect which repetitive exercise has on working muscles.
The athlete should precede stretching exercises with large muscle group warm-up activity and should stretch all muscle groups, particularly those engaged in the sport. Pre-training for contact sports must include (Compact-impact-Collision Drills).
Rules of Stretching
1. Never bounce when you are stretching, just stretch to a comfortable position and hold it. When you