Opinion: I tell kids who want to be aspiring halfbacks to learn their trade in touch football, writes Andrew Johns
I tell kids I coach these days who want to be aspiring halfbacks to learn their trade in touch football.
Look around the NRL and there’s a real lack of halfbacks. They’re not exactly growing off trees. It’s hard for the kids to learn their trade – and that can start as young as six, seven or eight years of age when you’re learning how to step, how to pass and how far to go to the line – and these poor kids are terrified of getting smashed.
They had a really solid win last week against Manly, but I thought their attack looked rushed and frantic.
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