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BRISBANE performance boss Alex Corvo, one of the coaches behind Melbourne Storm's decade of dominance, is on a mission to turn the Broncos into warhorses.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/how-ill-turn-brisbane-broncos-into-warhorses-reveals-performance-boss-alex-corvo/story-e6freon6-1226811524646
Having noted the evolution of the NRL's superstars into 80-minute performers and Brisbane's sequence of second-half collapses last year, the Broncos' pre-season focus has been on preparing stayers.
Head coach Anthony Griffin and Corvo have made it painfully clear during conditioning sessions they are less concerned with size of players' biceps than they are in big-hearted finishers who can use their superior fitness to execute matchwinning plays.
The emphasis, according to the head of performance, is on preparing combinations who can deliver repeat power efforts until the death.
"You don't want them just going through the motions. You want a group in those (last) five minutes who are capable of an extraordinary effort," Corvo said.
"If that effort's below your best it's probably not going to be a matchwinning one.
"More and more games are going to be in the balance up until the very end.
"The teams who win those close games, it's not a coincidence.
"They're the ones who are better prepared, better structured and have a plan for those minutes."
"We look for backrowers capable of playing halves of footy, not needing to be interchanged.
"And there's an expectation, if you're a middle forward, of playing (at least) 20 minutes.
"If you're not capable of 20 minutes of high intensity footy you're a bit of a passenger.
"It means some one else has to play more minutes."
The Broncos have been enduring more running and longer sessions over summer as they gallop towards next month's trials and the season-opener against the Bulldogs on March 7.
There is, however, some comfort for the less athletic footballers in the squad.
"There's also room for pure footballers," Corvo said.
"If you recruited purely on physical capabilities, Cameron Smith, the best player in the competition, probably wouldn't be an NRL player
"If he was at the Magic Millions you probably wouldn't have bought him as a colt, but he has other qualities."
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/how-ill-turn-brisbane-broncos-into-warhorses-reveals-performance-boss-alex-corvo/story-e6freon6-1226811524646
Having noted the evolution of the NRL's superstars into 80-minute performers and Brisbane's sequence of second-half collapses last year, the Broncos' pre-season focus has been on preparing stayers.
Head coach Anthony Griffin and Corvo have made it painfully clear during conditioning sessions they are less concerned with size of players' biceps than they are in big-hearted finishers who can use their superior fitness to execute matchwinning plays.
The emphasis, according to the head of performance, is on preparing combinations who can deliver repeat power efforts until the death.
"You don't want them just going through the motions. You want a group in those (last) five minutes who are capable of an extraordinary effort," Corvo said.
"If that effort's below your best it's probably not going to be a matchwinning one.
"More and more games are going to be in the balance up until the very end.
"The teams who win those close games, it's not a coincidence.
"They're the ones who are better prepared, better structured and have a plan for those minutes."
"We look for backrowers capable of playing halves of footy, not needing to be interchanged.
"And there's an expectation, if you're a middle forward, of playing (at least) 20 minutes.
"If you're not capable of 20 minutes of high intensity footy you're a bit of a passenger.
"It means some one else has to play more minutes."
The Broncos have been enduring more running and longer sessions over summer as they gallop towards next month's trials and the season-opener against the Bulldogs on March 7.
There is, however, some comfort for the less athletic footballers in the squad.
"There's also room for pure footballers," Corvo said.
"If you recruited purely on physical capabilities, Cameron Smith, the best player in the competition, probably wouldn't be an NRL player
"If he was at the Magic Millions you probably wouldn't have bought him as a colt, but he has other qualities."
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