Coombabah High School

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Coombabah High School Canberra Raiders Joint
Venture
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Coombabah

• Coombabah State High School Rugby League Program
• Scott Marlow
• Rod Pryor
• Rod Wright
• Dave Cowderoy
• Ben Cooper
• Brett Timmis
• Australian based
• Rugby League development program
• Talent identification
• Our Schools vision - A Community Building
  Productive Partnerships and Pathways
• Coombabah is at the forefront of secondary
  education in Queensland
• Coombabah State High School situated at Runaway
  Bay on the Gold Coast Australia

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Coombabah SHS Rugby League

• Mission
• to prepare young men to take the opportunity when
  it arises, to compete and succeed at NRL level
• to provide the environment and opportunity for
  young men to fulfill their individual Rugby
  League potential.

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The Coombabah differenceWe dont just create
great athletes we create great menGreat
athletes dont compare to great athletes who are
also great men

• Man Management
• Players need more than ability
• Instilling a professional ethos
• Players need to be
• Disciplined
• Self motivated
• Of good character

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The Coombabah difference - cont

• Player Welfare
• Too many players are unable to cope with being
  under a professional sporting organisation
• Solution Our players are continually learning on
  how to act professionally, the requirements of
  being a man being responsible for their own
  actions their future
• Each day we instill the attitudes, disciplines,
  skills that make great athletes, those athletes
  who will make your job as a coach easy
• We will develop your preferred athletes/men

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Coombabah Key Strengths

• Experience
• in implementing a successful school based rugby
  league program developing a number of elite NRL
  players
• in coaching, strength conditioning junior
  development with NRL teams
• with junior representative teams giving us access
  to junior elite players
• Over 60 years experience
• Knowledge
• of Rugby League along with formal university
  qualifications
• Combined total of 8 university degrees, including
  6 in sport

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A Proven FormulaNRL Players developed under our
Westfield Sports High School system by Scott
Marlow Rod Wright
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The Key People

• Scott Marlow
• Rod Pryor
• Rod Wright
• Experience
• Knowledge
• Enthusiasm

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Scott Marlow

• Qualifications
• Bachelor of Education PE
• Westfield Sports High School
• Australias First Sports High School - 1992
• Director of Rugby League - 1992 - 2000
• Coach - 1992 2000
• Talent identification player recruitment
• Wests Tigers / Western Suburbs RLFC
• Assistant Coach - Premier League 2002 2003
  
• Talent identification player recruitment
• Coach - U/18 2001
• Coach U/17 1992
• Assistant Coach U/15 - 1990
• Strength Conditioning Coach - 1989

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Scott Marlow - cont

• St George Dragons RLFC
• Assistant Coach First Grade of season program -
  1996
• Coach U/21s 1996
• Talent identification player recruitment
• Parramatta Eels
• Coach U/19 1993
• Talent identification player recruitment

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Scott Marlow - cont

• Coombabah State High School
• Rugby League Coach 2005 - present
• NSWCHS Metropolitan
• Coach Opens Rugby League Team 1992 1993

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Rod Pryor

• Qualifications
• Bachelor of Education PE
• Level 2 Coach
• Level 1 strength and conditioning coach
• Level 1 Referee
• Coombabah SHS
• Rugby League Coordinator 2007
• Coach U/13, U/14 opens 2000 - 2007
• Identified and developed Tim Smith and Jeremy
  Smith
• Queensland Secondary Schoolboys
• Organising Committee for U/18 State Carnival
• Organising Committee for U/15 State Carnival
• South Coast Open Rugby League
• Coach 2000 2005
• Selector

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Rod Pryor - cont

• Runaway Bay JRL
• Coaching Director 1999 2001
• Gold Coast Club Champions Runners Up - 2001
• Gold Coast Club Champions - 2000
• Gold Coast Club Champions - 1999
• U/15 Australian Schoolboys
• Selector - 1998
• Qld Southern Division
• Selector - 2001
• Trainer - 2000

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Rod Pryor - cont

• Broadwater Open Schoolboys
• Coach 1999
• Selector
• Level one coaching course presenter
• South Australian RL
• development officer working closely with the
  Adelaide Rams 1997
• State Coach U/17
• State Selector U/18, U15 U12
• Coach - Open Primary Schoolboys
• Coach - SARL North Representative
• Assistant coach of the Terry Lamb Cup Squad
• Assistant Coach of the Open Schoolboy side
  winning the Sam Davies Shield at the National
  Schoolboy Carnival

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Rod Wright

• Playing History
• Penrith Panthers First Grade 1981-1983
• Rookie of the year 1981
• Qualifications
• Bachelor of Education PE
• Westfield Sports High School
• Australias First Sports High School
• Coach - Opens, U/15, U/14 U/13 - 1992- 2002
• Talent identification player recruitment
• Parramatta Eels RLFC
• Strength coach 1991-93
• Speed Coach - Elite Junior Rugby League
  Development Program

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Rod Wright - cont

• St George Dragons RLFC
• Assistant Coach 1996
• Talent identification player recruitment
• Yamaha Rugby Japan
• Coach 2003-2004
• Sydney University Rugby Union
• Coach 2003
• Personal Coach/Trainer 1987-90
• Coombabah Rugby League
• Coach 2008

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Todays Situation

• In 3 short years our program has grown 600 from
  30 to 180 players due to a number of factors
  including the increased public perception of a
  successful developmental program.

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Todays Situation

• Through effective coaching training methods,
  players abilities have improved resulting in an
  increase in player representative numbers by 350

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The Proposal

• 1. Identify potential players through Raiders
  talent scouts
• 2. Recruit those identified players into the
  Coombabah/Raiders rugby league program
• 3. Coach/Train players on 4 times per week by a
  number of highly qualified experienced
  Coombabah coaches
• Potential Target Players
• New Zealand players moving to Australia
  boarding/living on Gold Coast.
• Gold Coast New Zealand born/ Pacific Islanders
  identified and placed in school
• Brisbane and South Brisbane players identified
  and placed in school
• Players identified in Australia- eg. North QLD,
  interstate students moving to the Gold Coast
• Financial support through contra and other
• Coach education, program clinics held at
  Coombabah and development camps for students

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The Proposal

• We propose a partnership between Coombabah State
  High School Canberra Raiders. The coaches at
  the school have the passion and expertise to make
  this proposal a mutually beneficial venture.
• Coombabah/Raiders to identify potential players
• Raiders/Coombabah recruit those identified
  players into the Coombabah/Raiders rugby league
  program
• Coach/Train players 4 times per week during
  school time plus 3 strength conditioning
  sessions by a number of highly qualified
  experienced Coombabah coaches
• Development Squads

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Advantages to Canberra Raiders

• Direct access regular ongoing involvement with
  elite players who are receiving professional
  coaching man management on a daily basis
• Ability to direct the coaching of elite players
  inline with the Raiders coaching principles
  program
• Minimal time required
• coaching by CSHSRL program
• assistance in player identification
• Minimal financial outgoing/commitment
• Through our continual involvement in junior rugby
  league as
• School coaches
• Representative team coaches, selectors trainers
• Talent identifiers

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Advantages to Canberra Raiders - cont

• A secure place for young Raiders to be placed
• Australian, New Zealanders and other Pacific
  Islanders
• Experienced coaches with proven ability to
  identify and develop young talent to an NRL level
• Players can be identified in NZ and placed with
  families on the Gold Coast
• Strategies implemented to prevent burn out and
  or contradictory coaching scenarios
• Sound educational environment
• Good Academic results
• A strong emphasis on discipline
• Good man management

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Summary

• Proven system Westfield Sports High School
• Experienced Qualified Coaches
• Intend to make this the benchmark junior
  development program in Australia
• The coaches have a demonstrated ability to
• 1) Identify quality talent
• 2) Nurture and develop that talent to NRL level
• We believe the reason put before you deserves
  thorough investigation and we look forward to a
  rich partnership

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Contact

• Rod Pryor
• rpryo2_at_eq.edu.au
• 0430 039 392