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[2018 Six Nations] England Squad
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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 897288" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>That we do agree on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>At what age are players specialising? My gut feel is that it's too young. Broadening that out, Aussie backs particularly spring to mind as often seeming comfortable in multiple positions. Should we be more concerned with developing all round skills and not worrying about the number on the back til a much later stage?</p><p></p><p>It's not necessarily a natural extension that the position you're best suited for at 16 will be the same at 26. Of all the team sports you see cricketers' roles continually evolving over time, in individual sports like athletics, swimming or cycling, you're forever seeing athletes switch to disciplines that require different skills or fitness attributes. Are we too quick to pigeon hole in rugby?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 897288, member: 73144"] That we do agree on. At what age are players specialising? My gut feel is that it’s too young. Broadening that out, Aussie backs particularly spring to mind as often seeming comfortable in multiple positions. Should we be more concerned with developing all round skills and not worrying about the number on the back til a much later stage? It’s not necessarily a natural extension that the position you’re best suited for at 16 will be the same at 26. Of all the team sports you see cricketers’ roles continually evolving over time, in individual sports like athletics, swimming or cycling, you’re forever seeing athletes switch to disciplines that require different skills or fitness attributes. Are we too quick to pigeon hole in rugby? [/QUOTE]
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