New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:43 pm  

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Shaun-Br ... story.html?

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Shaun-Br ... story.html?

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Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:00 am  

I think local clubs are being encouraged to become 'player development centres'. This replaces the old 'service area' structure, but requires more support from the SL club - presumably Shaun Briscoe will provide some of this support ?

Perhaps Walter has more info ?

Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:10 pm  

I think I'm right in saying that this is linked with Lee Mitchell returning to the club in a community coach role. The Sky funding has given more room to move to try and boost playing figures in the town. But I'm sure he would be used in the academy development too, with his background, maybe as a stepping stone to a coaching role

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Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:22 pm  

I had not heard about this, is his move official as yet ?

Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:50 pm  

Makes sense I think he lives on Chapelford and maybe is sick of the commute

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Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:33 pm  

I thought he was signed up for Batley next year ? Perhaps he is doing both jobs though.

Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:27 am  

Coming in as a Community Coach working in Primary and Secondary schools. There is Sky money being made available to every club to increase participation that is ring fenced for the next 7 years. Lee Mitchell and Shaun will be carrying out a similar role to Lee Westwood in the schools around the town.

The "Player Development Centre" idea being pushed by the RFL has recently been scrapped however their is a similar scheme going ahead under the England banner.

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Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Sat Nov 29, 2014 7:33 am  

Thanks for that. The principle of the development centres was that the SL club provided support to the local clubs and schools rather than hoovering up all the juniors into their academies. That sounded like a good idea as quite a few clubs were complaining that they were unable to run certain age groups as they didn't have the numbers. Presumably this is still the approach then ?

Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:32 pm  

That is BskyB safe guarding their future customers with investment.

Re: New back room staff member - Shaun Briscoe : Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:16 pm  

Is there still sport actually played in secondary schools these days or is it all done at private after school sessions with sports clubs . I know there was a time when competitive sport was banned in schools to avoid giving inferiority complexes to the physically challenged.

Apparently the Rugby Union are after targeting every school in Britain to get their message across.