ENGLAND is to scale new heights in
an effort to make up ground on Australia and New Zealand in time for the
2013 Rugby League World Cup.
Coach Steve McNamara will take a 24-man squad on a 10-day
high-altitude training camp to South Africa next month in preparation
for the clashes with the Kangaroos and Kiwis, as well as the autumn
triangular tournament involving Wales and France.
The squad, comprising members of the elite training squad and the NRL-based internationals, will leave the UK on October 10, four days after the UK Super League Grand Final, and set up camp at the acclaimed North-West University Training Centre at Potchefstroom.
Spain were based at the sports campus during their successful 2010 World Cup campaign and some of Britain's Olympic athletes used the facilities in the build-up to London 2012.
"I am very excited that we will be taking our elite players to a high-altitude training camp," said McNamara.
"We believe we are the first international rugby league team to train at high altitude and it will be something new for the players.
"Our preparation and planning will be vital over the year ahead. We have to give the players every opportunity to reach their full potential if we are going to fulfil our objective of winning the Rugby League World Cup in 2013."
The squad were given details of the camp at this week's England get-together by England's national team performance manager Mark Bitcon.
"The fact that nobody has done it before in rugby league is pioneering and from the impact it has had on other elite athletes, we should see our players make some significant gains," Bitcon said.
"We are believers in thinking outside of the box and giving the players every opportunity of beating the Australians and New Zealanders in a major tournament."
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Coach Steve McNamara will take a 24-man squad on a 10-day
high-altitude training camp to South Africa next month in preparation
for the clashes with the Kangaroos and Kiwis, as well as the autumn
triangular tournament involving Wales and France.The squad, comprising members of the elite training squad and the NRL-based internationals, will leave the UK on October 10, four days after the UK Super League Grand Final, and set up camp at the acclaimed North-West University Training Centre at Potchefstroom.
Spain were based at the sports campus during their successful 2010 World Cup campaign and some of Britain's Olympic athletes used the facilities in the build-up to London 2012.
"We believe we are the first international rugby league team to train at high altitude and it will be something new for the players.
"Our preparation and planning will be vital over the year ahead. We have to give the players every opportunity to reach their full potential if we are going to fulfil our objective of winning the Rugby League World Cup in 2013."
The squad were given details of the camp at this week's England get-together by England's national team performance manager Mark Bitcon.
"The fact that nobody has done it before in rugby league is pioneering and from the impact it has had on other elite athletes, we should see our players make some significant gains," Bitcon said.
"We are believers in thinking outside of the box and giving the players every opportunity of beating the Australians and New Zealanders in a major tournament."
sumber: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au
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