The execution of basic skills is an interesting issue. While all of the players at this level should be able to catch, pass, tackle, run good line etc. a lot of it has to do with the environment that they are in. To maintain an acceptable level of skill execution these skills have to be practised regularly, at high speed, under fatigue so that when required in a game they can be preformed. From what I hear at Wallaby training most of the skill work is done as part of the warm up activity with no consequences for mistakes. Most junior coaches will make their kids do catch and pass drills with no mistakes and have punishments, such as running laps or other such things, for failure to execute.
The second point issue is that for players to preform at a high level they need to be in a good mental state and their minds free of superfluous information. It seems to me from an outsiders point of view that this isn't the case in the Wallaby camp. Deans seems to talk gibberish most of the times and confuse the players and unnecessarily make things more complicated. I have a theory that the reason that the Wallabies are so woeful in the second half of games is that he spends half time rambling on and the players spend the next 40mins trying to understand WTF he said.
The second point issue is that for players to preform at a high level they need to be in a good mental state and their minds free of superfluous information. It seems to me from an outsiders point of view that this isn't the case in the Wallaby camp. Deans seems to talk gibberish most of the times and confuse the players and unnecessarily make things more complicated. I have a theory that the reason that the Wallabies are so woeful in the second half of games is that he spends half time rambling on and the players spend the next 40mins trying to understand WTF he said.
