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We have three full time coaches here, that can put some time into the kids in our off
season and things like that, scouting, video, whatever they need. Like we can coach
and stuff, we have three full time people who are pretty skilled, you’d like to think
three of the best in New Zealand, within the [the sporting] environment to be able to
impart knowledge. And so we’re here, we’re full time, we’re paid, we can put the
time in, and [the NSO] doesn’t have that. (personal communication, April 24, 2008)
PSF2 also picked up on PSF5’s view of the PSF as the teacher, citing their
knowledge base:
I think we have a good amount of knowledge in this organisation because we’ve got
guys that have been around Australia...we’re sharing this facility with [the NSO]
because now the [national team] will be coming and training here. The knowledge
that we have on the Australian players because we play them every week, we can
work out twice a week, and the coaches styles, like we have a good knowledge of
those guys…as the [national team] would have a good knowledge of them because
they played them every year, but it’s more like I guess, you know, I guess because
we’re doing a week to week, or day to day job, seven months of the year, I think we
are able to share a lot of information we already know about the players or coaches.
(personal communication, April 14, 2008)
They seemed to have a greater knowledge on the sport in Australia due to their
constant involving in playing there:
Once again because we do it every week for the seven months of the year compared
to what the [national team] do with the national programme, I guess we might be
more, might be slightly ahead as far as that is concerned. (PSF2, personal
communication, April 14, 2008)
In wanting to understand the attitude of the PSF organisation as a student PSF6 said:
We’re hungry for knowledge, we send our coach around the world every year trying
to learn, we’re out to learn. The Board contributes a lot, everybody contributes a lot,
so as a we are hungry, that’s for sure, and very ambitious for what we plan to do.
We are, we’re confident that we’ve got the mix right as a student, and that we’re in
the right place to learn and pass the exam at the end of the year. If we weren’t, we
should all pack our bags and go home. (personal communication, May 26, 2008)
PSF5 was more specific about learning that applied by stating “I certainly think
we’re open, open to ideas yet I guess we’ll filter out what we think is applicable to us”
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