TRAINING TO TRAIN STAGE 3,

BUILDING THE POTENTIAL RUGBY SPECIFIC CORE SKILLS U13-U15

This page is based on the RFU LTAD Booklet. You can download the pdf document on the Free Download section of my website.

Young athletes are introduced to the basic technical and tactical skills along with ancillary capacities including warm up and cool down, stretching, hydration and nutrition, recovery and regeneration, mental preparation, taper and peak, integrated pre-competition routines and post-competition recovery.

The major focus of training is on learning the basics as opposed to competing.

Middle and upper secondary school, gifted & talented programmes at rugby clubs and representative player squads.

Boys: 12-14 years, girls: 10-13 years.

Player development and talent identification.

Strength and conditioning, core stability, running agility exercises. Personalised programme.

Continuing development of core skills and position-specific skills.

Develop an understanding of the principles of play and introduce a ‘game sense’approach.

Introduction to mental preparation.

Coping with winning and losing.

Two training sessions per week.

One match per week

TALENTED - 10 rugby specific; COMMUNITY - 3-5 hours quality coaching and playing.

Two periods of training with two periods of competition.

HANDLING
Catching

• A variety of passes of different heights and weights over varying distances.
• High ball from restarts and kicks in open play.
• Picking up stationary/moving ball from the ground.
• Pick up and pass. Falling on the ball/baseball slide.

Passing

• Develop game related type passes with increasing pressure using 2 v 1, 3 v 2, etc.
• Develop ability to make the unusual pass - overhead pass, over the shoulder, circle ball.
• Scrum half put in/passes - dive, pivot, reverse.
• Develop other player specific passes.

RUNNING
Evasive running

• Develop evasive skills - sidestep, swerve, change of pace, spin turn.

Running style
Basic mechanics:

• Arm movement
• Leg movement
• Ladder work - forward/lateral/backward movement
• Hurdle work.

KICKING
Game related kicking

• Punt ( defence)
• Punt (attack) -‘wipers’/‘bomb’
• Grubber
• Chip
• Kicking from scrum half
• Starts and restarts
• Free kick
• Place kick/drop kick
  

CONTACT
Body management

• Reinforce contact techniques with the ground and with the opposition.
• Develop judo/wrestling type techniques.

Managing the ball in contact

• Develop ability to play the ball in/out of the contact area.

Managing the ball in the tackle

• Passing off the ground. Placing the ball after the tackle.

SET PIECES
Lineout

• Jumping: Reinforcement of technique. Development of explosive movement, with increased weight training knowledge.
• Supporting: Introduction of safe supporting techniques in lineout (coaching only).
• Throwing: Reinforcement of technique. Practise to vary height, speed and distance of delivery.

Scrum

• Reinforcement of balance and equilibrium in scrum.
• Development and understanding of body and feet positions and binding.
• Bind and body position of 6, 7 and 8.

Relevant topics

• LTAD Model explained
• The different stages in more detail: Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6
• The Free Download section

Copyright, 23-10-2006