Pierre VIllepreux (1971)

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On rugbycoach.com and elsewhere on the web

As Head of Youth Development for the two Amsterdam based rugbyclubs I have the opportunity to practise the LPM philosophy. I understand it will be not only about educating the players, but also creating an understanding of the principles for the youth coaches. It is a good opportunity to review what I have set-up on the website sofar and what is referenced elsewhere.

Rugbycoach.com

So here are the blog posts on rugbycoach.com related to Pierre Villepreux and LPM (Les Plaisirs du Mouvement):

  1. LPM – Stage Pierre Villepreux. In this post I share my observations after my last visit to a LPM summer camp in 2024. It briefly explains the main concepts of the philosophy and during the week we got a presentation of its implementation at Stade Toulousain. Link to that blogpost.
  2. “How to develop Open Play?” This post gives some examples of the two important principles in running the exercises. 1. Creating the unbalance in Attack & Defense through manipulation of the starting positions and 2. By actively starting the play running with the ball and feeding it as if you are a player too.
  3. The decision model for moving into position with or without the ball and to anticipate on next phases of attack is explained in this post about the Family System. It describes that model and how Jean Bidal detailed it further.
  4. “Decision Making in Rugby” post briefly describes the general approach as an intro to the presention you can also download from my website (it is a classic!).

Elsewhere

Other references

  • The LPM website for the UK camp. Contact LPM and create an opportunity to bring this to your club and set-up a similar week, the LPM coaches are more than happy to present this to your club’s coaches and players! Obviously there is the original France based LPM too, find them here;
  • You can download Pierre his presentation (90’s but a classic if you want to understand his approach) in the free download section of this website;

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