“Merci Beaucoup!”
Player Development
Creativity, how to kill it?
Do we want thinking players?
Anticipation in Rugby
Good rugby players are experts at predicting what happens next = definition of anticipation in rugby?
Is Jaco van der Walt Scottish?
Imagine Messi playing for Spain?
Reward hard work
Talent recognition and grit
Gamesense in Rugby 1+1v1 exercise
Confidence booster and improving game sense in the Rugby Duel.
Training kids: mix or select?
Do we mix-up the children with different abilities or select and split?
Performance Profiling for Under12?
FUNdamental Stage – focus on FUN so why performance profiling?
Line-Out or Open Play
Develop with Open Play or Restarts? Which choices should you make?
Collecting the Front Row Tax
Hey Backs! The Front Row wins the ball (you spill), now they come and collect their tax.
Shorty, you may award the try!
Black Fern Selica Winiata to be a referee on HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
How to spent your budget?
How to spent the limited time with the team well?
Gumshield
Why gum shields are important?
Skills: all important – but everything?
Without good skills you cannot win matches – how important do we make skill development?
Scoreboard for a Winner
Going through old stuff Frits gave I found a good read on what a winner looks like
FUNdamental movement
FUNdamental movement made easy to implement
Rugby to the Rescue of American Football
Tackling in the USA Continue reading
Michael Jordan and rugby …?
His last shot and how to train
Fitness Testing
Yes, when you work on fitness, you want to know how effective your program is….
Germany – Samoa for a spot in RWC2019
We drove all the way to Heidelberg to watch this important qualifier! Goalsetting We perhaps think of goalsetting as “I want to pass better/longer” and that is okay, but where does it start? The first question to ask is where do I want to be: for us in the Netherlands it is “Play in the…