What happens in the scrum?
Player Development
Visual Perception
What do players see and what should they be looking at?
yoyo fitness test
The Yo-Yo determines the maximum aerobic endurance of a player. The test is derived from the Shuttle Run Test.
U9: To ruck or not to ruck?
Is there time to develop the ruck or do we have other priorities?
Urine Color Chart
Am I drinking enough fluids or not?
The Rugby Guide
FUNdamentals Players in this development phase are approximately 5 – 10 years old. The FUNdamental stage has to be well structured and fun! Participation in as many sports as possible is encouraged – if possible three or four times per week. This is where we develop the overall motor skills. Most learning activities are best…
Manage your Chimp!
What if you had a machine that made you really happy, gives confidence and success, stops you from being anxious and worrying and removes all unpleasant thoughts and feelings. You would say: “give me that machine!”
Beeptest
The Shuttle Run or Beep / Bleep / Pacer / YoYo Test determines the maximum aerobic endurance of a player.
The concept of injury prevention
What precisely does injury prevention mean?
Training tool
Built trainingsprograms with SuperCoach Online/Rugby.
About tackling
The rugby tackle, what to organise?
Rugby – Hockey – SAQ
Hockey girls and a rugbycoach: interesting mix!
What is Long Term Athlete Development?
Canadians researched the work effort needed to become an olympic medal winner or world champion
Speed, Agility & Quickness
Rugby games are won on Speed. Everybody admires the players who can side step and swerve through a defensive line. Even more important nowadays with the tight defensive patterns is this ability to escape a tackle by changing direction at the last minute. Or what about these 50/50 situations where reaction determines who gets the…
Evaluate Performance
Take the time Evaluate your trainingsprogram regularly. Do you need to adjust your goals? Use the actual matches for this, you can focus on the aspect you developed in your evaluation. Remember the development cycle was: 1. defining your starting point and 2. where you want to be / goals, 3. the trainingsplan that was…
Goalsetting
You have to decide what you expect of your season, your team and the individual players. There is so much to learn, but how much time do you have? You have to make decisions, prioritise. Luckily, lots of coaches and unions have invested a lot of time in this already, you can simply start of…
Questions to Ask
Before you can start you need to know were you are now.