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Evaluating Rugby Performance with Dartfish
How to measure progress?
Center
So who to put on the 12 & 13 position?
Scrum!
What happens in the scrum?
Finishing the 3 v 2 overlap is easy
Only basic rugby skills needed to finish the overlap, score the easy try?
Visual Perception
What do players see and what should they be looking at?
Wales – New Zealand
Feed of scraps, live like Kings
Rugby Teacher
Learning to train (L2T) The Rugby Teacher deals with players in this category that are approximately 12-14, or even younger. Goal is developing the fundamental rugby skills. The emphasis is now on refinement and maintenance of the athlete’s physical capacities, fundamental movement skills and the acquisition of rugby specific skills. This is allied to the…
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…
Number 8
The Number 8 is one of three Back Row Players are also called Loose Forwards or Third Row Players.
Open Side Flanker
Your Open Side is your psychotic flanker. He sticks his head into places nobody wants to go. He is your no.1 tackler.
Scrum-Half
General (Also known as Inside Half and Half Back) this player has to be an all-rounder, an excellent passer to both sides, can kick with both feet, a good defender around the maul & ruck and in cover, and an agile elusive runner who can recognise a gap and have a “just go for it…
Peeling down the onion, Age grade rugby rules
Can we create players who seem to be understand the game, and seem to think and act automatically? How to develop these type of players? Researchers now believe it has a relation with how we play our game at a young age. Future Players Another on going discussion: rugby is a very unstructured game in…
Schedule multiple teams
How to schedule your sessions when you want to use specialist coaches on more teams?
Get the basics right!
What is important? Get the basics right!
The concept of injury prevention
What precisely does injury prevention mean?
Guest appearance
Inspired by the UK School of Hard Knocks,