Ideas for training after lockdown 2.0
in Girls/Womens
Whether it’s the first training back after lockdown 2.0 or you’re a few weeks in. Here’s some ideas what to include and adapt within your next session using these four game and skill zones. MORE
Rugby4square
in Girls/Womens, Passing & Handling
Use this handling game as an ideal warm-up as well as a challenge for the players to innovate. Thanks to Geraint Davies for this idea. MORE
Restart shootout
in Attack, Girls/Womens, Kicking & Catching
This small-sided game is ideal to work on players kick chase and keeping the ball alive in attack. You can use this as a standalone skills game or have it as a platform to launch a bigger game of touch and pass from. Thanks to Simon Parsons, Women and Girls Director of Rugby for Tunbridge Wells RFC and Kent U15s Girls Head Coach for this activity. MORE
VIDEO: Chop tackle tech and drive
in Contact, Girls/Womens, Rugby drills
Help players develop their skills around completing a low "chop" tackle. Once the contact is made, the tackler has to recover and contest for the space over the ball. The activity is clearly introduced with the key points, a demonstration and then the use of micro-coaching from the players to build a clearer understanding of their roles. It finishes with a small contact decision around jackling or competing for space. MORE
4 great replies to misconceptions about the women’s game
in Girls/Womens
While the women’s game is growing impressively, with an increase in 27% registered players worldwide from 2017 to 2019, so is the level of misguided comment. Here’s a guide to dealing with four of the most common forms of criticism. MORE
Introducing rugby skills through netball variations
in Girls/Womens, Small-sided games
You can simply add in different rules to transition the netball game into a game of touch. However, the game of rugby netball on its own is also a fertile ground for practice design and player development. Here are a few variations to make rugby netball a key training game for you and your players. MORE
VIDEO: Square hips realignment activity
in Girls/Womens, Passing & Handling, Rugby drills
Use this activity to realign quickly to take an opportunity to attack space. Then, attack the ball running straight with efficient passing. MORE
Attack learning through pitch shapes
in Attack, Girls/Womens
This game and subsequent development are great for getting players to respond to changing space on the wings. It helps work on support play and loops in attack and rewards a push defence. MORE
Chain reaction
in Girls/Womens, Small-sided games
Try this fun game to help players work on defensive organisation. By forming a physical defence chain, players work together to stop attackers from scoring. This game also helps attackers identify gaps on the wings and learn to execute opportunities. It develops an idea from Andrew Drayton who coaches Credition girls, Devon. MORE
Breaking the PANE: The battle of the doctors
in Girls/Womens, Podcast, Rugby drills
In episode 3, Dr Anna Stodter and Dr Ed Hall give Jess Bunyard and listeners a tutorial in all things coach development and learning. The group tackle: what effective reflection as a coach looks like, diversity within coach education what the future holds for coach education. Whether you want to discover what it takes to research coach education or how to make your coach learning better for you, this is the pod for you. MORE
