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Welcome to Better Rugby Coaching Issue 95
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Building a training
programme
“It is never too late to start planning.” Slap the next person who says that, because there is also never enough time to start planning. But let’s say you do find a moment, then it is worth knowing what to do next.
More so when you are trying to get your players fitter.
The professionals do it, it makes sense you should do it as well. I am just helping some junior team managers plan their fitness sessions at the moment, and gave them these tips. I hope they help.
I have seen too many “specific” training programmes to know
that one size does not fit all. Instead it
is better to have some themes to build
your sessions around. Not everyone has
access to sophisticated weight training
equipment and if you are running a
youth team then the benefits of weight
training are not conclusive.
Forwards
1. Interval training – running
Intense work for 30 seconds followed by
a short rest period. Running the length
of the pitch and then to the half way,
before walking back to the try line, 10
times might be an example.
2. Interval training – high intensity
physical work
Run, wrestle, run, rest. The forwards
pair up. They could both start at the
half way line, run in opposite directions
to the 22m line for instance and then
run back to scrum against one another,
or wrestle each other to the ground, for
5 seconds, run again and then rest.
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Backs
1. Interval training – running
Intense work would be of the same period
as the forwards, but they need to
sprint. However they can afford longer
rest periods. Straight sprints could be
mixed by shorter distances and more
turns. Some of the work could include
the ball.
2. Interval training – high intensity
physical work
While backs would certainly benefit
from the forwards “run and wrestle”
routine, they would be better employed
working on other aspects of their fitness.
The fact is, whether we like it or
not, the backs just don’t need to be as
fit as the forwards.
Rugby is a multi directional, multi
activity, multi sprint sport. A rugby
player is required to run, side step,
fall over, get up, wrestle, tackle, pass,
kick, amongst other things. This is not
the preserve of a sprinter or a long
distance runner. Therefore, though
both forms of running are important
as part of a wider programme of fitness,
they are not the total fitness
effort. Mid season is not the time to
put in a couple of mega laps of the
pitch or look again at the sprinting
technique – save this for pre season.
In next week’s issue:
A guide on how to play number eight (Part 1)
Dan Cottrell, Editor
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