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RE: New to coaching help needed.

steve johnson — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:16:19 GMT

Whatever else you do before taking courses, be absolutely sure that all the practices you plan have safety aspects inserted; that you know them, and can explain them should you be asked. For example, if you are going to do drills to improve aggression, make sure you have players of the same height/weight working together. If one looks weaker, how are you going to give extra protection? If that player is a bag holder, have someone standing in a supporting position behind to catch/support the player in case s/he is driven back violently. Have you taught them how to hold the shields properly (arms wrapped around the top - not one arm through the straps)? Put this into writing before you do it, it really does help you become safety conscious.

RE: New to coaching help needed.

bassferg — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:33:43 GMT

Please forget what you have learned by being coached as an adult. Youngsters have little real knowledge about the effects of rugby on their own and other players' bodies and can make some terrible mistakes as demonstrated by yet another broken neck in school rugby a few weeks ago. The UKCC courses are superb in that they teach coaches how to coach safely and to eliminate [b]unnecessary[/b] risk yet allow real rugby to take place. If you have to beg, borrow or steal time or money to attend the Level1 course I thoroughly recommend you do so.
All the best for what will prove to be a frustrating and immensely satisfying time ahead.

RE: New to coaching help needed.

didds — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:56:30 GMT

TTDKing - welcome to the world of coaching.

If you are coaching forwards at U15 clearly you will be dealing with contact areas and scrummaging.

I really woiuld HIGHLY recommend that before you do anything ever again with them, to cover you bottom you should

* "pass" the IRB Rugby Ready Certificate

http://www.irbrugbyready.com/irbrr/en/home8.jsp

* get on the RFU (if in England) or equivalent workshops for contact management and scrummaging.

At least then you will have some sort of offical "back up" that you have been trained in acceptable ways of coaching this stuff. You are about to learn that coaching in the 21st centrury can be fraught with the potential of our increasingly litigacious society. There's no need to worry about it - just cover your bottom then enjoy the other 99% of coaching

having got the above sorted then carry on but get yourself on a level 1 asap.

HTH

Didds

RE: New to coaching help needed.

Doc Brown — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:28:07 GMT

A little late in the season for me to say it but I found pre season training with the seniors allowed me to be involved in the sessions and as I thought as a a coach - why are we doing this? what is the benefit? what progression is there? I say a little late cos they will have moved on from the basics but it would still be helpful to at least observe them, chat to the coach who is taking the session, listen to how he approaches the players, do you like it? could you copy it?

I 'stole' lots of sessions from the seniors for our U14's last year and some of our best/hardest sessions were in a 5m channel.

This is what I'm planning for Wednesday for our U13's as I noticed they lacked aggression in our 1st game on Sunday.

More bag work.

Work in 3’s, 1 holding the bag 1m away from the others, 1 waiting, 1 picking up, driving up and driving the bag back. Bag man tries to force him down. All in a 5m channel. Rotate.

As above, 2^nd player supports the first, not just driving him on (as the bag man is forcing him downwards) but supporting him to prevent him being pushed to the ground.

Work with 2 bags and 2 teams, a 9 & 10. Run forward, hit the gab, go down, ruck over in 4’s, 9 passes to 10, to the next group. We will progress across the pitch. Rotate the bag men or use adults to hold the bags. Looking at ball from 10 being pops, long passes, switches.

Hope that helps. Any criticisms would be appreciated

Steve

RE: New to coaching help needed.

referee — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:29:41 GMT

You may have done it already, but try and get yourself on a Level 1 coaches course, which i'm sure your club would pay for.

That will give you the basics of how to coach.

New to coaching help needed.

TTDKing — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:32:52 GMT

Just started to help coach a local U15's side as a forwards coach but have never had any experience coaching even though i've played rugby for the last 20 years. Whats the best way for me to start, they haven't had a specific forwards coach before any ideas on basic session layouts to get me started. I've signed up to the news letter and have been filtering through the internet.

All help/comments will be appreciated.