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| What do coaches think about playing on very hard grounds when the summer months seem to come earlier and earlier?
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Better ask the Superleague players!
There are plenty of contact sports played on hard grounds. Rugby players in South Africa and Queensland play on some pretty firm surfaces as do the abovementioned Superleague players. It must be for coaches to examine how their players might better be coached to fall on hard ground. I have not come across any specific materials dealing with the subject but that does not mean they are not out there.
Chris
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That's a bit flippant. Hard Grounds create problems and opportunities - just like any other set of conditions. And the problems aren't especially related to the impact and collision. All the Key factors for collision and falling in the tackle apply especially the one about not putting your arm out.
Ankles, and knees and shin splints are more of a problem depending on footwear and I would recommend getting your physio to strap players ankles especially. I'd also try and persuade players to dress sensibly with long sleeved shirts to give protection from dried mud burns
As to opportunities. this is where players can really have fun, time for a bit of pace and chance to avoid going to ground, keeping the ball alive. Great for kicking too, not only make the receiver turn but also present him with a bouncing ball to cope with, or grubber and chase with a 3rd bounce rise rather than a plop in the mud.
And if you have a small light weight pack you can wear the big boys out instead of letting them grind you down in the mud.
Summer Rugby - Yes please
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John Hill
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Ye, here in South africa we do play on some very hard surfaces. As we play in winter and that is not our rainy season, a lot of schools, clubs will play on some hard fields. The players here do make sure they were a certain amount of strapping in certain areas to help with this.
Overall though, the harder surfaces do help our backlines, so we dont usually get complaints from them. Scrumming though can be a problem where the grass is a little thin.
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| I can remember watching two kids teams playing rugby in South Africa, under 15 i think they were and they played barefoot!!, some of those kids could hoof a ball in bare feet further than i could in boots. I dont think there is a way to fall on hard grounds is there, when you fall you fall, certainly in Hong Kong, when they used to mark the pitches with lime and raw sewage if you went down on those lines and got a nasty grass burn, you knew about it. One guy almost lost his leg through the infection.
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| Hi, I have to say I am concerned about hard grounds. Many a referee/club will happily call off a game if the pitch is frozen, yet seem reluctant to do so if the ground is baked hard (what's the difference?) Unless I am mistaken I witness more collarbone and shoulder injuries in april/may than I do in any other month .... I have refused to allow the kids in my care to play on a 'baked / cracked pitch which had a clay based 'soil' suffice it to say the hosting club were not happy that the match was off as they had catered and advertised the junior cup fixture quiet heavily. I wasn't popular, but my kids safety comes 1st.
CRFC,WSMRFC,LRFC,MARFC,ARFC,MRFC,MUFFSRFC.......Tbc?
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