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Any experienced girls/women's coaches on here?
Just started, OK roped in, with the U15s at my club. Did a very basic falling over drill, Knees, hips shoulders and present the ball. Was told that this is not correct for Women due to the hips being more exposed to injury. Anyone confirm/deny this and perhaps suggest any other differences in coaching techniques I should be aware of?
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| i'd ask for referemnces for this "not correct for women" - at least then you can be convinced 1st hand. I've coached regional female u16 and senior sides in the past, plus a female club team... no-one ever mentioned anything like this. (Not that that may not mean it isn't true of course!) didds
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| Thanks Didds, the girls told me first, I then asked the head coach and he said he is asking around as well. Girls were coached at County level last year, so I assume they picked it up there.
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I have coached girls at county and regional level and also women at club, county and regional level.
I have never heard of anything like that with regards to making contact with the floor. I have always coached it in the same way as I do with boys/men.
One thing to consider, would be the way that a girl/woman kicks. As they said - their pelvis is slightly different to a male pelvis. This would tend to need a slightly more "round the corner" approach to kicking.
But each person will be slightly different, when coaching kicking to women/girls, I watch the way that they move naturally then adjust the coaching as neccessary.
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| I coach girls at club and regional level and Im also still playing myself at the grand age of 42 and I have never heard this before. I have always been coached and have coached exactly the same as boys have been. As a coach you need to observe the skills the girls are weakest at and its generally kicking. The rest of it they give just at much effort as if not more than boys/men do They can be a pain especially if they are U 17's hormonal I think but give you such great rewards when they win Keep it up Claire
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| Our club are in the embryonic stages of getting a female team up and running ... any of you learned peoples got hints tips on getting it off the ground. Currently we have 6 > 8 interested. I coach Kids level, and appear to be getting sucked in to coaching the females. The little bits of training that we have done with the 6 we have when they turned up at the Minis training session - is just simple basics. Ball handling, Tackling (eyes to thigh, cheek to cheek, arms of steel) The later if you use the tactic of both players on their knees to start with the tackler facing the side of the person being tackled. this we found helped the girls (and the kids) to fall without hurt.
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Greenock Wanderers RFC
www.greenockwanderers.co.uk
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| We have just started back or U15s this season after about two years working with local schools getting them interested in TAG games. This then provided us with a pool girls, but still not enough for a full team. We then combine with another club just for games and play as a combined side. Can you contact your RFU RDO to see if another side in your area also has 6 girls so you can form a side. Perhaps combining three clubs could work? All training is done as a single club, with home games alternating between the different clubs. We have now played three games this season and the team is coming together.
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carlwhitley (11/10/2007)
I have coached girls at county and regional level and also women at club, county and regional level.
I have never heard of anything like that with regards to making contact with the floor. I have always coached it in the same way as I do with boys/men.
One thing to consider, would be the way that a girl/woman kicks. As they said - their pelvis is slightly different to a male pelvis. This would tend to need a slightly more "round the corner" approach to kicking.
But each person will be slightly different, when coaching kicking to women/girls, I watch the way that they move naturally then adjust the coaching as neccessary.Hi there, do you know any resources for coaching kicking, especially conversions? Video's would be nice as well with what to look for and how to correct technique. The players observe the routines by top class kickers, but I would like to understand the reasoning behind this. How if differs for girls/ladies would also be useful. As a hint, treat me like an idiot and talk me through every stage. At the moment, I've got the straight line accuracy, but would like to improve distance in one of my kickers.
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