Youth Development
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Welcome to the newly updated RDO page .. over the coming weeks there will be regular bulletins on whats happening with youth development,
especially in the local schools ...watch this space for more info ..........
Rugby Development
Contact - 07949 198341
E-mail - info@stevenagerugby.com
Updated 24th October 2009
Forthcoming Events
Monday 26th October - One Game-One Community Event held at Nobel School
Run by Stevenage Borough Council to get more kids involved in sport
I will be running rugby taster sessions from 10am - 12noon for children 8 - 11 years old
and 1pm -3pm for children 12 - 14 years old
Wednesday 4th November - School Years 5/6 ( under 10 /11) Tag Rugby Festival at STRFC
This is the big one with 26 schools and nearly 400 kids
Help is still needed with this
Tuesday 17th November - Coach trip to Wembley to see SARACENS vs SOUTH AFRICA
This is a combined club/schools venture that will hopefully strengthen our school/club links
Anyone interested in coming please let me know asap
Wednesday 18th November - Mini Olympics at Stevenage Leisure Centre for Key Stage 1 School years 2/3 ( Under 6/7/8)
& Thursday 19th November This will run from 9 till 3.30 each day and I will be running tag rugby taster sessions
Thursday 19th November - Year 8 (under13) schools rugby tournament at STRFC from 3.30 pm onwards
Nobel, John Henry Newman, Barnwell and Thomas Alleynes so far confirmed
Wednesday 25th November - Year 10 (under15) schools rugby tournament at STRFC from 3.30pm onwards
Nobel, John Henry Newman , Thomas Alleynes, Barnwell, Barclay , Freman College all confirmed
Thursday 3rd December - Year 7 ( under 12) schools rugby tournament at STRFC from 3.30 onwards
Nobel , John Henry Newman, Barnwell, Thomas Alleynes so far confirmed
SCHOOLS UPDATE
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
26 of the total 29 Primary Schools have so far signed up for the Year 5/6 Tag Festival being held on 4th November 2009 at the Club and as some schools will have 2 teams entered it means that we will have somewhere in the region of 350 -400
Under 10 & Under 11 kids at North Road ...which is a fantastic recruiting opportunity for us
This obviously means that we will need a lot of club support to ensure that we put on a " good show "
So if you can help out in any way on the 4th November even if for just an hour then put the date in your diary and let me know
In addition to that I have arranged with Primary schools to go in this half term and deliver rugby in curriculum time
Those schools being ..
Monday - St Vincent de Paul,
Tuesday - Peartree Spring, St Margaret Clitherow, Graveley
Wednesday - Broom Barns, Benington
Thursday - Knebworth, Walkern
Friday - Featherstone
This will give us exposure to somewhere in the region of 800 kids in the Under 8 to Under 11 age groups
This programme will then be repeated in other schools for the 2nd half term after October..basically running 6 week programmes
In addition yesterday Thursday 10th) I ran a Tag Rugby Training course for the School Sports partnership coaches and also the 6th Form BTEC & JASL Sports leaders .. This will give us another 12 or so people who can deliver Tag Rugby into the primary Schools
These 2 major initiatives should reap benefits in recruitment for the mini age groups
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
I am now delivering rugby in every secondary school within Stevenage at some time during the week
There is the Year 9 ( Under 14) Tournament being held at the club on Thursday 24th September 2009 from 3.30pm till early evening and every school has entered in team , thus we should have approx 150 under 14 boys at the club for that afternoon. Once again if you can help out in any way with organising teams on the day, coaching , refereeing or any general way then please let me know
There will be Tournaments for all the other age groups .. Under 12 to Under 17 but the exact dates have yet to be fixed for those.
My current schedule for secondaries after school rugby clubs ( starting at approx 3.15 each day )
Monday - John Henry Newman
Tuesday - Barnwell
Wednesday - Nobel
Thursday - Barclay
In addition I will be doing some curriculum delivery at Marriotts and Thomas Alleynes
JHN doesn't start till next week but at Barnwell on Tuesday (8th) we had approx 20 year 9 & 10 boys..... on Wednesday (9th) at the after school club at Nobel we had 22 girls , approx 30 year 9 & 10 boys and approx 30 year 7 & 8 boys..... on Thursday (10th) at Barclay we had approx 18 mixed age group boys which all bodes well for our youth teams
If anyone has any queries or questions regarding the schools programme then please get in touch , also if anyone has a spare hour on a weekday afternoon and can help out with some coaching in schools then it would be greatly appreciated as the demand at the moment is huge
Girls Rugby
Girls training at the club will begin from Sunday 13th september
starting at 12 noon
Please publicise this to all and let it be known that girls rugby is back on the agenda at STRFC
See seperate girls rugby webpage for more details
Elite and Talented Coaching Programme
I will be running acoaching programme for elite and talented rugby players from years 7, 8 & 9 in conjunction with the Schools Sports Partnership . This is aimed at developing talented players , both boys and girls and giving them an opportunity to progress through to town , county and regional representation
It will also lead to the club setting up an academy structure to develop young talent
Interested in joining ?
Click below
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September 2009
IRB Coaching Newsletter - Volume 9
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Dear Fellow Coaches,
Welcome to this, the September edition of our monthly newsletters.
I read, with pleasure, the annoucement that SANZAR have conditionally invited Argentina to join Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in a new Four Nations Tournament from 2012! It means that, from only playing approximately six international games a year, Argentina will compete regularly against the top teams and hopefully become a world force. Though some might argue that, since they were third in the 2007 World Cup, they are already a force to be reckoned with!
The proposed format will see the four teams playing on a home and away basis meaning six matches per team and a total of 12 matches overall. The Four Nations would be played from mid-August (following the end of the new Super Rugby competition) for an eight or nine week period through until early to mid-October. In a Rugby World Cup year an abbreviated format would be played through July and August.
It seems that world rugby is getting stronger and stronger.
Congratulations must go to South Africa for winning the Tri Nations Series this year when they beat New Zealand 32 - 29 at the Waikato stadium in Hamilton. The All Blacks went on to beat Australia for the runners up spot. It was an interesting tournament with lots of exciting attacking play but did anyone else notice just how much kicking went on? It seemed at times that the only option considered by the back three of all the teams was to hoof the ball back upfield rather than risk a counter attack from deep.
The same tactic has been evident in the Northern Hemisphere games as well. According to one pundit, in the first weekend of the Premiership in England a ball was kicked approximately every 85 seconds. It is easy to understand why this is happening - coaches and players do not want to risk turning over possession in their half of the field as this is the best attacking ball the opposition can have. Far safer to kick the ball back out of the red zone and hope for a mistake by the opposition.
It is dificult to see what can be done about this. How do you reward the team that is willing to take risks? One suggestion has been to limit the number of kicks a team can make in a game but how would you police that?
If anyone has some suggestions please send them in and we can include them in next months newsletter.
Hopefully, you will find this newsletter interesting and informative and please, if you have any queries, or suggestions on how we can improve either the website or the newsletters, let us know via the "Feedback Form" and we will respond as quickly as possible to you.
I wish you well in your coaching,
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Coaches Hot Tip
Dear Fellow Coaches,
It is always good to take a step back every once in a while and to remind ourselves of why we are involved in this wonderful game of Rugby Union. Following recent events, which showed the uglier side of professional rugby, and which we discussed in last months newsletter, the Rugby Football Union in England has, after a two year consultation period, come up with five main core values which perhaps all coaches, players and supporters should take to heart.
I have reproduced them here so that, if you wish, you could copy them and print them out to display in your clubhouse or changing rooms?
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TEAMWORK
Teamwork is essential to our sport. We welcome all new team members and include all because working as a team enriches our lives. We play selflessly: working for the team, not for ourselves alone, both on and off the field. We take pride in our team, rely on one another and understand that each player has a part to play. We speak out if our team or sport is threatened by inappropriate words or actions.
RESPECT
Mutual respect forms the basis of our sport. We hold in high esteem our sport, its values and traditions and earn the respect of others in the way we behave. We respect our match officials and accept our decisions. We respect opposition players and supporters. We value our coaches and those who run our clubs and treat clubhouses with consideration.
ENJOYMENT
Enjoyment is the reason we play and support rugby union. We encourage players to enjoy training and playing. We use our sport to adopt a healthy lifestyle and build life skills. We safeguard our young players and help them have fun. We enjoy being part of a team and part of the rugby family.
DISCIPLINE
Strong discipline underpins our sport. We ensure that our sport is one of controlled physical endeavour and that we are honest and fair. We obey the laws of the game which ensure an inclusive and exciting global game. We support our disciplinary system, which protects our sport and upholds its values. We observe the sport's laws and regulations and report serious breaches.
SPORTSMANSHIP
Sportsmanship is the foundation upon which rugby union is built. We uphold the rugby tradition of camaraderie with teammates and opposition. We observe fair play both on and off the pitch and are generous in victory and dignified in defeat. We play to win but not at all costs and recognise both endeavour and achievement. We ensure that the wellbeing and development of individual players is central to all rugby activity.
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We could all add more thoughts but fundamentally we do have a game which, although sometimes brutally physical, results in players from both teams clapping each other off the field at the end and enjoying a drink together afterwards. Let's never lose that!
Do you have any thoughts on this? If you do, send me an email (address below) and we can show interesting discussion points in next months newsletter.
Simon
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Simon Jones
IRB Trainer
Editor IRBCoaching.com
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