Does winning Matter?

admin    Free, General     coach, development, enjoyment, fun, learning, losing, preassure, skill, Tackle, try, Winning

Kids having fun playing Rugby League

When I started coaching I was 25 and started with a team at under 10s, everything that I did was about winning the game the following week. If that meant changing positions to put my biggest lad against the oppositions smallest then I would or if we could just barge through them up the middle then that became the game plan but the outlook was very short term, sure at under 10s and 11s we where winning games but does that really matter?

All those years ago I would have argued with anyone until I was blue in the face that winning mattered to both the kids and the parents and no one could have swayed me otherwise however over the last 5 years that outlook and those views have spun 360 degrees and as I prepare to take on my next team at under 10s I really couldn’t care if they don’t win another game for the next 3 years, let me try and explain why.

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Criss Cross Offloads

admin    Handling     ball carrying arm, Carry, Communication, hit and spin, offload, offloads, support, Tackle

INTRODUCTION

This is a neat drill that keeps everyone constantly working and see’s the players learning how to go into contact in a way that allows them to spin off the defender, keeping the ball carrying arm away and then works on the ability to offload to a man following up in support.

This drill requires Marker Cones, 2 Tackle Shields and a ball.

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One Defender, 2 Defender defence drill

admin    Defense     animation, catch, Coaching, Defence, drills, kick, League, pass, Rugby, Tackle, videos

INTRODUCTION

This defensive drill works on a number of  the core defensive skills as well as getting your defenders working together as  part of a defensive unit. This drill will also work on player fitness when done  continually for a set number of minutes.

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Laying the Foundations

admin    Ebooks     Coaching, Defence, Fullback, League, Ruck, Rugby, Tackle

Are you an Amateur Rugby League Coach feeling the pressure of a new season soon drawing near and could really use some help when it comes to coaching?

Laying the Foundations is a brand-new, groundbreaking eBook (and the only one of its kind online!) produced by Rugby League Coaching with the aim of helping you produce the correct structures for your team.

Attack, Defence, Kicking Game, Set Plays… Laying the Foundations covers them all – years of coaching experience and intense research brilliantly condensed into 35 invaluable and enjoyable pages completely free to members and ONLY £3.99 for non-members.

Bring out the best in yourself

Written by Amateur Rugby League Coaches for amateur Rugby League Coaches, Laying the Foundations does not seek to preach or dominate, but to help YOU to develop – to bring out the very best in yourself by simply giving you some further coaching ideas to then expand on. Ideas that WORK.

Develop as a Coach NOW

Exactly how would you like your team to defend? And do you do anything different around the ruck area? Does your scrum-half link between your forwards and backs as effectively as he could? What do your players do from a scrum or a tap penalty?

In ‘rugby language’ and with simple diagrams, Laying the Foundations examines and explains it all and introduces ideas to help you – ideas that will have your players buzzing on the training ground, making them feel that they are being coached by someone whose ideas are inspiring, innovative and, most importantly, EFFECTIVE.

Don’t dread the new season. WELCOME IT!

As well as helping you to develop as a coach immediately, Laying the Foundations is a priceless resource that you can return to again and again throughout your entire career.

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You’ve made it to Coach status. Now give yourself a foundation upon which to build your team’s structures around, whilst still producing your own ideas and structures that work for YOU.

It’s ALL there:

Defence – the ultimate team activity.

Kicking Game – taking the correct option at the correct time to get the best results.

Set Plays and Scrums – from the training park to the game, everyone will know their role.

Attack – where the only star is the TEAM effort.

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How does drawing upon the expertise of seasoned Amateur Rugby Coaches (who have been there), whenever you need to, and at a time to suit you around your day job, sound?