KYBO!: How to get into Rugby Coaching

It's like learning anything

the best way is just to have a go. Learn through experience. So what I would do if I was really interested in getting into coaching I'd speak to an experience coach down at the club, or maybe the club coaching co-ordinator and say, "Let me have a go". What do I do to get qualified? Well, don't be in a rush to get a qualification. But what qualification will give you is just the extra depth so you can really.

Develop the craft of coaching. You'll have to do Rugby Ready, because we've talked about safety and how important that is and linked with that we ask everybody to do a Scrum Factory course. Again a very short course just to make sure that everybody can coach the scrummage safely. The Club then encourages you to carry on.

and take the Continuous Personal Development courses a few times a year to improve your skills. To hone your skills in different aspects of the game.

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Pressure Possession Coaching

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Community Rugby Coach for North and West Somerset in Area 1. The name of the game was: 'Pressure Possession' "So girls we've got two teams, aim of the game is play a normal game of touch, if you get touched; player has to put the ball.


Around their waist but then we want another player from the red team in to defend, there we go fantastic." Purpose of the game was the 'principles of play' of go forward and contesting possession. "You are allowed one player offside.


to potentially do what? Good kick, great stuff, well played. Unlucky, can we finish? Try scored!" Looking to develop the creativity of players and the utilization of different kicks but also the awareness of where the space is to attack. "At some point I may shout 'box' that means there's two balls, one in either 15 metres down that is for you whoever the attacking teams are, to get there, set themselves up and to try a different type of kick." "Red, box, box!.

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