I'm kinda worried about the J1s.To be fair to them,I hadnt had a lot of chances to train them properly, and what I think now is that they are behind the other JCs.BUT! I think I have a bunch of players who are more gung-ho this year,and hopefully they can learn fast.Cos my number one objective now is to equip them with adequate knowledge to at least play a competition.
At this point in time,I still havent receive the email from Sam Chan!!Arghhhhh!
On a seperate note,I thought this article post-worthy so am just gonna put this on the blog.This is (also) from Rugby Coach,and credit goes to Dan Cottrell,owner of Rugby Coach.
Space
In touch space is a highly valuable commodity, even more when playing against structured and organised defences. Players who are able to recognise and then exploit space effectively are highly valuable, but rare. Here is some guidance about how to help players concentrate on finding space.
1.Scanning
Rugby players need to continually scan for and identify space during a game. Space on the rugby pitch exists:
-Outside defenders.
-Between defenders.
-Behind defenders.
-Between the ball carrier and the defence.
The most common reason why players don’t recognise space is because their focus of concentration is on and around the ball. They follow either the ball visually or physically.
As coaches, we must continually encourage our players to search for space. As part of this, we can get them to practice particular situations, such as the phases following a set piece. Afterwards, we can ask the players questions .This will help the players to find out whether they identified any space, and then when and where it occurred, as well as raise their awareness of the need to be constantly scanning for space.
2.Communication
Improved communication leads to better exploitation of space. Too often, however, one player in the team is left to bear the bulk of the responsibility for not only scanning for space, but also deciding on how to use it and then communicating this to the rest of the team. These activities should be the responsibility of all players.Bear in mind that communication can be a visual cue as well as verbal instruction, so there’s no reason why your team’s communication should signal your plans to the opposition.
The aim is for each of my players to recognise where the space is, to communicate this fact to their team mates (either verbally or with signals), and then for the players to position themselves to exploit the space.
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Oh all right,enough about touch already.I'll just post some pictures of my dog being wrapped up like a baby.wahahaha.
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