What should we be eating? Do we know? If we as adults don t know exactly what, when, and how we should be cooking and eating, how are our children going to know? It is essential to maintain a balanced diet, this must include: Carbohydrates- Protein- Fats- Minerals- Vitamins- Water- Fibre- Our main source of energy Essential to growth and repair of muscle and other tissue Another source of energy Critical to normal bodily functions Play important roles in many chemical processes Essential to normal bodily function Essential to health of the digestive system
What is Health and Fitness? I m sure we all have an idea of what we think this means. Health is basically covered in the nutrition pages, as it covers putting the right things in to your body in order to get the right results out. With health and fitness though, we take this a step futher. Just putting the right things in will help, but to get fit we also need to understand how, when, and how frequently we need to exercise. This depends on: Age- BMI- Lifestyle- Position- Our body metabolises food at different rates depending on our age This is our Body Mass Index, it tells us our fat percentage, according to height and weight How active we are in everyday life Where we play determines our fitness goals; whether a flanker who needs to be able to run all game, a prop who needs to be very strong, or a wing who needs to be very fast, everyone has different needs
What do we mean by Game Skills? Basically we mean all skills intrinsic to the game of rugby. From the basics to the complicated skills, every rugby player needs to understand what it takes to play the game. These skills involve: Passing Catching Tackling Rucking Mauling Running Evasion skills Position specific skillso Lineout o Scrummaging o Running lines o Kicking Place kick Drop kick Punt
Why coach? You may wonder why it is important for children to learn to coach. There are a number of reasons: Increases awareness- Widen knowledge- Help the club- Possible career- Fun- If you understand why a coach is doing something, you are more likely to learn faster as a player The broader a player s knowledge of the game, the more complete a player they can be The club is always in need of fresh faces to help coach, and this is a good thing to put on a CV Sports coaching is becoming a wider and more lucrative career all the time. With more jobs becoming available in this sector, there are more opportunities for young people Coaching is fun!
Why Referee? Refereeing is the hardest job on the pitch. Not only does the referee have to keep up with play at all times, he has to watch what 30 other people are doing the same time, use x-ray vision to see into rucks and mauls, see all errors, and the hardest job dealing with irate parents and coaches on the side lines. So why referee? Understanding of the game- Encourages respect- Shortage of referee s- Employment- It gives players the chance to see the game from the referee s perspective If a player can see how hard it is to ref, they might think twice before challenging a referee in the future There are never enough referee s! Not only is there work available as a referee, the qualification looks good on a CV
What do we mean by Video Analysis? We do not mean sitting and watching the TV. Nor do we mean just watching a game of rugby. By video analysis we mean closely watching a game of rugby and analysing so that we can learn and improve our own game. This can entail recording our own games and watching them back to see where we can improve, and watching higher level games, such as premiership or international, to see where we should be aiming to play at. Video analysis can help us in many areas such as: Tackling- Kicking- Scrummaging- Running lines- Game play- See where we go wrong and how we should do it Help spot errors in technique Spot imperfections in technique Watch professionals to learn how to improve our running lines See how our game is different to the professional game and how we can learn from it
What is the Team Competition? The team competition is designed for all ages to compete with and against each other to be the winners at the end of the week. Each team will have a mix of all age groups and each day will compete in various rugby related skills activities to gain points towards the grand week total. Each member of the team will compete in each activity. The activities will be based on various rugby skills such as; kicking, passing, tackling, amongst other skills. What will they gain from this? Firstly, FUN. This is designed to allow each individual to have a go and enjoy themselves. Team work. They will need to learn to work as a team to win, just like in a rugby match. Leadership. There will be team captains from the older age groups who will be in charge of the teams who will need to lead and set the proper examples. Improvement in skill levels. Each activity will incorporate certain skills which the players will have to perform.
How it is set out It is set out to allow for both warm up at the start of the day and warm down at the end. This is to get the players bodies ready for the exercise of the day and cool down so they will be able to exercise readily for the next day. It also incorporates time for breaks, where the children will be encouraged to take on fluids, and lunch time, where the children should eat a healthy light lunch, to replace lost energy. These breaks are important as no individual should be training for 7 hours straight. The breaks allow time to rest and recover so that they can perform better on the following activities. The days are set out so that the children will not be exercising all day and will have slots where they will be learning new things so exercising their minds as well as their bodies. The final session on each Friday will be short games where the parents will be invited to come along and watch to see how their children have progressed, and support them.