By the end of the week, I’ll have been involved in three rather large sevens tournaments for Middle School (approx. 11-14 year old) students on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Sevens is relatively new to schools rugby around here, but with it’s recent admission to the Summer Olympics in 2016, I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘women’
The Magnificent Sevens?
Posted in News / Issues, tagged issues, rants, sevens, women on 12/05/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thinking About Attack
Posted in Tactical, tagged analysis, attack, awareness, communication, positions, strategy, tackle contest, tactics, training, use of space, women on 27/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
The following is an assignment I’ve given to the decision makers on my team… By looking at the following screen captures from the recent England v Scotland match, take the opportunity to assess what England’s options are and what their best course of action could be. The ideal situation would see them make a clean [...]
Attack at top speed or take it easy?
Posted in Technical, tagged footwork, running, women on 13/01/2011 | 1 Comment »
The other night at training the players were working on changing pace, and I noticed how changing gears for them meant trying to find another higher one after hitting top speed. Others not blessed with pace were left in the wake of those who did. Wondering what they were trying to get out of the [...]
Tackling: Getting into the Right Position
Posted in Technical, tagged defence, safety, tackling, technique, women on 12/09/2010 | Leave a Comment »
When coaching our players, especially new ones, to improve their tackling technique I sometimes think a small, but vital step is missed in going through the basics of making an effective rugby tackle. Most of us get right these points absolutely spot on: approach dynamically; on toes, flexed and ready to react to the ball [...]
Women’s World Cup Final!
Posted in News / Issues, Refereeing / Laws, tagged issues, philosophy, rants, women on 06/09/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’d had been looking forward to this tournament all year, and not only because I love rugby playing women … uh, I mean coaching them … I continue to coach the female game for several reasons, and one is that without all that bulk and bullheadedness, women are more likely to look for space than [...]
What else should we get out of rugby?
Posted in General Posts, tagged motivation, philosophy, team building, women on 04/08/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had this conversation with some players that I coach who themselves have got into coaching. One is a particularly intense front rower who is a force in contact situations, but always tries to maintain a positive attitude. I commended her on such an attitude, despite her aggressive play on the field and she said [...]
Pre-Match Motivation
Posted in General Posts, tagged motivation, philosophy, women on 24/05/2010 | 4 Comments »
Heading into some big games in the last few weeks, and more this coming week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how best to motivate the players. When I first started out coaching, I had come from captaining my school team, and continued some of what I had done there. Choice words, big speeches, lots [...]
A Year of Women’s Internationals Kicks Off
Posted in News / Issues, tagged women on 07/02/2010 | Leave a Comment »
England have officially stamped their intentions on winning this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup, which will be a home affair for them, with a complete demolition of Wales 31-0 in yesterday’s Women’s Six Nations opener. By recent results, the WRWC final should be between them and the New Zealand Black Ferns – barring any disaster [...]
