Bramley Phoenix RFC - Minis/Juniors

All Mini & Junior players must complete this form every season.

As a parent you will no doubt want your son/daughter to enjoy their involvement in rugby union in a safe enjoyable environment where there are opportunities to learn and develop rugby skills and also have ‘fun’ This guide suggests questions you might ask when choosing a club for your son/daughter before making that final decision.

This policy has been adopted by our club to safeguard against children and vulnerable adults.

A brief summary of the game and its rules

A beginners Guide to the game of Rugby Union

The use of referee signals is recommended in order to help the referee communicate with players and spectators.

Tag Rugby Award - Running, Handling, Tag Tackles

Mini Rugby Award - Running, Handling, Contact

Rugby Skills Award - Running, Handling, Contact, Kicking

Introduction to Rugby Award - Running, Handling, Introducing the tag tackle

U8 to U11 Rugby Fitness Award

As a parent you will no doubt want your son/daughter to enjoy their involvement in rugby union in a safe enjoyable environment where there are opportunities to learn and develop rugby skills and also have ‘fun’ This guide suggests questions you might ask when choosing a club for your son/daughter before making that final decision.

The Complete Beginners Guide To Rugby Union

Everybody involved in organising and playing Rugby has a duty of care in relation to the players. The IRB Rugby Ready programme is intended to raise awareness of good practice and help stakeholders manage the inherent risks of a contact sport by putting appropriate safeguards in place.

It's from Canada but still relevant

These coaching plans contain a series of progressive sessions and practices designed to improve the core technical skills of rugby players who are embarking on the elite development pathway. Sessions and individual practices can be adapted for players of all ages and experience.

TryRugby includes the development of fundamental movement and fundamental sports skills. With this in mind drills and activities have been chosen that best represent the delivery of these fundamentals which include Rugby core and individual skills for the players. Core skills are the basic skills required to play the game of Rugby. Individual skills are more position specific. They are critical to the effective development of players at all levels.

Innovative Rugby Training Concepts & Fitness Equipment for Players and Coaches

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Only available to members, please see your coach or a member of the committee for further information.

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Tag and touch rugby are ideal methods of introducing young players to the concepts of rugby in a fun, enjoyable and safe way. Either version of the game can be played without fear of injury through contact. They allow smaller and lighter players to shine, and are great for mixed gender rugby, as well as for groups with children of different ages.

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Practical help for coaches of junior rugby teams. Including coaching techniques for working with junior players. How to empower your team. How to run drills and progress them into games. Fitness – the one session workout. Game tactics for youth teams. Pre-match team talks. What to say and what to do during the match. Ideal for coaches of children aged 8-13.

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More than 100 quick, easy and fun ways to kick-start your coaching sessions.

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Covered here are Safety, Child protection, Emergency Sessions, Coaching Children, Picking up the ball, Coaching the Tackle, Spin Passing, Coach's Code of Conduct, Refereeing and Knowing the Main Laws of the Game

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Coaching Rugby is designed to build your players’ techniques, skills and understanding of the whole game. It is divided into two parts: 1. The basics of working with young players in a safe and rewarding environment. 2. More than 100 training sessions and game situations for a coach to use with any age group to develop the basic skills of rugby union.

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Coaching is about enabling players to learn and develop their performance. The coaching model called "Teaching Games For Understanding" or "Games Sense" as it is also known around the world, is a recognised approach that enhances learning by providing realistic, decision making opportunities, as they might occur in the actual competition.

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GAMES ARE GOOD "Kids are the same the world over, they like to play" - by Anonymous. The same is true of Rugby players and if you want to keep them coming back for more at training sessions, then playing games is good.

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Tips from the Experts

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11 more expert tips

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Delivering possession from a lineout to help deliver attacking play requires individual, small group and unit technical and tactical skills. This manual will give you coaching insight into the underlying core skills and abilities that are intrinsic to lineout success.

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Ways of using 50 Great Backs Moves  Discover great new moves.  Find moves that suit your back line.  Find new ways of developing well established moves.  Print off copies of a move and distribute it to your players so they can study it away from practice time.  Use the Move Finder to find the right move to exploit a team’s weakness or one of your team’s or player’s strengths.

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The objectives of this manual are to provide a range of attacking moves and plays you can use from lineouts, scrums and penalties, as well as in open play, so you can score more tries.

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There are 6 key elements to Rugby Fitness. 1 - Stamina & Aerobic Fitness. 2 - Strength. 3 - Posture & Mobility. 4 - Speed & Anaerobic Fitness. 5 - Agility. 6 - Skills

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There are more than 100 Rucks in a normal game of Rugby. Get this crucial aspect of the game sorted and so many other parts will fall into place.

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It is a dark and sometimes scary place.......

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Good defences win matches !

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To Give Your Team An Edge

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..... For their best ever season

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