Players' Courses: Junior Development
Who Should Attend?
- Designed specifically for promising young players aged from 13 to 15 years, with aspirations for the future.
Course Overview
- Intensive five-day course
- The course aims to build a solid foundation for these players that will better prepare them for their rugby future
- Concentrates on position specific analysis and tuition, mental toughness, rugby intelligence and skills
- The course will be run in July
Course Outline
Goal setting
Fitness assessments - aerobic and flexibility
Fitness assessments - speed
Daily skills
Mental toughness
Rugby intelligence
Recovery regimes - theory and practical
Feedback and one-on-one from fitness trainer about current and future programmes
Kicking Skills, Passing Skills, Forwards' Skills, Backs' Skills
Team patterns
Nutrition
Position-specific coaching
Position-specific assessment
Match
Video analysis of game - feedback with position-specific coaches
One-on-one feedback
Course dinner
Please Note; each day will start with one of the following:
- Stretching and flexibility
- Run
- Swim
Junior Development Players' Course Fees
NZ$2,200
50% deposit on acceptance of application.
Balance of 50% due four weeks prior to course start date.
Translation service available at additional cost.
Course fees include:
- Accommodation and all meals
- Five-day rugby tuition
Junior Development Players' Course Timetable
Monday 7 to Friday 11 July 2008
