Players’ Courses:
Intermediate

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 March and June

Course Outline

  • Goal setting
  • Fitness assessments - aerobic and flexibility
  • Fitness assessments - speed
  • Daily individual 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
  • Strength and Conditioning
  • Swim

Course Fees

All Applications

ZAR 5,000

Prices do not include travel to the venue, but do include all academy and course related costs such as meals, course notes, kit and transfers from the airport (if applicable) to the venue.

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:

  • Lunch every day
  • Five day rugby tuition

Please note: Cancellation four weeks prior to commencement of course will incur a penalty fee of 20% of the course fee. Cancellation within two weeks of course commencement is non-refundable.

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