however as the morning went on they began to develop a better understanding and were more confident in running forward and looking for a pass behind from the support on offer. Y7 RUGBY DAY To finish the morning session the coach introduced contact in the form of the On Tuesday 13th October 15 Y7 boys tackle’ something Shirebrook ‘Cuddle had a very active day, taking part in two took really well to. fantastic rugby events. At lunch the boys were very excited at The boys selected had all shown an the thought of moving on to full interest in playing rugby, with a couple contact rugby and were straight back to already playing for local clubs. the field after they had eaten to practice their passing and kicking. Tupton Training session Before full contact games could take The day was split into two. The place the coach wanted to ensure that morning session was based at Tupton all players were confident in tackling, as Rugby Union FC where schools from well as being tackled. The boys across the Bolsover district came therefore had to pair up and practice together to have a training session, the plank” so to speak. “walking learning how the game of rugby is played. To finish the afternoon at Tupton the boys took part in a full contact game Upon arrive at Tupton all the boys were against each. very excited to get going and after a quick introduction talk from an The boys had improved dramatically England Rugby coach it was time to since the morning and had definitely take to the field. benefitted from the training day ahead of their tournament later on. The morning with the basics of rugby, focusing on passing and moving Some stand out players from the to begin. The aim of this activity was to training day in the form of Morgan get them used to handling the rugby Jones and Michael Gorrill who already – ball and moving. play for local clubs as well as George Smith Grouth, Fraser Spizer- Howard Following this the game progressed, and Kieran Knight, all who had only moving into a more rugby like game played once before in the training event whereby the ball could only be passed last week. backwards- this is something Shirebrook struggled with to start
Y7 RUGBY DAY On Tuesday 13th October 15 Y7 boys had a very active day, taking part in two fantastic rugby events. The boys selected had all shown an interest in playing rugby, with a couple already playing for local clubs. Tupton Training session The day was split into two. The morning session was based at Tupton Rugby Union FC where schools from across the Bolsover district came together to have a training session, learning how the game of rugby is played. Upon arrive at Tupton all the boys were very excited to get going and after a quick introduction talk from an England Rugby coach it was time to take to the field. The morning with the basics of rugby, focusing on passing and moving to begin. The aim of this activity was to get them used to handling the rugby ball and moving. Following this the game progressed, moving into a more rugby like game whereby the ball could only be passed backwards- this is something Shirebrook struggled with to start however as the morning went on they began to develop a better understanding and were more confident in running forward and looking for a pass behind from the support on offer. To finish the morning session the coach introduced contact in the form of the ‘Cuddle tackle’ something Shirebrook took really well to. At lunch the boys were very excited at the thought of moving on to full contact rugby and were straight back to the field after they had eaten to practice their passing and kicking. Before full contact games could take place the coach wanted to ensure that all players were confident in tackling, as well as being tackled. The boys therefore had to pair up and practice “walking the plank” so to speak. To finish the afternoon at Tupton the boys took part in a full contact game against each. The boys had improved dramatically since the morning and had definitely benefitted from the training day ahead of their tournament later on. Some stand out players from the training day in the form of Morgan Jones and Michael Gorrill – who already play for local clubs as well as George Smith Grouth, Fraser Spizer- Howard and Kieran Knight, all who had only played once before in the training event last week.