Rugby Foundations With Richie Williams

This course takes you through the key skills of rugby progressing each from first engagement with rugby, through to high

What you’ll learn
Gain an understanding of the key areas of rugby
Learn how to safely introduce contact and tackling to youth athletes
Develop an understanding of the techniques of a variety of passing options
Understand how to develop attacking and defending skills and strategies

Requirements
An interest in rugby and a desire to improve your knowledge

Description
This course takes you through the key skills of rugby progressing each from first engagement with rugby, through to high performance techniques and tactics. Alongside Director of Rugby at Cambridge Rugby Club, Richie Williams you’ll learn how to teach all of the skills needed to be a competent rugby player and how to safely introduce contact and tackling.Gain an understanding of the key areas of rugbyLearn how to safely introduce contact and tackling to youth athletesDevelop an understanding of the techniques of a variety of passing optionsUnderstand how to develop attacking and defending skills and strategiesIn this course, Director of Rugby at Cambridge Rugby Club, Richie Williams will take you step by step through the key components of rugby.Richie has worked with national teams as the Head Coach of England U20s and England University 7’s, before becoming the Director of Rugby for Cambridge RUFC.The course will begin by introducing the basic evasion and handling skills required to effectively move with the ball, before introducing team attack tactics.We’ll also look at defensive tactics and how to safely and effectively introduce tackling to youth players.By the end of the course, you should understand how to teach rugby to players at any stage of their development.See you on the field!

Overview
Section 1: an Introduction to the Rugby Course

Lecture 1 Welcome from Richie

Section 2: Evasion Skills

Lecture 2 An Introduction to Evasion

Lecture 3 Basic Movement

Lecture 4 Change of Direction

Lecture 5 Finding Space

Lecture 6 Identifying and Manipulating Space

Lecture 7 Spatial Awareness and Cue Recognition

Section 3: Ball Handling and Passing

Lecture 8 An Introduction to Ball Handling

Lecture 9 Ball Familiarisation

Lecture 10 Pass and Catch on the Move

Lecture 11 Ball Mastery

Lecture 12 Passing Over Varied Distances

Lecture 13 Manipulating the Defence

Section 4: Team Attack

Lecture 14 An Introduction to Team Attack

Lecture 15 Spatial Awareness

Lecture 16 Space to Attack

Lecture 17 Support Around the Ball

Lecture 18 Attacking Scenarios

Lecture 19 Kicking to Attack

Section 5: Team Defence

Lecture 20 An Introduction to Team Defence

Lecture 21 Shadow Movements

Lecture 22 Introducing Contact

Lecture 23 The Safe Tackle

Lecture 24 Defensive Scenarios

Lecture 25 Defensive Tactics

Section 6: Contact Skills

Lecture 26 An Introduction to Contact Skills

Lecture 27 Floor Movements

Lecture 28 1v1 Contact

Lecture 29 3v3 Contact Scenarios

Lecture 30 Contact Decisions

Lecture 31 Contact Scenarios

Section 7: Game Awareness

Lecture 32 An Introduction to Game Awareness

Lecture 33 Multi-Directional Games

Lecture 34 Small-Sided Games

Lecture 35 Small-Sided Contact Games

Lecture 36 Continuity Games

Lecture 37 15v15 Games

New coaches looking to improve their knowledge of the key areas of rugby