Sunday 18th v Drifters (and a question for you to answer!)
Hi all,
We had a really good session with Drifters on Sunday and I thought the match we played at the end was of as high quality as I've seen this season. Rucking, mauling, tackling, and some great open running and support play - I think the team is starting to do a lot of things naturally, as opposed to having to think to hard about everything, and that is a credit to them all.
We won the match 3-0, which was pretty much a fair reflection in the end. It could have been more had we not thrown possession away 2 or 3 times in the first half - one of the area the coaches want to work on as we progress.
I'd like to say a very big thanks to all the kids who volunteered to play with the Drifters boys yesterday - they were very low in numbers due to half term - and they are Ben (E), Josh, Harry, Cameron, and Robin. It was great to see (and commented on by Drifters) how well our boys integrated and played as a team with the Drifters lads, despite never having met them before. I don't think there is any higher accolade at this level, and please thank all those named above again from me - they are a credit to our club.
And now a question - We've had a bit of debate over the weekend about selection policy. This comes up regularly particularly around the "A" and "B" situation. I'd like to think we've almost cracked this one, and I believe that almost all our regular boys have had a run out with both A and B teams at one point or another throughout the season (but feel free to comment).
The question now is more around positions. As a rule, we are trying to teach the kids the basics of rugby in an open, enjoyable and above all, safe environment. To do this, we watch the kids through all skills sessions, how they have developed, how they play in games and then give them positions where they can excel and we can meet the main objective above.
I do think as we progress, we want the kids to get exposed to a variety of positions, but I would say we need to be realistic in our expectations - I'm not sure if we trained every day for the next 3 months, that every child would understand every position!!
But again, I want this to be fun, so (and after all this wind) here is the question...
Are you / your child happy with this policy and indeed the positon they are playing or do you/they have a burning desire to be positioned somewhere else?? Keep it simple! If you have a child who is constantly in the backs but fancies a run out in the forwards, that's the kind of thing I'd like to know.
It's only by getting input from you that we can make these decisions, or at least have the debate as coaches and parents. I expect from the lack of feedback (and that's not a dig) that most are happy, but if you have something you would like us to act on, please shout. One thing I would bear in mind as you think on this, is that I believe our progress as a team is a lot down to "consistency and continuity" and doing the basics well - if we make a lot of moves, we should also think about the risks to these values. I do think that nearly all the kids seem to be really happy with their positions and what we are doing, but that's not to say they are not a little shy about raising their hand! For what it's worth, I don't think it would be feasible to accomodate complete change if all kids / parents wanted to do so, it would be chaos if we did! But I do want to hear your thoughts and happy to discuss on an individual basis with parents or children.
Hope all makes sense - sorry for long note!!
Best always,
We won the match 3-0, which was pretty much a fair reflection in the end. It could have been more had we not thrown possession away 2 or 3 times in the first half - one of the area the coaches want to work on as we progress.
I'd like to say a very big thanks to all the kids who volunteered to play with the Drifters boys yesterday - they were very low in numbers due to half term - and they are Ben (E), Josh, Harry, Cameron, and Robin. It was great to see (and commented on by Drifters) how well our boys integrated and played as a team with the Drifters lads, despite never having met them before. I don't think there is any higher accolade at this level, and please thank all those named above again from me - they are a credit to our club.
And now a question - We've had a bit of debate over the weekend about selection policy. This comes up regularly particularly around the "A" and "B" situation. I'd like to think we've almost cracked this one, and I believe that almost all our regular boys have had a run out with both A and B teams at one point or another throughout the season (but feel free to comment).
The question now is more around positions. As a rule, we are trying to teach the kids the basics of rugby in an open, enjoyable and above all, safe environment. To do this, we watch the kids through all skills sessions, how they have developed, how they play in games and then give them positions where they can excel and we can meet the main objective above.
I do think as we progress, we want the kids to get exposed to a variety of positions, but I would say we need to be realistic in our expectations - I'm not sure if we trained every day for the next 3 months, that every child would understand every position!!
But again, I want this to be fun, so (and after all this wind) here is the question...
Are you / your child happy with this policy and indeed the positon they are playing or do you/they have a burning desire to be positioned somewhere else?? Keep it simple! If you have a child who is constantly in the backs but fancies a run out in the forwards, that's the kind of thing I'd like to know.
It's only by getting input from you that we can make these decisions, or at least have the debate as coaches and parents. I expect from the lack of feedback (and that's not a dig) that most are happy, but if you have something you would like us to act on, please shout. One thing I would bear in mind as you think on this, is that I believe our progress as a team is a lot down to "consistency and continuity" and doing the basics well - if we make a lot of moves, we should also think about the risks to these values. I do think that nearly all the kids seem to be really happy with their positions and what we are doing, but that's not to say they are not a little shy about raising their hand! For what it's worth, I don't think it would be feasible to accomodate complete change if all kids / parents wanted to do so, it would be chaos if we did! But I do want to hear your thoughts and happy to discuss on an individual basis with parents or children.
Hope all makes sense - sorry for long note!!
Best always,
Scott Hamilton
Tel: +44 7795 332251 (m)<
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