Summer training starts on Wednesday 30th June and take place every Wednesday from 6.30-8.30 at the Playing Fields.
We move to twice weekly training Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th August, and then will train from 6.30-7.30 on Tuesday and 6.30-8.30 on Thursday.
Matches are played on Sunday afternoons with kick-off typically at 2pm and our first competitive match is likely to be on Sunday 12th September in the Merit League.
Wednesday 30th June: Session 0: Fitness Testing
Discuss the pre-season aims
Discuss the player ‘contract’ and your commitment to the schedule.
Establish a ‘benchmark’ for our fitness levels
Wednesday 7th July: Session 1: Handling and Introduction to Unit Plays
Hand out the Play Book
Introduction to handling drills and exercises
Every training session will include time for individual Positional Skills Sessions ('PSS'): which will work on the development of key positional skills
Wednesday 14th July: Session 2: Handling and Extending Options Plays
Warm-up
Development of handling concepts
Wednesday 21st July: Session 3: Continuity Skills
Warm-up
Introduce basic Continuity - awareness, support running, and a pass
PSS:Each player should now start to be identifying areas that they need to work on
Wednesday 28th July: Session 4: Continuity - Passing Out of the Tackle
Warm-up
Consolidate sessions 1,2 and 3
Wednesday 4th August: Session 5: Continuity, Rucking and Unit Skills
Warm-up
Introduction to basic Rucking and Contact skills
Unit Skills: Forwards: The Lineout and basic back play Lineout: Lifters and Jumpers Throwers & Backs: Basic passing (1, 2 & 3 phase with controlled support)
Tuesday 10th August: Session 6: Passing, Contact and Team Skills
Warm up
Handling skills
Contact Skills
Team Skills – Isolating defenders and identifying space.
Thursday 12th August: Session 7 - Fitness Testing
How are we progressing?
Tues 17th August: Session 8: Introducing Your Team Pattern - Lineout Focus
Warm-up
Lineout as an Attacking option
Thurs 19th August: Session 9: Introducing Your Team Pattern - Lineout Development
Warm-up
Using the lineout as an attacking and ‘Offensive Defensive’ option
Tues 24th August: Session 10: Introducing Your Team Pattern – Scrum Focus
Warm-up
Introducing the scrummaging options
26th August: Session 11: Introducing Your Team Pattern - Scrum Development
Warm-up
Developing our options from the scrum, both attacking and defensive
Tues 31st August: Session 12: Continuing Team Pattern
Warm-up
Bringing it all together!
2nd September: Session 13: Fitness Testing Review
Warm-up
Fitness Review, have we met our targets?
Review of the summer training programme
Continuity
Option plays
Basic defensive structure
Offensive line outs
Offensive scrums
Setting of Individual’s goals for the next training period
Sunday 5th September: Registration and Training Session
Formal start to the 2010/11 Season
Tues 7th September: Regular season training – fitness/individual skills focussed
Normal season training sessions start here, building on the fitness and skills developed over the summer.
Thurs 9th September: Regular season training – Unit/Team skills focussed
