Winter Session Starts!

Gabriel is ready for rugby!

Today was the first day of the Winter Session and it went great. Splitting the younger kids and the older kids worked really well.  The young kids started at 10 with some warm up and passing drills.  We tried a new drill called 'Rob the Nest' that the kids really loved.  I think Donovan and Gus won the most round.   Then we scrimmaged.  Seven boys vs the adults.  The kids crushed!

The older kids showed up at 11am.  Instead of Rob the Nest, we did some kicking drills, splitting the kids into teams and  making them race.  Oh, they raced!  Special recognition to Jack P who claimed he could not kick at all, flubbed his first kick and nailed his next two kicks perfectly.

Then scrimmage.  Always fun.  Ethan, new to rugby, proved to be the star of the day, flanking everyone with his speed.  Here's to hoping he sticks around!

We finished practice off with Jack P and Karl doing tackle drills with Coach Paul.  They learned the basics of coming in low, aiming for the hip and driving forward.  We kept everything at  a slow pace, but that's hard with boys cause they want to tackle hard!  So fun.

Everyone remember to sign up.  See you next week!