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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 644641" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>No probs. I don't think so either</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now I'm gong to surprise you, I think</p><p></p><p>When Freekk Burger first suggested this idea, a friend of mine who was then is still a current a referee, and another mutual friend who is a juniors rugby coach, got together and decided to try something. We got a bunch of school age kids and decided to have trial match to see if the 2m laws at ruck and maul would work. The teacher asked for volunteers among the rugby players (the prospect of a school day off to play rugby was a good sweetener).</p><p></p><p>First, we started with classroom session in the morning, explaining on a whiteboard how it worked, then later in the morning, we had them training rucks and mauls with pick and drives and short back movements. Finally, we divided the boys into two even teams and played a full game with 25 minute halves. Now, these were 13/14 year old kids, and they picked it up really quickly. By 15 minutes in, they were making decisions about joining rucks or standing back. They even worked out two tactics they could use...</p><p></p><p>► They worked out that, when they had possession at the ruck, they could time it between the SH and a couple of forwards to run forward as if they were going to join the ruck, and have the SH flick the ball up to one or the other just as the arrived, allowing them to break the gain line around the side of the ruck before the other team could react.</p><p></p><p>► They also worked out that, if the other team had possession at the ruck and there were only a couple of players in the ruck (the rest of the opposition were spread out along the 2m offside line, or backing away towards the 2m line) that several forwards could rush up to the ruck and join it "en masse" using their combined impetus to counter-ruck/drive their opponents off the ball.</p><p></p><p>Thing is, these <strong>kids</strong> were able to understand and play to a Law they have never played before in less than a day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 644641, member: 20605"] No probs. I don't think so either Now I'm gong to surprise you, I think When Freekk Burger first suggested this idea, a friend of mine who was then is still a current a referee, and another mutual friend who is a juniors rugby coach, got together and decided to try something. We got a bunch of school age kids and decided to have trial match to see if the 2m laws at ruck and maul would work. The teacher asked for volunteers among the rugby players (the prospect of a school day off to play rugby was a good sweetener). First, we started with classroom session in the morning, explaining on a whiteboard how it worked, then later in the morning, we had them training rucks and mauls with pick and drives and short back movements. Finally, we divided the boys into two even teams and played a full game with 25 minute halves. Now, these were 13/14 year old kids, and they picked it up really quickly. By 15 minutes in, they were making decisions about joining rucks or standing back. They even worked out two tactics they could use... ► They worked out that, when they had possession at the ruck, they could time it between the SH and a couple of forwards to run forward as if they were going to join the ruck, and have the SH flick the ball up to one or the other just as the arrived, allowing them to break the gain line around the side of the ruck before the other team could react. ► They also worked out that, if the other team had possession at the ruck and there were only a couple of players in the ruck (the rest of the opposition were spread out along the 2m offside line, or backing away towards the 2m line) that several forwards could rush up to the ruck and join it "en masse" using their combined impetus to counter-ruck/drive their opponents off the ball. Thing is, these [B]kids[/B] were able to understand and play to a Law they have never played before in less than a day. [/QUOTE]
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