Couple of answers, please?

[-InvIctus-]

Before I get to my questions, hello I'm new to the forum and all that ^^

I was just hoping to get a couple of answers, I play 12-13 for my club at the moment, I know that if I want to become a professional rugby player I would have to get my speed up anyway but recently our club has done a couple of 7s competitions and I really enjoyed it because I get more of the ball and I love the physical side of it and was just asking myself would I have to change my training regime at all if I wanted to go towards 7s ? Do 7s get paid as much as in XV (I would like to be able to make a living from it ) ? All my trainers say I'm excellant at 7s, I try and be like Quade Cooper when it comes to sidesteps and dusautoir / tuilagi when it comes to my defense but all I really need to work on is my speed

My training is everyday 60 burpee starjump combo, 90 press ups , 90 knee to elbow sit-ups then after that 30 25 meter sprints (I need to accelerate faster ) and every second day weight training on top of that


Thank you in advance,

 

[TRF_Olyy]

7s recently got central contracts in England (actually employed to play 7s for England, rather than employed by a club and then borrowed by the 7s set up), so you can definitely make a living off of it if you're good enough.

For speed/acceleration improvements make sure you're doing the right kind of gym work - strength work like deadlifts and squats and power work like power cleans, snatches, box squats, box jumps etc.
Plyometrics are also a fantastic way to build up speed - google and/or youtube them, you'll find a ton of info/examples of them - basically jumping/bounding etc. in explosive movements.


Also: Welcome to the forum!

 

[-InvIctus-]

7s recently got central contracts in England (actually employed to play 7s for England, rather than employed by a club and then borrowed by the 7s set up), so you can definitely make a living off of it if you're good enough.

For speed/acceleration improvements make sure you're doing the right kind of gym work - strength work like deadlifts and squats and power work like power cleans, snatches, box squats, box jumps etc.
Plyometrics are also a fantastic way to build up speed - google and/or youtube them, you'll find a ton of info/examples of them - basically jumping/bounding etc. in explosive movements.


Also: Welcome to the forum!

Thank you