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Hartland Community School Flag Rugby

Hartland Community School Flag Rugby. The Modified Rugby Program Developed for Young Athletes. What does Flag Rugby Look Like?. It is designed to minimize contact between players It is designed to allow a variety of ages and genders to play together

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Hartland Community School Flag Rugby

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  1. Hartland Community SchoolFlag Rugby The Modified Rugby Program Developed for Young Athletes

  2. What does Flag Rugby Look Like? • It is designed to minimize contact between players • It is designed to allow a variety of ages and genders to play together • It uses simplified and modified rules of Rugby • It promotes fitness, teamwork, leadership and that all players have valuable roles • It is fun and allows for camaradarie across teams • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWN_GPzjG7I

  3. Features of Flag Rugby What Athletes Learn Physical Fitness & Rugby Skills Running as a team Kicking Jumping Passing Catching Ball handling • Sportsmanship • Teamwork • Having fun

  4. Components of the Game • Attacking • Defending • Positional Play

  5. Games • 7 Players on each team take the pitch • 10 minute halves • Open substitutions at all breaks • Passes are lateral or backwards not forwards • Tackle equals removing the flag from the waist • Tag and 2 second rule • Tackler can’t interfere with the pass • Flags are returned to players

  6. Continued • Forward Pass and Scrums (6 man variation) and are uncontested • Lineouts (uncontested) • Offsides (penalty and turnover) • 2 Second Rule (penalty and turnover) • Guarding (penalty and turnover) • Delaying the return or accepting of the flag (penalty and turnover)

  7. Continued • Spaces not Faces (penalty and turnover) • Barging (penalty and turnover)

  8. That’s Flag in a Nutshell • Questions • Comments • Concerns • smithjas@nbed.nb.ca • Office Phone 375-3000 • Home Phone 375-1117 • Letter to Come • Schedule to Come

  9. Me • Certified Rugby Coach, Level I • Coached Rugby for 10 years at the middle and high school levels • Initiated a boys, girls, and mixed team at previous schools where programs were non existent • Coached Soccer and Badminton for more than 10 years • Soccer Referee, Province of NB • Still Active Athlete

  10. The Team and Information • I need 20 Youth to make the program viable • The cost will be as minimal as possible • Practices will be from 3:00-4:30 • Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are the days I’m looking at and will choose two of the three. • We will play against 3 other schools in this area

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