Fun Fitness (Rugby and other)
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17th Feb '07, 5:57am
I've recently been placed in charge of fitness training for my rugby squad by our head coach. Last season he ran over hour long fitness sessions that demoralized the team and did not show much results.
So, now, here I am to try to change the attitude on our team's fitness sessions. I'd like to keep things fun and competitive (nothing sucks more than just running sprints - I believe no one runs full out unless there's a competition involved).
The game involves 80 min of sprinting, tackling, cutting, passing, jumping, jogging, kicking, etc. I'd like to incorporate as much of that as I can. We do not have much training time so I'd love to combine skills with fitness.
Most players I know hate just running, but if you throw a ball out there they'll do it without complaint.
Ideas?
I personally know very
17th Feb '07, 7:39pm
I personally know very little about rugby, have never played or coached myself. However, there are studies that show small sided games within fitness training (soccer in particular) if managed properly can illicit gains equal to those of drills specifically segnied to improve fitness...
M
Can anyone recommend some
20th Feb '07, 6:43pm
Can anyone recommend some small-sided fitness games?
One that I heard of was "Kabuddi" (spelling?).
Kabbadi is a sport played in
28th Feb '07, 11:49am
Kabbadi is a sport played in india that requires holding your breath, i'm fairly sure it will have limited carry over into fitness for rugby.
As I have said rugby is not my sport, but something like 7's type rugby would be what you are trying to do. Where everyone in the team is involved more often due to the fewer number of players.
Hopefully someone with some specific rugby experience will chime in.
M
Fun Rugby Fitness
4th Jul '07, 2:37pm
I like to make training as game-related as possible: ie try to get them playing a game so that they forget they are actually doing fitness! Have a look at the following which I have found really useful - particularly the first one:
http://www.community-rugby.com/communityrugby/index.cfm/fuseaction/Home.Download_Counter/downloadId/120/filename/stamina%20the%20unwelcome%20word.pdf
http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,3966_1723584,00.html
http://www.scottishrugby.org/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=A2224753-B774-B236-0F31-8F67A1829D2B&siteName=sru
Kabbadi rugby drill
21st May '10, 11:41am
Hi, in response to your question about Kabbadi - this game/rugby drill is described at betterrugbycoaching.com
I've copied it here for you.
Fun invasion game for rugby skills
An exciting all-action invasion game, that can easily be applied to rugby.
Kabaddi is the national game of Bangladesh. Here is a version you can use with your rugby team. It can be used as a rugby warm-up game, or something completely different to finish off an intense rugby training session.
What is Kabaddi?
It is played by two teams in a 12.5m x 10m court split in two. A player from one side enters the other team's court, tries to touch an opposition player and then get back to his court, all while holding his breath. If successful he scores a point, if not the other team scores a point.
Chanting kabaddi (car-bad-ee) and capture
When a player (the "raider") enters the other team's zone, he must chant "kabaddi-kabaddi" without a break and without drawing breath. If he stops, then he has failed. He also fails if he cannot return to his zone. He can be prevented by being pushed out of the box, or simply tackled and held.
Other rules
Team sizes should be no more than 7. The actual game has 12 in a team, but with no more than 7 on the court at any one time.
Teams take it in turns to send in a raider. The raider should be rotated.
A touch by a raider can be anywhere on the body, but I suggest that it must be made by the hand (in the actual game, a foot is often used).
The type of tackle can be adjusted according to the players being used. A normal tackle could be employed, or a two-handed touch, or even two-handed touch by two different players.
The game can be timed or finished when one side reaches a certain number of points.
Variations and ideas
The raider has a ball, which they must use to touch a defender. Once a touch has been made, the raider must attempt to "score a try" by touching the ball down in the home zone.
If a defender is touched and the raider gets back, then the defender sits out. Likewise a raider who fails can also sit out. The game is won when the other team has no one left.
Further to variation 2, you can play "one out, one in". If you force a player out of the opposition, you can revive one of your players.
A raider
On his turn, dashes into the opposition zone.
Holds his breadth and chants "kabaddi-kabaddi" until he has have left their zone.
Tries to touch any of the opposition players with one hand (or a ball) and then make it home.
Gains a point for touching one of the opposition and returning home.
Loses a point if he cannot make it back, stops chanting, gets tackled, or goes out of bounds.
A raider can return home without making a touch, but that is the end of that team's go.
The defenders (the "stoppers")
Entice a raider to touch one of them.
Once a player has been touched, the team prevent the raider getting back home by pushing them out or tackling them.