Players’ Courses:
Elite

Who Should Attend?

For players aged 18 - 21 years with aspirations to be professional players. 

Course Overview

• Intensive 1 week course.
• Highly intensive course, based on skills.
• The course aims to build a solid foundation for these players that will better prepare them for their rugby future.
• Concentrates on position specific analysis and tuition, mental toughness, rugby intelligence and skills.

Course Outline

• Goal setting
• Fitness assessments - aerobic and flexibility
• Fitness assessments - speed and strength
• Daily skills
• Mental toughness
• Rugby intelligence
• Recovery regimes - theory and practical
• Self massage and injury prevention
• Feedback and one-on-one from fitness trainer about current and future programmes
• Kicking Skills, Passing Skills, Forwards' Skills, Backs' Skills
• Team patterns
• Nutrition
• Position-specific coaching
• Position-specific assessment
• Match
• Video analysis of game - feedback with position-specific coaches
• One-on-one feedback
• Course dinner

Course Fees

All Applications

Prices do not include travel to the venue, but do include all academy and course related costs such as meals and accommodation and transfers from the airport (if applicable) to the venue.

50% deposit on acceptance of application
Balance of 50% due four weeks prior to course start date
Translation service available at additional cost

Course fees include:

• Accommodation and all meals
• 1 weeks' rugby tuition

Please note: Cancellation four weeks prior to commencement of course will incur a penalty fee of 20% of the course fee. Cancellation within two weeks of course commencement is non-refundable.

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