Players’ Courses:
Elite

Who Should Attend?

• Male players 18 years and over who aspire to play at professional level
• Promising players interested in a rugby career
• Academy players who need high performance specialisation

Course Overview

• Intensive 14 day course
• Covers crucial physical, mental and core business skills required to become a successful professional rugby player
• Mental toughness and rugby intelligence modules
• Serious position-specific attention and analysis
• Identifies strengths and weaknesses
• Team coaching with current and former professional coaches and players

Course Outline

First Half:  Where you are, where you could be and how to get there, individual, his position and the role

• Team building and team culture
• Fitness assessments – aerobic
• Fitness assessments – speed and strength
• Mental toughness
• Recovery regimes – theory and practical
• Feedback (one-on-one) from strength and conditioning coach regarding future programmes
• One-on-one interviews with nutritionist, sports psychologist, medical/physio, skills specialist
• Video analysis of individual skills
• Conditioning programmes
• Kicking and passing skills
• Position-specific coaching
• Position-specific assessment
• Match 1 v Selection XV
• Daily skills including:
• Individual skills assessment
• Rugby nutrition
• Media and presentation skills
• Goal setting
• Recovery regime
• Self management skills

Second Half:  The Team

• Video analysis of match (feedback from position-specific coaches)
• Remedial Coaching
• Team Patterns
• Unit skills – strategy and tactics
• Situational rugby
• Continuity sequencing
• Defence
• Match analysis – team
• Daily skills
• Core skills
• Attack & Defence from Set Play
• Mental toughness
• Match 2 v Invitation XV
• Rugby Intelligence
• Rugby Nutrition
• Preparation for final match
• Final match
• Match debrief
• One-on-one feedback
• Course awards dinner
  

Course Fees

US $3900 including taxes

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

Translation service available at additional cost

Course fees include:

• Accommodation and all meals
• 14 days rugby tuition
• 'USA Experience' weekend

Facilitator Elite Players’ Course: Dennis Brown

Facilitator Elite Coaches’ Course: Chris Boyd

Front Row:  Anton Oliver/Bill Le Clerc
Locks: Luke Gross
Loose Forwards: Murray Mexted/Scott Robertson/Greg Commins
Inside Backs: Dave Ellis
Centres: Ian Foster/ Chris Boyd
Outside Backs: Christian Cullen/Al Caravelli
Skills Specialist: Dave Ellis

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