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dutch
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Mon, 28 April 08 13:02 GMT
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Whistleblower I think you have it just right. No training then no play. Simple as that. It gets rid of the time wasters and allows the players who do want to train and play do exactly that.
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the whistleblower
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Thu, 24 April 08 11:59 GMT
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By U.11, most problems of attention span had been dealt with, but we still maintained a sanction agreed by the coaching team at about U.8 or U.9, when the boys treated the training pitch as just another playground.
We explained we were here for a purpose. The purpose was to have fun playing good rugby, which could only be achieved by putting in some time with training - which sadly wasn't always fun in itself, despite the best efforts of the coaches. So if anyone wasn't interested in the training, they could just sit it out or go and play on the sideline for as long as they wanted - no pressure. But it was explained that players who couldn't be bothered to train properly couldn't expect to be selected to start a match on match days.
Occasionally we would need to tell a boy to go and sit it out because he was disrupting the session- but it was very rare that things got to that stage. This sounds similar to, though less formal than, the idea proposed by Dan's coaching acquaintance.
This message edited on Thu, 24 April 08 by the whistleblower
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ballsie
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Thu, 24 April 08 11:49 GMT
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yep and these are the vets too
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pauldg
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Thu, 24 April 08 10:08 GMT
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>How do you deal with unruly kids.
That depends on the age of the kids.
We introduced a "sin bin" (similar to the way many parents use the "naughty step" or nurseries use a "time out space") with our younger age groups. It doesn't have to be used very often at all...
>Here is a suggestion from a coach and I wondered what others thought of it?
If the kids are old enough to cope with the idea of delayed consequences for their actions I can see this might work.
But I'd have thought very, very few Continuum age kids think beyond the next five minutes.
(Quite a few adults have a problem with this - look at the number of smokers, people with weight issues, drug abuse issues - all of which have *delayed* consequences..)
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Dan Cottrell
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Thu, 24 April 08 08:30 GMT
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How do you deal with unruly kids.
Here is a suggestion from a coach and I wondered what others thought of it?
At the start of the session I reminded the boys of the desired behavior required from rugby players and their responsibilities on the pitch and introduced a system whereby any ill discipline, arguing with referrees decision or amongst each other would result in that player being placed on a "REPORT", which the team managerwould note into a disciplinary book. If a player accummalates three strikes in a session they would then, at our discretion, get an automatic one match day ban. This seemed to have the desired effect amongst all the players and resulted in one of the most enjoyable sessions for all the players whereby everyone took a full and active part, including the coach.
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