Rugby and Benchball this week at Sportability Club

After a bit of a slow start we had a really good turnout and a lovely session at Sportability on Saturday, in the Oak View School main hall.
We started as always with a warm up, led by Alan and Ollie. It was then out with the rugby balls and running around the hall, throwing them in the air and catching them on the run. Then stopping mid-run, throwing in the air and clapping before catching again.
They then paired up to practice passing in pairs.

We then formed a circle and players took turns to run across the circle and pass on the run to another player of their choosing. The rugby then finished off with some mad, frantic games of Rob the Nest. The group split in to four teams and each had a nest (hoop) in their corner of the hall. All the balls start in the middle of the hall and once the game starts each team sends a team member to go and fetch a rugby ball. Once they are back the next player goes and so on until all the balls in the middle are gone. Then, when Alan shouted go they start to "Rob" the balls from opposing team's nest. It is the team with the most balls and the end of each game that is the winner. I dont know how they managed it but Todd's team won all three games that were played!

After the main break we split in to two teams to play ​Benchball but with a rugby ball. The blue team won the first game as the yellow team struggled to get past Ollie in defence. However, we levelled the teams up and the Yellow team stormed back to win the next two game and therefore win 2-1 overall, but it was very close!
We finished off the session, still in the two teams, with a few games of Boccia. The team using the red balls won the first game 3-1 and then the second game 4-3 but the last game was won by the blue team who won 4-3.

It was a great session and at the end we all sang Happy Birthday to Ellis, and his Dad! Our star performers this week were Ellis and Joseph - well done boys!

See you all next week for another session where we may be playing Archery and Putting.

Joseph receiving his Star of the Week award from Coach Alan

Birthday boy Ellis did really well this week and was fully deserving of his Star of the Week award