What else but Rugby at EFSC this week

With the Rugby World Cup in full flow now in Tokyo what else could we play this week but our own games of Rugby. We welcomed a lot of new faces to the session this week, and it is always good to see new members.
We started off with a warm up game of Tag followed by some Parachute games - as it was so successful last week.

It was then out with the Rugby balls and to start with they worked in pairs passing to each other. They then formed a circle and started passing around to each other. That developed in to one player trying to run around the outside of the cricle faster than the kids could pass the ball within it.
From there the coaches had the kids running through the cones with the ball, moving the ball around the body, then passing while they were running. Finally they passed the ball to each other over & under and side to side, so in a line they either passed backwards through their legs, over their heads or around their bodies to the side.​

After the break we played a Tag Rugby game, Dragon's Den, where one player runs down the hall to collect a ball and then tries to get back 'home' without getting tagged by the 'dragon'. All the kids got involved and were enthusiastic showing a great level of skill.

Our last game before the end of the session was another rugby game called Rob the Nest. This is where the group splits in to small teams and the aim is to end up with the most rugby balls in your nest. This is done by robbing balls from other team's nests whilst protecting your own nest.
At the end of the session the Star of the Week award went to Kealan in his very first session with us. Fantastic effort Kealan, well done and we look forward to welcoming you and all the kids back again next Saturday for another great session.

Kealan with his award, alongside Anand and Ollie