Marblehill - Ruggerbeez

Set in the National Heritage grounds of Marble Hill, opposite the Coach House Cafe.

Start times:

2-3.5yrs: 10am

3.5-5yrs: 11:15am

5-7yrs: 11:15am

Spring Term 2012 dates are:

Every Saturday morning
7th Jan - 31st March (no lessons on 18th Feb)

Summer Holidays: Every Saturday in August

Key Contact: (Danielle 07702 174544)

Duration: 1hr

The junior Ruggerbeez class encourages core skills like balance, agility and co-ordination. At this age we believe it is important to begin developing social skills, and we promote these by encouraging girls and boys to share, take it turns and work together to complete certain bespoke activities and skills.

The session is up to 1hr and we use a variety of child-friendly equipment ranging from foam rugby balls, canvas hopping laddes and soft kicking tees.

The 3.5-5yrs Ruggerbeez class starts to introduce more rugby honed skillsets. Scoring trys, kicking at mock posts or targets and side-stepping encourage fun repetitive play sessions.

We use midi size rugby balls for this class. Children get accustomed to the weight and feel of a proper ball. This session lasts for a duration of 1hr and parent participation is encouraged.

For the older children we create fun tag rugby lessons. Tag Rugby is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is similar to rugby league with attacking players attempting to dodge, evade and pass a rugby ball while defenders attempt to prevent them scoring by "tagging" - pulling a velcro attached tag from the ball carrier.

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Key Benefits of all classes:

Improvement of balance and hand-eye co-ordination

Social skills

Awareness of posture

Improved motor skills

Increased self-confidence

Enhanced muscle and bone development

Positive body awareness

Understanding the benefits of exercise