Our under 6 group is our biggest group! To encourage our 4 and 5 year old boys and girls to enjoy rugby, we play lots of fun training games and exercises both with and without the ball, with the emphasis on enjoyment! With lots of running around, and a small competitive element, they love it!

Personal and Social

Enjoy Activity

The child:

• Enjoys the activity.

Follow simple instructions

The child:

• Can follow basic instructions.
• Is directed to make some decisions themselves.

Physical and Movement

Move with Agility and Balance

The child can:

• Move quickly, change direction and dodge obstacles.

Perform a single skill with control

The child can:

• Take and receive a pass.

Game Understanding

Demonstrate basic spatial awareness

The child can:

• Recognise space and how to utilise it.

Adopt basic team techniques

The child can:

• Switch roles from attack to defence and work with a team to the same objective.

Skill Focus

General game play

The child can:

• Avoid tackles, utilise space.

Rules

• 4 v 4
• 12m x 20m
• Knock-on not penalised
• Size 3 ball

Competition Framework

• Competition is within the group.