Rhys Davies
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Rewards💰and Constraints🚫 It's encouraging to see people using the Adaptive Games. It is important that we understand why we are playing that game and how we can best develop it to work on what the players need. Attached are some rewards and constraints ideas for you to try👊
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☘️Continuing with more adaptive games... As we are currently restricted with what we can play (stage D) it is the ideal time to keep developing through games (10v10). Keep continuing to evolve these games⚒️👊💪
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🏉Adaptive Games🏉Will continue to upload, but instead of clogging up your feed with game ideas please find a Google Drive link to all the resources created, used and shared last season and throughout lockdown, so you can continue to use them - 👊
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🏉As the U18s programme ends I will share the tactical games, drills, and skills we coached in the season.
The game below called 'Three Phase' is a great game to use to allow players to feel and understand momentum as well as how to apply pressure in both attack and defence.
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☘️Unfolding our playing principles at Irish. The ability to keep the ball alive is of high priority in the way want to play. Success comes from...
- Ability to lift from the floor, in and through contact
- Efficient ruck speed helped by clean, clear ball presentation
#PlayToSpace
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Adaptive games are so important, but understanding why and how we might use them is essential to coaching it effectively🧐. Here is a few ideas to help that process👇
#Babas
#GameDesign
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☘️Adaptive games... some more coaching ideas from some of our adaptive games.
Some good development ideas👇
Change it to contact does it alter the outcomes?💥
Can you use more than 1 game at a time? - constrain attack differently to the defence.🤔
#Constrain
#Adapt
#Learn
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Ruck Speed 🏎️ & Decision Making...
- Check and Challenge around the decision they make and the awareness of the other options available.
- Speed of transition from one action to the next.
#Rugby
#Coaching
#RuckSpeed
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🏉Kick Counter Reps...
Action after Action
- Work early, work hard
- Decide early - run or pass - follow pass & support the ball
#Coaching
#CoachingResources
#KickCounter
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Lineout Primers...
Its a race 🏎️
1️⃣ - Race to set and complete lineout throw and lift.
2️⃣ - Place the ball where the lineout was completed for the hooker to make the next throw.
3️⃣ - Repeat 2 & 3, if the lineout is incomplete then they repeat from the same spot until successful.
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☘️Continuing different huddle approaches... try some new ideas of how best to engage players, not all players are comfortable speaking in a big group. Keep it short and sharp and remember less is more!
#LetTheKidsPlay
#CoachingIdeas
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🤙Role of the Co-Coach👇
A video on ideas of how the co-coach can influence throughout games.
@jakpat6
@pierrealexclark
- Check and challenge questions🧐
- Non player engagement👥
- Individual coaching interventions🏉
#coaching
#questioning
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Decision Making Breakouts🃏...
1⃣Layer 1 - 3v2
2⃣Layer 2 - 3v3
3⃣Layer 3 - 4v3
4⃣Layer 4 - 3v2 Reload
#Coaching
#Resources
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☘️Free
@AcademyIrish
Online Webinar☘️ for coaches this Friday 3rd April 10:30am-11:30am. Please email
@jakpat6
if you can make it. Open to all coaches
#BetterNeverStops
#CoachDevelopment
👇👇
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⚒️Breaking down the coaching toolbox🧰5⃣ Small-Sided Games - Great for keeping engagement levels high as they are usually fast paced with high involvement from all participants. Can allow the coach to challenge and get a closer look🧐at a players skills under pressure
#Toolbox
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🏉Defensive Rondos...
- Overload the defence
- Explore defensive variants - press, jam, hunt etc...
- Expand width to stretch
All done before the start of the main session❓
#Coaching
#CoachResources
#Rondos
#Defence
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⚒️Breaking down the coaching toolbox🧰2⃣ BLOCK PRACTICE - crucial for developing a skill or action. It's not GAMES vs DRILLS! If used correctly they should compliment each other. Here is 3 ideas for keeping them engaging.
#BonnieAndClyde
#SaltandPepper
#CoachED
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Primers - Catch & Pass before the cones then beat the 4v2.
Develop - Follow the ball after your pass before the cones to randomise the start and receive positions.
🔑Coaching points are...
1. Reload off the ball.
2. Support the ball or support space? - follow our pass or reload.
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☘️A key part in coach development is the review process of the session, schedule time to have a chat as a coaching group. Here are some ideas around what questions to use.
On the phone📞
In the clubhouse🍺
1 on 1 or as a group👥
#CoachDevelopment
#PlanDoReview
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🏎️3 min Catch & Pass Primers in Conjunction with speed...
1st 2 players switch and then defend a 3v2.
1⃣Change sides.
2⃣Adjust width.
3⃣Defenders change the picture for the attackers - staggered, rush, passive...
#Coaching
#CoachResources
#CatchPass
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We always use huddles👩👩👧👦they can be effective, but most of the time they lose their impact. Here is a few tips and ideas from our ☘️Irish workshops to keep them purposeful. There is more than 1 way to huddle, I will share some more ideas later in the week.
#huddles
#letthekidsplay
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♟️Think of the different types of Adaptive and Conditioned games to explore with your players🎮. Its important to present them with different opportunities to explore outcomes within the game.
#Adaptive
#Conditioned
#Games
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☘️OPEN COACHES SESSION☘️
We will be running an open coaches session for any community coaches who want to learn from the Academy environment🤓. Get in contact to let us know if you can make it...
#CoachDevelopment
#Learning
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⚒️Breaking down the Session Design Toolbox🧰7⃣ META-COGNITION - It is essential that players are asking deeper questions of themselves to understand the scenarios and problems they may face in the game, and we as coaches are providing opportunities for this to happen in practice
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⚒️Breaking down the coaching toolbox🧰4⃣ GENERAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT - From learning the fundamental movement skills to picking up new skills from different sports, both are crucial to player development.
#MultiSport
#Toolbox
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Attack Rondos...
- Reload - work off the ball, look for second touches.
- Footwork to commit defender.
- Load the hands, let the ball work.
Defence Focus
- Get comfortable with spacing.
- Push (hunt) from the inside.
- Hassle attackers, force decisions.
#Coaching
#Resources
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🤔Its a great time to be reflecting🧐To reflect more effectively; drop the ego and be open to feedback from outside opinions, let go of the biases and welcome different perspectives. A great example of being open and reflecting in the moment...
@jakpat6
@pierrealexclark
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Creating Ruck Scenarios - Aerial Rucks✈️
- Attacker fighting to stay on feet
- The role of the players supporting the ball
#coaching
#CoachingResources
#Ruck
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☘️FREE Online Webinar - Monday 26th October we will be running an online webinar exploring the theme COACHING IMPACT. If keen to be involved just drop me an email👊
#POW
@jakpat6
@pierrealexclark
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☘️London Irish Webinar☘️
Next Wednesday evening we will be hosting g a webinar: Challenging Game-Based Practice Design. Details below... If you would like to book a spot please get in contact with the email on below👇
#CoachEducation
#Development
#PracticeDesign
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☘️Have been using 'Beach Rugby' within our DPP sites to generate more opportunities for defenders to hold the ball up... 🏉Some coaching points and opportunities are below.
#Coaching
#AdaptiveGames
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Good to see the change at
@windsorrugby
little steps making a big difference in plastic waste within club rugby.
Reusable plastic cups ♻️
Wooden folks ♻️
100% Compostable bowls ♻️
#Green
#LittleSteps
@BerksRFU
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*Reflection and Feedback in the moment*
🔊--Sound Needed--🔊
Why wait until the end of a session to reflect?🧐
Check✅
Challenge🤔
and Learn🤓all within 45s shown here by
@pierrealexclark
and
@jakpat6
whilst the game continues
#FistBump
#FishBowl
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☘️Continuing to unfold our
#PlayToSpace
principle...
We want all players to understand how they can
#PlayToSpace
either through around or over a defence.
- Through - In the gaps, through defender
- Around - To the edge of the defence
- Over - Over the top, behind the defence
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☘️FREE Irish Online Workshop on Session Design 📝. Drop me a message on the email attached to book a space.
#Education
#Coaching
#Development
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☘️ Upcoming Webinars and Coach Education for March📅
Please get in contact if you would like to attend or partake in any of the webinars☘️...
#CoachEducation
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Who said kids can't lead? Empower the players to develop better leaders.
#U9s
@HungerfordRFC
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Scrum factory challenge - show me a warm up involving purposeful functional movements. Ape Tag.
#loveit
#creativebox
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☘️FREE ONLINE WEBINAR☘️
We continue into November CPD focusing on Coaching Behaviours🥸. Email the address below to book a spot and to be able to receive the link👊🏼
#CoachED
#CoachDevelopment
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As always I will add to the Google Drive Account for people to access in resource form.
#NotJustGamesForGamesSake
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☘️🏹Adding the third string of the bow to Adaptive and Conditioned games - Isolated Practice - along with some high priorities that we would focus on at DPP sites
#Coaching
#Repetition
#Explore
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Day 2
@EnglandRugby
level 2, todays ideas for coaches; make the APES principle apply to you as a coach, actually ENJOY coaching, it can defintely be fun!
#justsmile
#itsnotallserious
#whyyoulovethesport
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🏋️♂️🤸♀️Have been running a fit camp over Zoom throughout lockdown using just body weight exercises. Have added all 20 sessions of the last camp to the GD account so you can access. If you need the extra motivation to do it the next camp starts on the 17th 💪
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💩Poop news from last night. Please use this link to access the videos from the🤸♀️Fit Camp🏋️♂️ run in 'Lockdown 1'. There are 30+ Videos of 25min HIIT style sessions using only body weight as well as 60+ Templates to use - -
#JustKeepMoving
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Clean & Clear Repetition
Coaching Points...
Carrier
- Fight to stay on feet after contact.
- Ball presentation
Supporter
- Latch or drive the player through contact.
- Kill the contest and regain feet.
- Stay square and enter straight.
- Pump legs after contact, clear the threat.
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☘️2 more webinars over the next 2 weeks... stay inside from the cold.
- Learning styles and coaching behaviours with
@MTurner1984
from St Marys Uni
- Coaching Impact with Jack Pattinson our U18s Head Coach
#IrishCPD
#CoachDevelopment
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☘️Caused a good bit of discussion on Mondays workshop... What is the focus for the session?
-Learning
-Maintaining
-Tranferring
Let me be clear, learning will take place in all of them, but may not be the priority for the session, which will focus on how we design the session 👊
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Its important for coaches to understand what and why they are adding constraints to the game⁉️ Identify🧐, reinforce👍 and then develop🧱. Avoid just facilitating and pick up on coaching opportunities that present themselves through the game
#Constraints
#Games
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☘️📆SAVE THE DATE📆☘️
London Irish Coaching Conference on the 19th July 2020. Further event details to follow.
@JonathanFisher6
@jakpat6
@POG_9
@pierrealexclark
@richpryor78
@LiRFC
#Learning
#CoachDevelopment
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Class
@LiRFC
☘ workshop last night at
@windsorrugby
, engaging group focusing on community of practice - Language 🗣, Reflection🤔 and Feedback👥.
@jakpat6
@BerksRFU
#huddletime
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Free ☘️coach development session at
@NewburyRFC
on 3rd December. Please drop me a message if you're interested💻
@HungerfordRFC
@BerksCRC
@ThatchamRFC
@BerkshireRugby
#development
#coaching
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Most coaches are good at asking🗣️the first question, but fail to follow up with a secondary or tertiary question to further explore the players learning.📝Plan questions and answers you want to use in your sessions to ask a more powerful question.
#Questioning
#Coaching
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Pre-CPD energiser 🤪
@OxfordQuins
. Human rock, paper, scissors. Energising and engaging way to get into 2 teams.
#RPS
#WakeUp
@NickToddRFU
@OxfordshireRFU
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💡People asking for more understanding on developing a theme for their team and coaching...
@teachingsharks
explains it well and breaks down the important steps to a successful theme. Highly recommend reading this first for those who want to try. 📚
Stories are powerful. Stories ignite something in us. The best stories stay with us. This year I tried to use themes and stories in my coaching. I learned plenty and made lots of mistakes. For those interested, this article is my advice:
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‼️ POSTPONED ‼️ Unsurprisingly due to Corona Virus🦠 we will be postponing the ☘️London Irish Coaching Conference until a later date. I will keep you updated with the next date and details. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
#StillGoingToHappen
#GetMeBackToRugby
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A video of the game and how to play it have been put on the google drive account, feel free to access here...
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📚 Really interesting and nicely articulated resources from
@PEgeekscorner
. Useful for teachers and coaches 👍
#follow
Someone in the edutwitter world called these bitesize CPD, so I am sticking with this term for my one sheet posters on all things cognitive science, tips for learning and more. Plenty more to come in the series. Here are the first 4, available as pdf's from my shared drive 🤗
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@DevinToner4
you absolute hero, always believed in you! Believe the hype!
#toner
#hero
#ireland
#rugby
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☘️Come and Learn. Open invite to come and watch
@AcademyIrish
DPP coaches in action.
Take notes📒
Challenge practice🧐
Learn what to put in to your environment.
Get in touch if you want to come along 👊
@MiddlesexRFU
#BetterNeverStops
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***COACHING CONFERENCE***
Less than a month away from the Berkshire Coaching Conference, have you booked on? Guest speakers;
@twowheelprof
@russellearnshaw
@jakpat6
@W_Abrahams
Not too late to book your space now
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**CONFERENCE UPDATE**
Speaker no.4 -
@W_Abrahams
will be our 4th and final speaker for the
#BerkshireCoachingConference
. For more detail and to book your spot please go to the conference website spaces running out! 👊👊
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Great promo for joining
@NewbsLadiesRFC
and great advert for Womens rugby in general🏉. Ladies teams have been showing some great adverts recently 👏🏽
#GrowTheGame
@LewisMoody7
@Nigelrefowens
@brianmoore666
This is why I started playing rugby at the age of 50.... team mates who changed my life.
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Happy New Year! 🎉 The next 2 London Irish☘️workshops at London Grasshoppers and
@TrojansFC1874
on Session and Game design 📋🗒️
#games
#freeplay
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☘️We are looking for an ACDO to work with our DPP Coaches across our 5 sites. It its a paid part-time role. Come and be a part of the Irish family and help steer the direction of Coach Education... 🤙😎
#CoachED
#CoachDevelopment
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Monday night at
@windsorrugby
, free coach development workshop. If you're available and wish to attend just get in touch. Theme around community practice.
@BerksRFU
@BerksCRC
👌
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Thoroughly enjoyable game of rugby between
@AbbeyRFCLadies
and
@NewbsLadiesRFC
this afternoon. Exciting to see for the county
#Berkshire
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**CONFERENCE UPDATE**
Speaker number 3...
@twowheelprof
Coach Developer of the year last year Richard Cheetham will be our third speaker on the 7th July. BOOK YOUR SPACE NOW 👇👇
@BerksRFU
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Great first day on the
@EnglandRugby
coaching award at
@StainesRugby
. Some good learning from the candidates. Enjoyable to be working with some old colleagues again.
#donkeysusetacklebags
#play
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📋☘️OPEN COACHES SESSION☘️📋
12th February at
@harrowschool
. Come and learn from the DPP coaches within the
@AcademyIrish
.
U14s and U15s - 6:15-7:30pm
U16s - 7:15-8:30pm
£-FREE TO ATTEND - Open to all
@MiddlesexRFU
@Middx1879
@HertsRDO
@jakpat6
#BetterNeverStops
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☘️Free Coach Development Workshop☘️
Game🏉 and Session Design📋 workshop at
@NewburyRFC
on Monday 2nd March, open to all - follow instructions below.
@BerksRFU
@BerksRDO
~
#BetterNeverStops
#CoachDevelopment
@jakpat6
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The Berkshire Coaching Conference T-shirts have arrived 👌 Book your spot now at -
@jakpat6
@russellearnshaw
@W_Abrahams
@twowheelprof
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Well done to
@CheshuntRugby
for hosting us at for the England U18s game, great club and facilities. A special day for all involved.
#communityclub
#international
@TomRedfern5
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☘️FREE LONDON IRISH WORKSHOP☘️
📆-24th February at
@windsorrugby
📋-Focus on session design🏉
@BerksRFU
@BerksRDO
@jakpat6
#AdaptiveGames
👇 Follow the details below...
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Thank you to
@CreditonRFC
for hosting a great game on Sunday between
@DevonRFU
and
@BerksRFU
Ladies. Great club and atmosphere!
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☘Fantastic opportunity to develop and get involved within the DPP coaching pathway for coaches in
@BerksRFU
,
@HampshireRFU
and
@MiddlesexRFU
. If you are interested get in contact 👇👇
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"To find humour in the situation we were in was pretty cool" that is one special environment they have created.
Beautiful words. This is the best of England. Confident, diverse, world-class and full of humour. "We had Allah with us as well".
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Been working with some coaches on the effectiveness of their questioning🧐. Interested to see or hear how many coaching questions or interactions follow this process and what the impact is on the learner/player...
#BetterQuestions
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Thanks to
@maidsrfc
for hosting the first
#Berkshire
Super CPD evening last night, over 75 coaches engaged over 4 CPDs U8s, U9s, U10s and U13s. Cool Learning environment to be apart of.
@ThatchamRFC
up next Wednesday 👊
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@AaronTakel
@russellearnshaw
@philllewellyn
@Dan_Cottrell
@AaronOFlaherty3
@jackhanratty
@jakpat6
@louietonkin
@RhysWilliams2
@teachingsharks
@hharryjjones
Asking them as a group what games - school playground, computer or just silly games - they enjoy the most and then work out how I can turn that game into something rugby related, once the game has started figure out how I can layer it to develop a certain rugby skill...
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Some great examples of Gamification are shown through the work of
@russellearnshaw
. For deeper understanding around Video Game Concepts
@AmyPrice_10
is the guru to follow.
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