I am 14 years and i play rugby on the wing im 6.1ft and fast at runing can i become the best?

Question

I am 14 years and i play rugby on the wing im 6.1ft and fast at runing can i become the best?

Answer 1

Depends --if your Welsh then ---Yes

Answer 2

Yeah, why not,

but.. for a 14 year old wing you are pretty big.

When I was 14 and out on the wing I'd have **** myself if you came at me.

Now I'd hit you so hard you wouldn't think about trying to humiliate me again.

In a year or so you won't be so relatively big.

So work on your skills and speed (not strength so much - that's for g*y gym monkeys)

Most people give up when things level out and start getting interesting at 16/17

Answer 3

no, i think your head's a bit big

Answer 4

It depends m8, ur probebly the tallest in ur team. But then again u could be very thin?

So mayb mayb not

Answer 5

Maybe, maybe not. It is worth trying though, or you will always be wondering and you should play for fun, fitness and to improve your coordination.

To be the best, you have to be a natural and that is hard to tell probably, without an expert opinion. But you wil also need a lot of hard and determined training. It is hard work. Running backwards, sideways, jumping, weight training, etc.

Consider joining a rugby club in your area. They will train quite a bit. I played for a short time with a rugby club, and there was quite a bit of blood spilled  - and that was just during practice!!

Answer 6

I reckon so matey.

Answer 7

not likely, you would have to be an olypian to do that. but you can get very good, try to play in college as well, that can take you very far into the next level of play.

Answer 8

depends if your a pussay or not. but sounds like it as the wing is where the pussays hang out.

grow some balls, harden up and get your *** in the guts and learn some skills instead of running your *** down the sideline trying not to get dirty then you might have a chance.

Get your *** in the gym and bulk up with muscle by the time your 17 at your height you should be pushin the ton (100kgs) because thats what the guy comin the other way is at least

wingers are only good in top level competition but to get that far being 6'1 at 14 dont mean c**p as you might not grow another inch and could stay a bean pole.

im not saying you cant be the best but its not gunna happen on the wing in the under 15s get my drift

get out there and smash em!!!!

Answer 9

Running fast is important but work on ball handling skills ie passing catching, and defencive moves like tackling. Then it is possible to be great. Join a local rugby club, especially one that runs a colts side and train every week.

Answer 10

hey Kaneo... how long you been playing ! the more you play the better you should become, If your playing well for your local team then thats great you should get spotted by some scouts & soon be playing for your area/region team, guess thats the way you'll know if your good ! & then poss onto a club team.



Just because your 6.1 and fast at running doesn't mean your gona be the best ! remember its a team game so you need to be a great team player !

Good luck

Answer 11

no if u could become the best u would be playing up in grade  youre too tall for a winger move to fullback or into the forwards

Answer 12

yes. just practice hard

Answer 13

definatly!!!!!!! are u 4rm ireland????

Answer 14

Yeah man you can I am 14 and I am 6'3 and im pretty good to. You just need to keep your head held high,train as much as you can and play with honor. That and keep your body and mind in good condition then you will be playing for the All Blacks later on in life haha.

You need any training stuff or rugby jerseys you just go to this one store I know.

www.worldrugbyshop.com

Rugby jerseys, training stuff, underarmor and whatever you need is there.

Answer 15

Physical attributes are one thing. Attitude is another. Develop the kind of attitude that keeps you humble, on the ground and  working hard instead of a head-in-the-clouds attention seeking I'm the best attitude.

Answer 16

Not a chance,you should only play for fun and see what happens,if you make it you make ,if not ,at least your having fun

Answer 17

When I was 14 I don't know how tall I was and I don't know what my weight was but it used to really annoy me when people like you would rock up on the wing as most of my team mates would be terrified whereas I'd be busy trying to work out whether to take your head off or slice you into two even parts. Fortunately for 14 year olds (myself in particular, I was never a particularly big 14 year old), we don't remain 14 forever but unfortunately for 6"1' 14 year olds such as yourself it can be tough to accept that later on in your rugby career you won't be able to sail through lacklustre tackles and be the gloryboy in 2, 3 years time.

If you stay focussed and train hard on the track in the off season and maintain your fitness once you start piling weight on because your girlfriend left you, you chose the wrong degree and started spending more time in the clubhouse bar than on the training field then you may have the tools to stand up to the kind of hits you're going to get as soon as you start playing with people who couldn't care less how big you are as long as the only things your senses capture are fluffy white clouds, pins and needles in your brain and a screeching sound like a freight train braking in the station.

Can you become the best? Look at the best right now. Sitiveni Sivivatu, Rupeni Caucaunibuca and Josevata Rokocoko are probably the three best wingers in the world at the moment:

Rokocoko is 6'2"

Caucaunibuca is 5'10"

Sivivatu is 6"

So in terms of height you're in the right ball park, you're of average height for an international winger. You have people like Shane Horgan (6'4") who are taller but generally sprinters ten to be around the 6' mark.

Now look at the pace these guys have. Professional rugby players refer to Rokocoko as "Rocket Man". This means he's very, very fast indeed. All three of these players run 30 or 40 metres around about as fast as an Olympic 100m sprinter or an NFL wide receiver. If you want to play on the wing at international level in rugby union and you want to be the best then you need to be less focussed on how tall you are and more focussed on how fast you are. You should train over short distances, do some research, get yourself into an athletics club with a coach who can set targets for you and look at the feasibility of running these kinds of times for the distances specified by the time you're 16 and a half. http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2000/...

Weight is another factor. Caucaunibuca (widely regarded as the most dangerous winger in the world) currently weighs in at over 18 stone. Granted, this is excessive and he's pretty fat at the moment due to over-indulgence in eating too much fois gras over Christmas in Agen but the other two wingers I mentioned weigh 98kg and 105kg respectively. That's an average weight of just under 16stone. It takes one h**l of a lot of hard work to maintain the kind of sprinting times those wingers put in whilst keeping that kind of weight on in order to be powerful enough to break tackles.

The "best" wingers in the world today are virtually all inter-changable with the full-back. If you're serious about wanting to play wing to a high level when you're older then one of the best things you could do is ask your coach to give you some game time at fullback say one game in every five. This way you'll get used to fielding kicks more often and you'll develop the footballing skills you need to play on the wing at a good level. At schoolboy level there's less kicking done on and to the wing so playing fullback will give you a better idea as to how and where to place yourself in order to support your fullback when you're back on the wing in future. Fullback will also give you a wider, more global view of the field and this is invaluable if you're to start to understand a bit about lines of running and where gaps in the defense tend to appear "naturally" under certain circumstances when you're counter-attacking from deep.

If you are going to be the best then you have between six and nine years before you'll have a first oppurtunity to prove yourself at the highest level. My advice to you would be to use that time to watch as much rugby as you can, live if possible so you can study and understand the placement of back three players in relation to different scenarios during the game.

When I was 14 I wanted nothing more than to be a professional rugby player but a combination of injury, laziness and finding out that I probably wasn't hard enough meant that I'm not a professional rugby player today but I still love the game and play it every week, myself at scrum-half. Prepare for and play every game like it's an international in your own mind - don't get too frustrated with your teammates if they seem to have an agenda that's different to yours, most of them will end up being accountants watching the Seven Nations in the pub while you're busy knocking seven shades of sh** out of the French on the field.

Good luck mate.

Answer 18

YES.

You can be whatever you want to be, so if you want to be the best GO FOR IT.

We need home grown talent.