Rugby exercises for children????????????

Question

im a 13 year old boy and im wanna get into the school rugby team......does anyone know any exercises to build up my fitness except for running which is what i am doing..........it would also help if there were ones were i could do in on my own but if not fine

Answer 1

push ups, sit ups, pull ups,and jumpin jacks.

Answer 2

join a local rugby club my bro is in one and he got much better and is now in top team

Answer 3

ahh the joys  just do agility, passing an sprint drills you should then run round your team an get in

Answer 4

You have to work on your own fitness levels outside of team practises and running, however boring is the best way to build up stamina.

It is not necessary to be able to run miles and miles anymore as this is not typical of what you do in a game. You need to practise running short, sharp bursts between 10 metres and 100 metres, but doing this in lots of repetitions.

Most top rugby coaches now would also recommend that whatever you are doing, other than Gym work to build strength, should be done with a ball in your hand!

Answer 5

Another important part of rugby (League or Union) is the art of tackling, and getting your HEAD in the right place - always to the side of the player being tackled.

Only the other day Stuart Fielden playing for Wigan against St. Helens had his head in the wrong place and was out cold, so it can happen to the more experienced players who tackle for a living.

Enjoy the game and good luck!!

Answer 6

As you are still developing I would suggest that you try stay away from using weights or weight training programmes unless you do so in a professional gym with strict supervision. An excellent exercise to build up your core stamner is called the "plank" Take up the press-up position,except rest on your elbows rather than on your hands, make sure that your legs and back are straight, you should feel tension in your stomach area. Hold this position for 30secs to start with, rest for 30secs and repeat 4 times. gradually increase your holding times ( and rest times). This will not bulk you up but will provide a strong base for upper body strength and improve your running balance and strength. - Good luck

Answer 7

its important to work on your hands, try kicking a rugby ball against a high wall and catching it, worked wonders for me, also try doing sets of 20 push ups, sit ups, and squats, if your going for forward then try crouching and making sure your back is straight which is vital for scrums, if your going for backs then just keep working on hands and fitness, also agility try getting one of those rope ladders and working on agility. stay off heavy weights until you are 14 or 15 but if you can get a bar on its own with no dumbells which weighs about 8 kilos just so you can learn techniques and build up a small bit of muscle that is a good idea, thats what i did and thats what my rugby coach taught us.

Answer 8

Best is to get an idea from your team coach. Anyway there's no miracle package to build up your body overnight. Things like that do more harm than good. Try a sports medic also while you're there.

Answer 9

Best thing to do is practice the basics needed for the game.

BBC Sport have a handy guide to the things you can learn.

Answer 10

Stay away from weights until you are about 15, because they may stop you from growing. Rely on your own weight for training, like sit-ups and push-ups. When they stop being a challenge for you, you may consider using weights. But dont think being bigger will make you a LOT better than practising skills. I made that mistake and wasted my first year. focus on both training and fitness!

Answer 11

You should try a training program based around plyometrics which involves no weights except your own weight. It does involve running but it is shorts burst of high energy full power running. another tip i use for training is think yourself about what happens in a game what kind of movements do you do. Think about the key areas you would expect to be involved in such as scrumming rooking running or kicking etc. Take time yourself to focus on the areas you can see yourself doing say as a winger being quick agile and reasonably powerful to break the tackle. Or a forward powerful but not necessarily fast look at short bursts of power say at a rook followed by 80% running to the next rook. try and implement these ideas into your training and you should see the difference. Really a good way is time on the field be it with your mates playing touch rugby or even with your mates doing your sprinting and cardio exercise.