Upcoming Coach Development Workshops - March 2010
The MRU has a comprehensive series of Coach Development workshops planned for 2010. There are 16 different workshops that together make up the NZRU's 'Developing Rugby Coaches' Programme. Workshops can be attended individually.
Workshops will be conducted by Dave Rennie, Bruce Hemara, Jason O'Halloran, Paul Hamson and Scott Pinfold from the MRU, Wesley Clarke from the NZRU and a number of other high profile Resource Coaches and Turbos Players.
The following Manawatu Rugby Coaches are urged to attend:
U11, U12 & U13 Junior Rugby Coaches
Secondary School Coaches
Senior Club Coaches
Representative Coaches
It is essential that coaches register their attandance by sending an email to info@manawaturugby.co.nz specifying which modules they wish to attend.
Course Modules will be conducted throughout the season;February-November 2010, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at B and M Centre Mezzanine Floor, Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North. The upcoming courses for the month of March 2010 are shown in Red:
| Date |
Session |
Presenter(s) |
| Mon Feb 1 |
Role of the Coach/ Team Profiling |
Wesley Clarke, Regional Coach Development Manager |
| Wed Feb 3 |
Principles of Play/ Coaching Skills |
Wesley Clarke & Lewis Williams, Former Manawatu RDO, Head Coach Spanish Club Champions El Salvador 2006, 2007 |
| Mon Feb 8 |
Physical Preparation |
Scott Pinfold, High Performance Strength and Conditioning Coach, Manawatu Rugby Union |
| Wed Feb 10 |
Season/ Session Planning |
Guy Lennox, Head Coach, Wanganui, Heartland Champions |
| Mon Mar 1 |
The Selection Process |
Paul Claridge, Selector & Head Coach Manawatu 7s |
| Mon Mar 15 |
Individual Skill Development |
Jason O'Halloran, Skills Coach NZ Under 20's 2010, Manawatu High Performance Manager |
| Wed Mar 24 |
Lineout 1 |
Tom Coventry, Assistant Coach Hawkes Bay Magpies |
| Wed Apr 14 |
Scrum 1 |
Mike Cron, Scrum Coach NZRU |
| Mon May 3 |
Continuity 1 |
Dave Rennie, Head Coach Manawatu Turbos, NZ Under 20's 2008,2009, 2010 |
| Mon May 17 |
Scrum 2 |
Bruce Hemara, Assistant Coach Manawatu Turbos, MRU Rugby Development Manager |
| Wed May 19 |
Lineout 2 |
Richard Watt, Head Coach Poneke RFC, Wellington Development XV |
| Mon May 31 |
Continuity 2 |
Doug Tietjens, Manawatu Turbos No.7 |
| Mon Jun 14 |
Defence |
Aussie McLean, Former Coach Canterbury, Crusaders. |
| Mon Jun 21 |
Counter Attack |
Wesley Clarke, Regional Coach Development Manager |
| Mon Jul 5 |
Attack |
Dave Rennie, Head Coach Manawatu Turbos, NZ Under 20's 2008,2009, 2010 |
| Mon Jul 26 |
Kick offs/ Restarts |
Neil Barnes, Former Taranaki Assistant Coach, Hurricanes Development |
| Mon Aug 9 |
Mental Skills |
Sarah Jack, MRU Player Development Manager |
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