Notes+from+meeting

=OHS Rugby= =Team Meeting April 30= Subject: Debrief about FHS game from April 28th.

=Positives= 1. Win first win against FHS in years, and they are a good opponent. 2. Defense was good played as a team. 3. Good hard tackles, lots of double tackles. 4. Communication was good heard the up call, and peter communicated well to the backs. 5. Pressure everywhere. 6. Confidence boost for players with little experience. 7. No stupid penalties. 8. Shut down key players 10, 8, 14. 9. Attitude was positive, half time, and through out the game, also on the sidelines. 10. Strong bench/substitutions.

=Things to Fix, which will make us better.= 1. Scrummaging, we lost 3 due to penalties, and also had another penalty on their put in. We can fix this at practice by going over the rules, working on the tap and strike. 2. Penalties in the first half, and throughout the game very high. a) offside at ruck or maul time. Give a half meter. b) Not releasing. Supporting the ball carrier. c) Sealing the ball. Getting back to our feet, and supporting the ball carrier. 3. When to tap and go and when to kick on penalties. Already fixed in meeting. Inside of our 40 we kick for touch, outside we run unless it is a makeable kick for Peter. 4. Line outs, we lost most of our, or they weren’t straight. We will dedicate practice time for this, and increase the intensity of the drills. Our jumpers must catch not tip the ball. This will also help the last point of clean ball to the backs. 5. Running away from support. We will do drills to practice keeping our feet, and getting back to our support. Forwards should never run away from support, and backs are not to let themselves get isolated. 6. Losing the Ball in contact. Concentrate on making the pass only when it is useful, not forcing a pass that isn’t there, and carrying the ball properly into contact. 7. Kick Defense in the backs we will work on this in the back field, and most is simply proper positioning. 8. Clean ball to the backs. If we take care of all the things listed above it will happen. Also Pat will practice the skills necessary, and will receive more individual coaching from me.

We are going to begin running off of 9 instead of 10, for the next 1-2 weeks and games, and then build back up to running off 9. We will have one of the biggest packs in the Province, so if we run hard, and straight, and support the ball carrier we will wear teams down in their forwards. That started happening towards the end of the FHS game.

We did a lot of things well, but in order to prepare, and improve we need to recognize the areas that need work, and commit the time and effort as a team and individuals to these areas. If we want to talk about winning we have to do what winners do.

Billie Jean King
=="Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead."==