Quote Musky="Musky"One of the main problems we are having at the moment is getting enough game time into the players, we have a full squad and so far have had around 15-16 available to play each week, and we have played against teams with 8 players, 4 players and 8 players. I notice players improving through the game the more minutes they play so having to rotate the squad and basically having a different team playing the 2nd half compared to the first half is making it much harder for us - whereas teams with lesser numbers have the advantage of getting a full game into all of their players every week, and they do seem to learn much, much more from the games compared to training.
Setting 2 teams up is a bit of a no-no given the extra coaches, TLM's managers etc required.
Does anybody else involved with kids of this age notice a drop off during the summer months for various reasons?'"
That's a perennial problem I think and you're certainly not the only club to experience it; we've got 23 players registered in our U14's team which gives the coach a selection nightmare, especially when those players are at various different points of the spectrum in terms of ability.
I'm not sure what the answer is - two teams seems obvious, but that has many of its own potential problems, aside from the obvious ones you've pointed out.
Who would run a junior rugby club??
but this time to a bungalow hows you and snowmaister crew fixed for a house warming do? 
