Raiders Under 7's played against the younger of the 2 Kippx sides yesterday and put in another decent performance. The Kippax lads are all year 1, whereas our lads are a mix of years 1 and 2 (mainly year 2) and whilst it is both sides first season of playing the Raiders defense and general increased sizes and strength made it a bit of a one sided affair. The Kippax boys will no doubt come on for the experience and next year will have a big advantage over most sides as they will have a full season under their belts. We even "let" a couple of the players pass and they scored a nice try on the back of a small passing play, passing before the line rather than offloading in the tackle.

Friendly tomorrow night against Stanley Rangers and then Shaw Cross at the weekend, so fingers crossed the lads can continue their improvement.

Is it usual for the fixtures on the YJARL website to chop and change at relatively short notice as the season progresses?

I heard

, I wondered why he didn't re-enter plus one more Robbie came off in pain and yep he's broken same part of his wrist / arm again .

Gonna be very very short on numbers .
Perhaps crigg fast might be OK .

Hi musky, yeah the results as you know get text in and although not published the YJL do try to make sure that teams are not getting thrashed every week.and they also try to pit the teams who win week in week out against each other,

A hard task I would think in the 7s
so you may of been playing team A in part C of the year but because the YJL believe it will be to easy/hard for you they swap in part B of the season and give you team D .

Understand? Good , I dont,.

Thanks, will keep a closer eye on it.

My U7's continued their decent run of form with a good performance against a smaller Stanley Rangers side last night in another midweek friendly. The Rangers lads were a bit less organised and weren't really able to get much go forward in the face of pretty good defense from our lads and they spent much of the game inside their own half as a result. Attack was pretty tricky with it pouring down before hand and steady rain through a fair bit of the game but both teams gave it their all and appeared to have much more fun and get more out of it than they would have done in a training session.

We have moved over from defense in training to attack, and we tried a couple of times to put the ball through a couple of pairs of hands before hitting the runner but a combination of the enthusiastic Rangers moving up quickly, the referee not going back particularly far and the wet weather it wasn't easy - the lads panicked a touch and couldn't do what a few of them had been doing in training with no opposition. Still, something to work on next week.

Hi Musky,

just my 2 pence , I think at 7s we should be teaching the kids core skills ( Ball Carry, Tackle etc and simple involvement and spatial awareness games ) this way when we move up the age groups and come the transition age U12s the players will be equipped to move on faster )

Im not saying don't do any passing games just don't rely on them in games for a few years yet, let them enjoy being part of the game.

Steve

I get what you say but disagree my lad is 8 and plays for eastmoor u9s and they pass and also have set moves and they have since the under 8s.they now know when to play the right way to as in when to play one man rugby or use moves or pass the ball.yes core skills are important but feel the lads in the team will benefit from what they learn and play now

The first stage should be moving on to the ball from first reciever instead of catching stood still, then progress to a simple plus 1 and possibly an 'A' ball. Basic agility, mobility, catch, grip, carry, pass and tackle and nothing over complicated as it doesnt need to be, the basics done well at that age should be the focus to support their development in later years at per the LTAD model, and of course the main thing...fun. It does amaze me the number of 'mini/mod coaches' who warm up their team by passing the ball down a 12 man line, with each kid touching the ball only once every 3 minutes, whilst also talking at them like mini adults.

100% agree but be careful, you can't say something sports sciencey like "LTAD" and use the word "Fun" in the same sentence when talking about coaching kids. Apparently the two are like oil and water and are impossible to mix, You'll stand accused of witchdoctery!

Just been informed panthers 13s have beaten shaw cross 60-10 can't comment on the game has we are still away on holiday but a great result for a team missing quite a few players.

That's a great return

So after suffering their first defeat in competitive rugby for 2 years Crigglestone's 13s have suffered their 1st ever competition league loss ever.
It was at the hands to a huge siddal side and I mentioned how good this team was only 3 weeks or so ago.

Out played at times , out thought and more self belief.

A few moments of all black rangers did resurface .

If self belief returns next week i know that group of lads can go to East Leeds and give a good account of themselves bringing home the spoils.

Its better all round that there is competition and what seemed formalities early as shocked a few.

We still have imo the best coach you could find and we also still have some great talent, others are chasing.

its certainly mixed up the league and as a footnote i would add that had siddal not been slow of the mark they could very well be champions. If others slip up i can see them being contenders.

well done siddal you deserved it.



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