Rugby Performance Programme

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out

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here

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so the program started back in September

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2021 with the sole aim of aligning our

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partnership with rgc and providing

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players within North Wales and

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externally as well across the UK and to

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continue on my Rugby journey and provide

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a full-time performance program that

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allowed them to perform well on and off

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the field in addition to providing an

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education that will set them in good

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stead and future so the program is set

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up for us to best prepare for a

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Wednesday afternoon game day so how we

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set up is by having a Monday Tuesday and

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Friday set as a training day so Monday

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and Tuesday we'll see it's either 7 A.M

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until after seven uh skill session up at

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the Dome of brailsford and followed by a

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half Central half H gym session that is

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run by an snc team and once that's

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complete the boys then have an

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opportunity to go and study for the rest

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of the day and then they come back to us

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at six o'clock down at trevoth and where

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we'll go through our team sessions

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Monday it tends to be a bit more intense

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and looking at set piece work and

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Tuesday will be a team run Focus ready

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for Wednesday if we don't have a

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Wednesday afternoon game we'll give the

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boys a night off on the Tuesday and we

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train on a Wednesday afternoon instead

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so I actually fit into the program by

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allowing the players an opportunity to

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continue their development on and off

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the field so it provides them the

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opportunity to jump into gym sessions in

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the morning in order for them to be able

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to attend lackages that may run on later

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in the day which will affect their

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chances of going to an evening gym

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session on rgc it also gives them an

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opportunity to develop on field as well

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in order to get extra game time they may

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not get on a weekend so that gives them

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an opportunity to train with us Monday

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Tuesday ahead of a Wednesday afternoon

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game and then if they're not involved

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with us on a Wednesday and involved with

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rgc they then have the Thursday free to

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train and with their with rgc in the

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evening

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so we've seen a number of developments

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over the last 12 months since the

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program began and so the first and the

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most obvious one uh was the main aim of

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last year was to gain promotion from

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tier three after tier two and we managed

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that with an unbeaten season and that

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reflects how well the boys worked

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throughout the year being involved with

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the program and in addition to to the

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Enfield success the off-field success

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has seen a massive influx of players

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join the club and not just to

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participate within the performance

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program but also the second team and

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that's grown massively since I've

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started so the last three years we've

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been really struggling for for a second

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team to have numbers to to fulfill

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fixtures so we've got two full squads

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and the benefit to that now is being

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able to create a bit of a pathway and to

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unleash all that players from the second

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team were able to aim for the first team

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and then for the first team boys so then

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they potentially get some game time with

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the second if we need it as well so in

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addition to his offering obviously the

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play inside the things we offer a lot

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many opportunities for students to

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develop off it and so we've created a

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bit of a an snc team so we've got

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strength of conditioning coach that lead

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to all the gym programs and also helped

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on field with the conditioning side of

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things and then we also have a sports

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therapist that's coming in and helping

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with the boys with their recovery and

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post training and post games as well so

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over the next few years would be great

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to see is develop further off field as

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well as on the field so off field the

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aim would be to increase our playing

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numbers significantly and so we would

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love to try and get a third team set up

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and competing on a social level and so

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then that that provides us opportunity

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to develop our second team

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um to train close the Gaff for the first

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team and then for the first team the aim

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is to climb up the leagues and try and

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compete at a higher level than what we

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are currently playing and so hopefully

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we'll be in tier one next year and then

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moving forward into the the premier tier

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as well and seeing if we're able to

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compete further at that level all Fields

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we're trying to grow

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more opportunities for students to gain

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vital experience and to recruiting more

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volunteers to help run the program and

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gain the experience needed to go on to

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life after University

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foreign