Coaches will often equip their players with rules and instructions about how to carry out the ‘ideal’ pass or kick. These rules gradually get packaged as a pool of verbal knowledge in our memory, serving as training wheels guiding us when we are beginners. Sometimes, elite athletes re-visit these ...
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The irony of trying not to think about it by Dr Neha Malhotra
What do you tell your team mate when she’s worried about missing the next conversion kick? You might say something generic like, “Don’t worry about the consequences”. As we all know, this is easier said than done. In fact, research has shown that merely supressing thoughts without a focus is quite ...
So many skills, so little time: How best to structure practice
Rugby Coaches face the challenge of training a number of different skills (e.g., passing and handling, rucking, attacking, footwork, and evasion) within a limited amount of time - perhaps just a few training sessions per week. So what is the most efficient way to structure practice sessions? Motor ...
Five step approach to developing pre-performance routines #Playerwelfare By: Neha Malhotra
Pre-performance routines are helpful for maintaining concentration and blocking out distractions, especially when an athlete is under pressure. Experienced players usually have behavioural routines but lack effective cognitive routines. Dr. Stewart Cotterill, a sport psychologist from the ...
Korea Rugby Union FAIR Course #PlayerWelfare
Korea Rugby Union (KRU) continued their local medical education programme, started in 2016, by hosting a World Rugby FAIR course on 15th March 2018. Hosting the course at a venue in the Olympic Park in Seoul, was also a timely reminder to all those attending that rugby has now become part of the ...
China Hosts Medical Superweek | #Playerwelfare .
China Hosts Medical Superweek , China Rugby FA achieved another target, by hosting a World Rugby ICIR L2 course for the first time. This adds another level of medical skill sets to the knowledge already gained through their current WR FAIRprogramme. As part of the Medical Superweek, CRFA Medical ...
Temporary Replacement Period For Off-Field HIA Now Fixed At 10 Minutes
World Rugby has approved an amendment to law making it mandatory for players who undertake an off-field screening under the head injury assessment (HIA) protocol not to return before 10 minutes (actual time) have elapsed. The amendment comes into effect globally from 26 August and applies to all ...
Rugby India Host Inaugural Regional Medical Super Week | #Playerwelfare
Rugby India and ProHealth Asia have again combined resources, this time expanding from the two FAIR courses held six months ago, to hosting a medical super week. Eleven new World Rugby medical educators, 13 immediate Care in Rugby (ICIR L2) and thirty-one First Aid in Rugby (FAIR) ...
WR FAIR, India 2017 – a new private sector partnership.
Rugby India’s medical education programme for 2017 got under way on Jan 27th with two one day FAIR courses, supported and hosted in Delhi by ProHealth Asia, with a rugby injury and rehab workshop for all participants to complete this three day programme. Rugby India physios from Chennai, Mumbai, ...