U13’s Alcedo Care Warriors Development sessions underway
more than 100 players attended our first u13’s alcedo care warriors development programme session last night, with more running this september and october.
Following a successful summer of activities, which has seen more than 200 participants attend sessions, our Community Foundation coaches ran the first U13’s Alcedo Care Warriors Development Programme session at Robin Park Arena last night.
Sessions will run each Monday evening (6pm-8pm) from 16 September to 14 October. Our Alcedo Care Warriors Development Programme sessions are free of charge and open to all players within the age bracket.
Sessions will be delivered by community coaches from our Warriors Foundation as well as Performance coaches who focus on refining advanced skills and improving physical performance whilst preparing players for competing at the highest level.
Places on our Alcedo Care Warriors U13’s Development Programme can be booked online HERE.
Throughout the summer our Warriors Community Foundation hosted sessions for boys playing in the age groups U12’s-U15’s.
More than 50 players attended our U12’s age group sessions which included drills that worked on core skills before these were practiced in games as well as a 9’s tournament. Similarly, more than 120 participants in the U13’s age bracket took part in a six week programme which consisted of core skill drills and small-sided games.
Our U14’s and 15’s took part in the annual tri-series against St Helens and Warrington Wolves. Sessions for this age group were more developed to work on technical elements of rugby as well as tactical aspects of the game. 75 players represented the Warriors across three teams, with a fixture played at a Community Club from their town – the Warriors played at Chorley Panthers.
Speaking on the success of the sessions, community development officer, Tom Marsh said: “This summer has been an amazing success and last night was a great start to our Alcedo Care Warriors Development Programme sessions.
“We have included more playing opportunities in the training blocks which has seen additional 9-a-side games as well as participants being split into random teams. These have been a huge success as we have seen a lot of players express themselves in attack and defence.”
Rugby development manager, John Whalley added: “The benefits of holding these sessions allows individuals to participate with players from other Community Clubs where they can put into practice what they’re being taught with no pressure of making mistakes. We had a fantastic turnout at our first session last night and we hope that all players came away having learnt new skills in an enjoyable environment.”
