u8’s No contact at all!!!

All please read the below details from an e-mail from Gary Townsend sent to all CCC’s in the last couple of days.

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Following a number of enquiries regarding the preparation of Under 8s for the Under 9 season, which has highlighted some confusion, the Continuum Review Group has issued the following statement:

 “Until three years ago the Continuum permitted the introduction to tackling for Under 8s from February in preparation for Under 9s the following season.

However the Continuum Review Group was inundated with complaints that coaches were not concentrating solely on the safe introduction to tackling but moving onto rucks, mauls etc and then arranging “training games” using these techniques against other clubs. It was found that players with birthday’s late in the year (thus often small in size) were being put off returning the following season and as this introduction to contact coincided with the Festival season, some players were tempted to tackle in these games and not just “tag”.

As a consequence of this, tackling is not permitted until September of their Under 9 season and should follow RFU guidelines and the Tackling Progressions as delivered on the “rugbyready” and the RFU Level 1 course”

Regards

Gary Townsend

Coach Development Manager

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Can I ask, if you become aware of people/coaches/clubs actively ignoring this please feel free to contact me directly.

Dazzler

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