COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Touch Rugby Six-Week Program HPE2203

Rationale for Touch Rugby:
During the early years of childrens lives, through the process of play, they
grow and develop. Childrens natural curiosity leads them to experiment
and manipulate their bodies in different environments developing their
fundamental, loco motor and motor skills. Participating in touch rugby
helps individuals to develop a multitude of skills, including physical,
personal and social skills. The touch rugby 6-week program can help
extend and refine these skills to developmentally benefit the individual.
Children learn how to participate in fitness activities and maintain a
healthy lifestyle through touch rugby game play and skills and drills, while
developing their coordination, strength and increasing their selfconfidence, team work skills and discipline.
Lessons are planned to provide students the opportunities for practice,
repetition and imitation, so their early learning of touch rugby concepts
are consolidated and their overall performance and technique is
enhanced. The lessons allow for students to gain understanding and
practice the basic skills and techniques involved in touch rugby to develop
their skills. The inclusion of multiple practices and progressions will allow
students to increase their knowledge and experience in each area of touch
rugby and gradually will allow for extension of this knowledge and more
precise demonstration of the skills. Students will be working cooperatively
with peers, developing social and personal skills, and in competition
against their peers, developing a sense of ethical behaviour.
Students throughout the six-week program will participate in a touch
rugby class on Thursday afternoons for one hour. These classes will focus
on developing students physical touch rugby skills and interpersonal skills
by working through individual and group skills.

Students will be given the opportunity to practice and perform

touch rugby skills including catching, throwing, offensive and
defensive strategies, touchdown technique and evading a defender,
to improve their strength, physical and social skills.
Students will be practicing in a large open area and with multiple
resources to allow for multiple skills and drills that encourage
participation and motivation.
Students will be provided with essential equipment such as rugby
balls, markers, bibs and whistles so that they can develop the ability
to perform skills correctly and using touch rugby specific
equipment.
Students will have the opportunity to work individually and develop
individually themselves, or work cooperatively and work towards a
common objective as a group.

Students will be given the opportunity to seek advice and feedback

from the teacher during both individual and group performances to
enhance their knowledge and practice of touch rugby skills.