Practical Studies I - Rugby

Recommended Prerequisites

Good levels of fitness, ability to perform activities in a group and individually, in adverse weather conditions; Minimum knowledge of the game of Rugby.

Teaching Methods

- Theoretical Rugby practices, individual threads and / or in groups, reading books, playing rules, book chapters and articles, access and use of specific databases, the building (s) student (s) plans Rugby lessons with exercises for teaching young athletes, a summary of the exercises per class Course, active participation and / or passive training of young athletes or seniors and watching rugby games.

Learning Outcomes

- Mastering the content, tools and skills of sports action sports selected.

- Mastering the content, tools and skills of educational intervention in schools, selecting appropriate strategies for the development of learning of physical and sporting activities, using various teaching models of instruction, planning and organization tailored to specific social contexts.

-Plan, organize, implement and evaluate programs of sports training in different contexts.

-Describe and demonstrate the technical elements of the fundamental tactical selected sport, identifying and correcting their major technical errors, and improve physical fitness and motor skills of the players.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 - Presentation of the (organizational elements and requirements) and the modality (general peculiarities of the game of rugby)

2 - Basic Technique: various types of passes; procedures for the reception of the ball contacts in attack and defense.

3 - Basic Technique: technical procedures in the field of movement, transportation of the ball.

4 - Theoretical Concepts: selection and deselection; fixing the defenders; situations "out of play.

5 - Basic Technical: technical procedures for the defense.

6 - Tactical elementary framework in the attack, putting the devices, pressure on the ball carrier, keeping the ball.

7 - Basic Technique: contact in attack; means of attack at ¾ s.

8 - Technical Collective game groupings: ruck and maul, simple games used in the learning stage.

9 - Technical Collective specific technique in the "orderly formation" push position, connection and synchronization of effort.

10 - Technical Collective technique to "alignment" capture-release of the ball and heel support jumper.

11 - Tactical elementary classical forms of play: "off", sharp-clustered, "kick" game after FOR and alignment.

12 - Tactical elementary counterattack: favorable conditions, types of counter-attack.

13 - Tactical elementary strategy to the time fixed for attack and defense.

14 - Tactical elementary teaching methodology of the game w / various age levels;

15 - Theoretical Rating: delivery of work, assessment practice: evidence of technical skills of students.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria João Carvalheiro Campos

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Commitment, participation and interest: 10.0%
Planning and implementation: 30.0%
Circuit Technical and game situation: 60.0%

Bibliography

Leis do Jogo: Federação Portuguesa de Rugby

Greenwood, Jim. (1993). Think rugby: a guide to purposeful team play. London : A & C Black,

Greenwood, Jim. (1992). Total rugby: fifteen-man rugby for coach and player. 3rd. ed. London : A & C Black.

Tony Biscombe, Peter Drewett (1998). Rugby : steps to success. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics

Griffin, L., Butler, J. (2005). Teaching games for understanding : theory, research, and practice. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics

Winder, Peter. (1991). Rugby practics. London : A & C Black.

Winder, Peter. (1990) Rugby training. London : A & C Black.