I don't even really know where to begin with this. Having been, like most of us, on both sides of the ridiculous score coin and:
1) instructed my team to try and defend one blade of grass and measure our success by how long the interval between trys is, or how often they actually had to stiff arm one of us to get in the try zone
OR
2) subbed every player and then instructed everyone to play with their shoes untied, out of position, using only one hand, and not score until 10 people had touched the ball
I'm exaggerating for effect, obviously, but I'm sure you get the point.
Anyway, in a nutshell, a high school girls basketball team in Texas, who in previous seasons had lost as badly as 86-6, beat another team 100 - 0.
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=264483
The coach was accused of unsportsmanlike conduct for allowing his girls to run up the score, and was asked to issue an apology. He didn't. The school did. At issue is the contention from the losing team that he kept his starters in way too long. The coach in question says this is unrepresentative of the actual game and that he subbed very early. The coach of the winning team did write a rather compelling statement in support of his choices, his players, and the lessons learned along the way.
He got fired.
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=266213
Thoughts?
Monday, January 26, 2009
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The 100-0 high school girls basketball debacle ... |
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New Resource: IRB Coaching.com |
Just got an email from the IRB peeps about a new online resource they have released:
http://www.irbcoaching.com/sp8/ngb/irb/6stages/en/index.jsp
It looks like there's quite a bit of material there, so take a look, and please don't be shy about sharing your opinions. Membership is free!
Sunday, January 04, 2009
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Call for Contributors! |
I've been MIA for a little while, and decided that perhaps the best way to contribute to the coaching dialog here in the USA would be to open this blog to other coaches from around the community.
So how about it? Let's take this from "Lisa's blog" to a real, bonefide, mult-voice dialog.
I'd love to get a handful of regular contributors representing the various age/division/gender groups in the community - mens, women's, high school, college, D1, D2, etc etc.
2009 will undoubtedly be a very exciting year for rugby coaches here in the US ... just a few things coming down the pipe on the coaching side that I'm aware of:
USAR/IRB Advanced Coaching Course part 2 in Atlanta, February
USA Rugby Coach Development workshops all winter
IRANZ High Performance Coaching course in Glendale
Queensland University Coaching workshops
USA 7s and World Cup 7s (go USA!!)
Women's Territorial Season
Women's Superleage possibilities
Women's National Team camp in Feb - u20s, USA A, USA
Women's National Team USA and USA A matches with Canada this summer
Elite Coach Development Program attachment opportunities
a new MARFU Women's Senior Side coach (congrats Lance!!)
Anyone interested in being a contributor, just shoot me an email and let's get started!
