Maybe I'm not faking it after all

[chickenfeet]

I have my first session with the U16 backs tonight. I have never been coached as a back in my life though various unfortunates have had to play alongside me when I have been so miscast. However, courtesy of the IRB coaching website I have nifty printed cards with drills that look entirely suitable for inexperienced backs, some of which look like back play as I remember it (which is to say seen upside down from under a heap of bodies). I think I can do this!

Comments

[frankie-ecap.livejournal.com]

Oh, you can absolutely do it, hon. You love the game, you've played it all your life, you are clearly gifted at coaching and loving it - you'll make some errors at first but you'll learn fast and discover what helps and soon you'll be making it up. Those boys are so lucky to have you.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

I think you said everything that I was just about to! (Well, apart from the 'hon', which chickenfeet2003 doesn't usually get from me....)

CF2003, it sounds to me like you're pretty well prepared on the specifics of back play, and the rest of it is about what you're good at. I bet they'll have a great time - and I hope you do, too.