Teaching Rugby to Children
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Sebastián E. Perasso was born in the City of Buenos Aires in 1969. A public notary by profession, he is married and has two children. Rugby player at the San Isidro Club since he was five years old, he currently teaches age grade rugby.
He is the author of the prestigious series Didactic Rugby(2007); Didactic Rugby 2. The coach(2008); Didactic Rugby 3. Stories and Statistics(2009), Didactic Rugby 4. Spirit and Philosophy(2011); Didactic Rugby 5. Questions and Answers(2012), Didactic Rugby 6. Teaching Rugby to Children(2013) and Didactic Rugby 7. Rugby for Kids (2015), and of the Veco Villegas. Passion for Rugby(Tackle Area, 2013) and The Interior. Rugby Stories(Club House, 2017).
He has given lectures in rugby unions, schools, universities, prisons and more than fifty rugby clubs in Argentina and abroad. He is a member of the Values Subcommittee of the Union de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA), Argentina.
Content
The task of organising
How to reduce managerial tasks
Organisational tips
Administrative tasks
Coach as referee
The role of the communicator
General outlook: emotional disconnection
Previous requirement: catching children's attentions
Verbal communication
Communicational abilities
Management styles
The task of managing
Aptitudes of a leader
Two ways of leading: power and authority
Teaching styles
Coach's relationship with the players
Ensuring safety
Physical safety
Affective safety
CHAPTER II - THE PROFILE OF THE COACH AS AN EDUCATOR
The educational task
Situation framework
Action field
The biggest challenge
The road to success
CHAPTER III - THE TRAINING
Principles and goals of training
Principles
Goals of training sessions
Planning
Previous considerations
Guide to planning
Guidelines and requirements
Guidelines to consider
Requirements for a training session
CHAPTER IV - GUIDELINES ON EDUCATION
Inviting them to think
Searching for the lost wisdom
Tools to act and decide
Basic premises
Children's characteristics
Children's motivations
Basic premises
Rewards and punishments
Limits
Encouraging obedience
Rewards and punishments
Educational punishments. Restorative attitude
Goals by division
CHAPTER V - RUGBY AS A TRANSFORMATIVE TOOL
Rugby as a representation of life
The lessons of rugby
Rules of behaviour
Rules for the coach
Rules for parents and spectators
Rules for the player
CHAPTER VI
REMOVING PREJUDICE
A major challenge
CHAPTER VII - IDENTIFYING OUR MISSION
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