Mini/Youth Season Introduction; Please share
13/08/2018
Minis and Youths News
With the 2018/19 season about to start the Minis and Youths at all age levels are beginning to start pre-season training and all squads should be up and running by the beginning of September. For many years the Club has done its best to field a squad at every single age level from U7 up to U18. That’s a lot of work and involves a huge amount of time and effort on the part of a large number of Volunteers, much of which is unseen. The most visible example of Volunteers are obviously the coaches and administrators but others would include:
Insofar as new or assistant coaches are concerned you wouldn’t be asked to take on a team or squad on your own. Each squad already has an experienced coach or coaches but additional eyes/ears/voices are always welcome, particularly at Minis level where the attention span on the part of the kids is very short and where there is need for a smaller coach/player ratio. For current or ex-players, even if you’re not in a position to commit full time (which would amount to one evening training per week and a game most weekends) if you would be willing to be part of a roster to be called upon when necessary that would be great.
We have found over the years that many people didn’t become involved, or hesitated to become involved, because, either:
(a). They weren’t invited, or,
(b). They had little or no experience of rugby, or had no prior involvement with the Club, and didn’t feel comfortable enough to “volunteer”.
If that’s the case then:
(a). Consider yourself as having been invited now!!
(b). Don’t let a lack of experience of rugby or involvement in the Club be a barrier.
Please do telephone the appropriate person on the contacts list. Alternatively, you can simply turn up at a training session or on our registration day, see what we are about and, if you like what you see, introduce yourself and please do offer to help in whatever role you feel comfortable.
As is the case with other Sports organisations, anyone involved with children needs to be Garda Vetted (we will organise this) and subscribe to the IRFU Child Welfare Policy.
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