Rugby- Scrum Half
Strength One- Cardiovascular endurance
Within my chosen activity of Rugby I believe that cardiovascular endurance is one of my biggest strengths. Cardiovascular endurance is often referred to as aerobic power. It is the ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to the working muscles. As a scrumhalf, I need to have cardiovascular endurance to get to every breakdown in attack, to distribute to my teammates and also a rugby game lasts for 80 minutes and I need to make sure I can last the whole 80 minutes. I often have to distribute the ball quickly to my teammates to avoid the turnover. I also need cardiovascular endurance to be able to get support to a lone runner that breaks …show more content…
Tackling is the ability to legally take the player to the ground. When I make tackles especially frontal tackles when a player is running towards me, this one of my weaknesses in defence
I find it difficult to make frontal tackles with the correct technique which may result in me gaining an injury or missing the tackle. In a game I was faced of making a tackle when the player was running towards me, I used the wrong technique and he made it past the game line and I developed an injury due to me using the wrong technique in the tackle and not getting low enough in the tackle.
Method:
The player must keep their eye on the ball carrier. As the ball carrier reaches the player, the player should move their head to one side of their body (their most strong or most preferred side). They should end up in the cheek to bum-cheek position. As contact is made the tackler throw their shoulders around the ball carriers legs, and then lifts the shoulder into the ball carriers ribs.
The tackler wants to use the ball carrier's momentum to push them to the floor, with their arms wrapped around their legs. As the tackler sits on their bum, they should turn to send the ball carrier over their shoulder, and land on top of