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Competition
Number of
Schools
Qualifiers
involved
U12
5
44
U14
7
47
Pollock cup (U16)
5
25
Developing
1
8
schools (U18)
Coaching
At the start of the season 75% of teams from mini
through to adult level were operating with the minimum
of at least one appropriately qualified coach per team.
As a result of targeted course delivery throughout
the season this figure increased to 86%. To ensure
coaches had the opportunity to attain qualifications the
rugby development team delivered courses provincially
through stages 1-3 of the IRFU LTPD and invited
coaches to attend nationally run stage 4 head and
assistant coach courses. The breakdown of courses
and coaches attending is shown below:-
LTPD Stage Number
Number
of Courses of Attendees
Stage 1
5
206
Stage 2
2
61
Stage 3
2
59
Stage 4
2
12
Total
11
338
In addition to the delivery of formal courses, coaches
have also been supported in a number of other ways
including:-
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—
Age Grade Coaching programme.
Targeting
U16 level in clubs and U14 level in schools, rugby
development staff have worked with coaches in 85%
of the Schools of Ireland Schools and 83% of clubs
within Ulster. This has resulted supporting coaches
during the delivery of three hundred and seventy
four practical rugby sessions throughout the season.
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—
Regional Coaching Forums.
These forums are an
excellent way of ensuring that our support is relevant
to the needs of our coaches by bringing them
together to share experiences and to highlight areas
for future development.
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Coach Development Workshops.
Through staff
engagement with coaches we have delivered coach
development workshops across a variety of stages
and topics. A breakdown is shown below:-
LTPD Stage Number of
Number of
Workshops Attendee
Coaches
Stage 1
7
174
Stage 2
9
224
Stage 3
2
24
Total
18
422
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