Tag Rugby: Everything You Need to Know to Play and Coach
Ebook
Overview
Essential guide to the non-contact sport of Tag Rugby - a safe and fun way of introducing rugby to under 10s.
Tag rugby, the RFU’s official version of the game for under-7s and under-8s, is the perfect entry into the world of rugby. A non-contact sport, using Velcro-attached tags on a tag belt, it can be played safely by girls and boys together as young as five years old.
The second edition of this popular book, endorsed by the RFU, contains:
- Rules of play
- Exercises, drills, games and lesson plans
- Tips for coaches and referees
- The how-to of funding and festivals
- Guidelines for safeguarding children
Using clear language and diagrams, Tag Rugby will improve your understanding of skill development and focus your coaching. It also contains advice for adapting drills and games to account for varying abilities and enabling disabled children to participate in the sport.
With its primary mission to make the game fun and accessible to all – players, coaches, parents and spectators alike – this is an essential handbook for anyone involved in tag rugby.
Essential guide to the non-contact sport of Tag Rugby - a safe and fun way of introducing rugby to under 10s.
A great resource of exercises, drills and games, as well as coaching session plans.
Endorsed by the RFU.
Fun and accessible guide to suit whatever level of the children playing and the coach’s experience.
Now with colour photographs and diagrams to illustrate the equipment, exercises, drills and games featured in the book.
Tag rugby is the RFU’s official version of the game for under-7s and under-8s, but is also used by older players and teams for warm-ups, improving fitness and developing handling skills.
Foreword
1. What is Tag Rugby?
2. The New Rules
3. Equipment, Kit and Players
4. Coaching
5. Exercises and Drills
6. Fun and Games
7. Lesson Plans for Coaching and Teaching
8. Refereeing
9. Safeguarding Children
10. Festivals and Funding
Appendix 1: Fair Play Codes
Index
a comprehensive guide...all the bases are covered
- Title: Tag Rugby: Everything You Need to Know to Play and Coach
- Author: Jane Liddiard
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 176
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781408195376, 9781408195369, 1408195364, 1408195372
- Resource ID: LLS:9781408195376
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:03:16Z
Jane Liddiard, an English and drama teacher for 23 years, is a keen rugby fan. She is a season ticket holder at Harlequins Rugby Football Club and a long-standing member of the Harlequins and England supporters' clubs.