P6

"Above all we aim to instil an enthusiasm for the game, team spirit and sense of fun that will keep our squad members coming back each week"

P6 age group manager Andrew Hannay

Rugby should be fun to play and safe. Our aim is to encourage and coach a style of rugby that emphasises skills, speed, and tactical awareness. We do this by creating a solid foundation of basic skills - ball handling, tackling, teamwork, game structure and positional sense - and introduce speed and tactical game skills during the year.

At this age there is a wide range of skills and abilities but our aim is to involve every child in matches and tournaments. We will have three to four teams of equal strength with a core group for some of the tougher tournaments. This approach has worked very well in the past.

Coaches

Ian Chisholm: already has helped out with coaching in previous years with his elder son Alex who is playing in P6. However, he is now to coach his youngest. Ian has Level 1 & 2 SRU coaching certificates. Ian played for Langholm and was an expert in the art of sevens and was good enough to play at Melrose on several occasions.

Andrew Hannay: likes punishment as this is the only way to explain why he has volunteered to help coach P4 after several years coaching his older son who is in S1. Andrew has a SRU level 1 coaching certificate.

Iwan Tukalo: no need for introductions - Scotland wizard winger. Has previously coached the senior teams at the club with considerable success. The S4 were runners up in the Scottish Cup last year.

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