by thundarsdaddy » Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:44 am
I coached Jr High B-Ball in Rugby for years. I also Coached the HS Baseball team the first 4 years, when the program started. Rugby cycles like most schools do, in sports success. Rugby seldom lacks athletes though, but most years Rugby lacks teamwork. As someone who has "been there", teamwork was my biggest focal point as a coach and as a parent. Track, being more or less an individual sport, flourishes at RHS with lots of good athletes. At the same time, in past years, these same athletes had problems when it came to "team" play, thus the Team-sports lacked any luster. Now, RHS has amazing teamwork both in FB and BBall, and now in VB too! Without assigning any blame as to what happened in the past, its really fun to see players, parents and coaches all take a TEAMWORK attitude!! This concept of teamwork, or lack thereof, isnt unique to Rugby though, getting student athletes these days to "play as a team" is difficult anywhere you go.