Sport | Rippa Rugby

LI: To learn the basics of rippa rugby.

This week, LS1 and Room 5 we were learning how to throw and catch a rugby ball in rippa rugby, Kiwi Sport. We were looking at improving our technique with ripping rippa tags, throwing a rugby ball and catching a rugby ball. Our coach was Andrew & Justice.

Warm Up
First, we played a warm-up activity. The warm-up was that we were shown the directions: North, South, West and East. Whenever Justice or Andrew called a direction, we had to get to that side as quick as we could.

Energizer
Next we played Rats & Rabbits. Rats & Rabbits is a game were we pair up with somebody and we have to line up facing our partner. If one of the coaches yelled out an animal (example: "Rats!") the chosen animal had to turn around and run as fast as they could and the other animal had to try and rip their partner's rippa off.

Throwing and Catching
After Rats and Rabbits, we practised throwing and catching. We lined ourselves up behind four cones and the first group had possession over the ball. The person in the front each group had to run and pass the ball backwards to the first person in the group on the right. To catch, join your hands to look like a 'W'.

Rippa Rugby
Finally, we played a real game of rippa rugby. There was a green team & a red team, and I was in the red. Red was seperated into two groups as well as green. One red and one green group faced eachother while the other group played on a different side of the field. 

We had to tap and pass. The other team got one try in the beginning. On the last try a red member fortunatley scored a try! My team got two tries.

I enjoyed playing Rippa Rugby with Marist. I think that I could improve on my throwing and catching.