ABOUT MICRO MARVELS
Where the tiniest of tots become mighty Rugby Stars! Our Micro Marvels class is a magical introduction to rugby, filled with delightful activities, rugby play, and foundational movements to kickstart your little one’s journey into the world of sports.
We aim to deliver sessions that teach rugby values and key skills through a series of structured activities and games that are centred around developing a sense of passion and love for the sport.
Throughout classes which are designed and tailored specifically for children aged 2 to 3.5, we incorporate various learning strategies that are key to all round development. We also implement lots of colour recognition, counting and fun themes to allow children to learn through play.
KEY FEATURES
Key Skills Matrix
Social, Emotional and Cognitive
- Basic interactions with peers
- Begins to show a sense of identity within the class
- Aware of surroundings and other children in class
- Able to manage some emotions
- Developing confidence and independence in new situations and challenges
- Able to recognise with confidence different colours, shapes and sounds
- Able to confidently count to 10 and beyond
- Able to follow 1-2 basic instructions at a time
- Begins to think strategically during play
- Begins to listen to coaches instructions
Health and Physical
- Able to balance and demonstrate basic co-ordination
- Able to sustain walking and running and maintain increased levels of activity for short periods
- Navigates basic objects with a ball in hand
- Able to control and manipulate body through increasing levels of physical demand
- Able to recognise some body parts through warm-up exercises
- Able to copy the coach through a series of different movements – standing, running, walking, stopping, jumping
- Shows basic spatial awareness of surroundings and other children in class
- Able to change basic movements when following the coach for instructions
- Able to travel in various directions at speed with the ball
Rugby Skills
- Understands success
- Begins to learn to catch in the hands away from the body and face
- Able to catch a ball in basket arms/hands
- Able to make a basic forward overarm or push pass to a parent
- Able to hold the ball in two hands
- Able to hold the ball in two hands when running at speed
- Able to pick a static ball from the ground
- Begins to be able to pick a moving ball from the ground
- Able to place a ball on the ground to score a try
- Able to kick a stationary or a ball from a tee
- Developing ability to kick a moving ball
- Able to apply skills to game play and think strategically
- Beginning to apply abilities with passing, catching and kicking with increasing accuracy and power
- Developing proper technique with Key Rugby Skills
- Able to make a basic forward underarm pass to a parent
- Able to pull tags with increasing precision
- Able to apply tags to their belt with increasing precision and speed