Rippa Rugby | Kiwi Sport

LI: To learn the basics of rippa rugby.

This week for kiwi sport we were learning how to throw and catch a rugby ball. In rippa rugby we were looking at getting better at ripping rippas, throwing a rugby ball and catching a rugby ball. Our coach was Andrew & Justice.

Rippa rugby is a sport were we put two tags on our waists and the other team has to try and rip the rippas from the opponents. If you do that then the person who got tagged has to pass the rugby ball to another person from their team. If your team gets tagged 5 times or the chosen number then it is a hand over and you have to give the ball to the other team.

First we were getting warmed up. The warm-up activity was that we got showed the directions to; North, South, West & East. Whenever one of our coaches said a direction we had to get to that side in five seconds. E.g: "South", we had to get to the south as fast as we can.

After that warm-up we played Rats & Rabbits. Rats & Rabbits is a game were we pick a partner and we have to line up facing our partners and if Justice or Andrew shouts out an animal (e.g; "Rabbits!") the chosen animal had to run the opposite way they were facing and the other animal had to try and rip their partners rippa off.

Next we were practising throwing and catching. We lined up behind four cones and the first group had the ball. The person in the front of the groups had to run and pass the ball backwards to the first person in the group on the right. We had to catch by joining our hands to look like a 'W'.

After that we played a real game of rippa rugby. There was a green team and a red team, I was in the red team. We had to tap and pass. Our team got two tries in the beginning. On the last try it was unspecified if it was a try or rip. The other team also got two tries.

I enjoyed this weeks session on Rippa Rugby. I personally think that I could improve on throwing and catching.