Kiwi Sport | Touch Rugby

Our kiwi sport was touch. We learned how to play touch by practising the basics. The point of this session was to build confidence with a rugby ball.

First, we learned how to get familiar with the ball. We each got a ball and threw the ball up in the air and walked from one side of the court to another. This helped us to move around because in touch, it is important to run and catch the ball.

Next, we learned how to catch and pass the ball. A technique we used to catch the ball was to make a 'W' shape with our hands. To pass the ball, we needed to aim the pass to the 'W'.

After that, we practised all of the skills we learned by playing a game. In the game, there were different coloured hoops and we ran around with a ball in our hands. Our partners were following us and when Mr Ogilvie blew the whistle and shouted a colour, we put the ball down and our partners needed to pick up the ball. This allowed us to move to the nearest hoop and our partners passed the ball to us. We timed this activity and our time we got for one hoop was 9.04s. For two coloured hoops we got 20s

I enjoyed this session and thought that it was easy because I have played touch before.

LI: To build confidence with a rugby ball.