FOR THOSE PLAYERS WITH SEVENS AMBITIONS – SOUTH PROGRAM

South TU 7s 2010 Plan

Primary Goal: Identification of 7s Athletes that project to National Team Play, by 2016

Secondary Goal: Represent the South TU at the 7s All-star Championship

Selection Mechanism(s):

The TU will be divided into three (3) regions, and two (2) coaches are assigned to each, responsible for holding a selection camp in their area, held on Saturday and Sunday only, as follows:

SOUTH Regional Camp (Florida LAU/Palmetto LAU): May 8, 9

Location: TBD
Coaches: Greg Schor, Austin Decanay

Player Fee: $100; hotel and meals provided. Transportation to and from Event not included.

EAST Regional Camp (North Carolina LAU, Georgia LAU, Midsouth LAU EAST of Nashville): May 15, 16

Location: Life University, Marietta, GA

Coaches: Dan Payne, Ben Jones

Player Fee: $100; hotel and meals provided. Transportation to and From Event not included.

WEST Regional Camp (Midsouth LAU West of Nashville,
Including Nashville, Deep South LAU)

Coaches: Julie McCoy, Jeff Reuther

Player Fee: $100; hotel and meals provided. Transportation to and from Event not included.

Selection Camp Fitness Requirements:

The fitness requirements needed for International Team Performance are significant; this coaching staff is committed to selecting players capable of achieving these fitness goals, as well as providing for a culture of International caliber, as a Regional Select Side Team. The aim of this experience is to ready players for the International experience, on the local level.

Fitness guidelines as per Coach Caravelli:

10 m dash: Target 1.65s. Fastest athletes all under 1.6s

40 m dash: Target 4.99s. Fastest players under 4.7s

Beep Test minimum: 13-5

10-100m Shuttle Test:

Complete all Ten in 15sec down & 40sec back.

A sample fitness training schedule will be available on this website forthcoming. We will test 10 and 40m dash; Beep and 10-100 m shuttle.

Basic Skills to be assessed:

Ball Transfer

Primary and Supportive running lines

Ruck and Counter Ruck

Tackle and Jackal

Performance in a Team Environment will be assessed via scrimmages based on the number of players available at each camp.

Coach Bios:

Julie McCoy, TU Team Head Coach: 7s Eagle 1998, West Select 15s Head Coach for Women, 1998-2002; West Select U23 Head Coach for Women, 1998-1999; West Select 7s Head Coach for Women, 2000-2004; Assistant Coach of Defense, USA Women’s 15s Team, 2002-2004; Assistant Coach USA Women’s 7s, 2005; Head Coach USA Women’s 7s, 2006-2009; Current Little Rock Men’s Club 7s Head Coach, 2006-2009; Current Little Rock Men’s Club 15s Coach 2010 to present. Email: julesmccoy@sbcglobal.net

Ben Jones, TU Team Assistant and Skills Coach: England RFU 7s Player, 2008-2009; Samurai International 7s Player 2005-present; England RFU Level 1 and 2 Coaches Certification; Current Life University Coach, obtaining Masters in Sport Health Sciences. Email: jonesben1@hotmail.com

Greg Schor, TU Team Assistant Coach: Head Coach, Ft Lauderdale Men XV 2005, Head Coach Ft Lauderdale Men 7’s 2007,2008
Head Coach, South Women’s 7’s 2002-2005
Assistant Coach, US Eagle Women’s 7’s 1999-2003
Head Coach Atlantis 7’s Benidorm 2002
Co-Coach, US Maccabiah Men 2009-present
Email: rugbychiro@aol.com

Dan Payne, East Regional Coach: Former 15s Eagle, 2007; Current Assistant Coach USA Men’s 15 Team; Current Rugby Director, Life University. Email: dan.payne@life.edu

Austin Dacanay, South Regional Coach: All America 7s player 1998-1999, Atlantis 7s player 1998-1999, Life University 7s player 2000-2004, Life University 15s player 2000-2004, South Select Men’s 15s Assistant Coach 2004-2005, South Select 7s Men’s Head Coach 2006-2009, Current Philippines RFU 7s player 2007-present, Current Philippines RFU 15s player 2006-present. Email: adacanay@hotmail.com

Jeff Reuther, West Regional Coach: Atlantis Tour 7s Player – Trinidad (2001, 2007), Venezuela (2000), Toronto (1999), Benidorm (2001), Lisbon (1999), Cape Fear (1999).
Played for West (2003), MARFU (2005, and South (2000-2002, 2004) TU Teams
Coach – Baylor University (2006-2007)
Coach – New Orleans 7’s (2008-2009)
Email: flyhalf777@hotmail.com

Dick Elliott, South TU Administrator/Manager: Email: MiamiDick@hotmail.com

Ellie Karvoski, South TU 7s Strength and Conditioning Coach: Email: ekarvoski@aol.com

Team Development Process:

A pool of no more than 24 players will be selected based on the criteria above. A South Select Team will enter a side into the Cape Fear Tournament July 3-4, 2010, and another USA 7s LLC Event in late July (TBD as that schedule isn’t final until mid February), for Team Development and further selection. A Final Team of 12 will be chosen from player performance at these tournaments, to represent the South TU at the 7s All-star Championship, August 28, 29, 2010.

Hotel, meals, and transportation at each venue will be provided by the Union. The athlete is responsible for the cost of any airfare etc., to and from each venue.

Please email Dick Elliott for overall administrative inquiries, Julie McCoy for Rugby inquiries, and Ellie Karvoski for Strength and Conditioning inquiries.

To sign up for a Regional Camp, please email the Regional Coach for each Division. (Dan Payne, East; Austin Dacanay, South; Jeff Reuther, West)

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