Maverick Youth Rugby

More Texas High Performance Info

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

A reminder that the final North Texas Camp will be held this Sunday 4/29, at Barney Wood Athletic Complex in Farmers Branch, Texas. 14050 Heartside Pl Farmers Branch, TX 75234.
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http://www.maverickyouthrugby.com/index.cfm/2012/4/19/3rd-High-Performance-Academy-in-Farmers-Branch-429 This camp will be the last opportunity to be considered for the North Texas High Performance Team. Please encourage all teammates to attend. I know this is a busy time of year for students. I trust that you will be responsible and make arrangements accordingly to attend. I also know that there are no proms or exams on Sunday morning. On May 12th the Academy School Championships will be played at Burr Field in Austin Texas. 5627 Loyola Lane, Austin TX 78724.
http://g.co/maps/fkcu3 Games will begin at 9am and will conclude by 1pm. After a short break the High Performance team will be announced. A team meeting and short practice will follow. I expect everyone at the field, dressed to play by 8am. Tardiness will reflect poorly on your evaluation. Uniform will be blue shorts and socks, if you have them, otherwise wear your team kit. Jerseys will be provided for the day. Some have mentioned going to Austin Friday evening and getting a hotel room. If so inclined, you shall make your own arrangements. All participants in the Academy School DO NOT have to (but are encouraged to) try out for the HPP. In other words, they can play on the team (U17 or U19) in Austin and not want to be considered for the HPP. Anyone that does want to be considered may have some financial responsibility for the trip to Colorado. It is estimated that the trip can cost $450.00 per player. However, we will have fundraising opportunities to lower, if not eliminate, this amount. Still, players and parents need to be informed of the potential expense for the trip. There will be Texas High Performance training sessions across Texas that all selected participants will be required to attend.
May 20th in Houston
June 3rd in Dallas
June 10th in Austin At this last NTX HP camp, we will be taking photos of players for selectors and coaches to more easily recognize players, not just relying on leg numbers. If you have already communicated injury/attendance issues to Coach Kelly, please email an undistorted face photo so that we attach it to your file. For continued updated information please see:
http://www.maverickyouthrugby.com/

Changes to HP U17/U19 Age Requirements

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Breaking news on changes to age requirements for U17 and U19 age bracket requirements for USA and the Texas High Performance Academy Program. U-19
If in High School you must be born on or after 9/1/92 (proof of HS)
If not in High School you muste be born after 1/1/93 (non-HS) U-17
You must be born on or after 9/1/94 This means that we can play older kids who are still in High School at the U19 level. It also means that we can play older kids at the U17 level. Some of the younger current U19 guys will drop down to the U17 level if they were born after September 1.

3rd High Performance Academy in Farmers Branch 4/29

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The next North Texas High Performance Academy Camp will be held Sunday, April 29, at the Barney Wood Athletic Complex in Farmers Branch, Texas. 14050 Heartside Pl Farmers Branch, TX 75234. The schedule page contains a link to the map. The camp will run from 10am to 2pm. Please ensure that all players are registered and ready to play by 10am. We will assign positions, work on specific position skills, set pieces and plays. It is imperative that you attend this camp to learn the game plan, what your assignments and calls are, in order to perform well in Austin. The HP Academy is free and open to all players. This camp will be the last opportunity for anyone to make the North Texas team. Please encourage everyone to attend. Even if they do not make the NTX team, they will learn valuable skills that will improve your team's level of play. If you are selected in Austin to represent Texas, you will be required to attend further training sessions throughout Texas leading up to the Rocky Mountain Challenge in Colorado June 15-17. You can go to the Schedule page to see when and where these training sessions will be held.

Player Ratings from Last Academy Released

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The coaches rated players at the last Texas High Performance Academy School in Grand Prairie. These ratings have been compiled into a spreadsheet and released for your review. Looking at your ratings will give you, the rugby player, a better idea of your strengths and weaknesses. CoachRating.xlsx To read and understand the sheet, you will have to remember your assigned number from the last camp. That's the number that was written on your leg. Look down the HPP# column for your assigned number and across to see how you were rated. We included all of the coaches' sheets, different events and coaches ratings are denoted by tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Players were rated from 1 to 5 with 5 being the best and 3 being average. A blank entry means either the player was not rated for that skill or was considered average. HPP# - Your assigned number, written on your leg.
Beep – Number of cycles completed within 2 minutes (25 yard run).
Hands – Ball handling skills, how well the player handled the ball, ability to catch.
Pass – How well the player passed the ball in variety of situations.
DM – Decision Making, how well the player made decisions in various situations with the ball in hand.
Defense – How well the player defended.
Coachable – Was the player coachable? Did he implement instructions given by the coaches?
Speed – How fast the player appeared to run.
Effort – Did the player give everything he had? Did he try to the best of his abilities?
Overall – Coaches' personal assessment of the player. Did the coach like the player? Did he have a good feeling about the player? If you have questions about how you were rated, the coaches will be more than happy to explain what they saw. They will be more than willing to assist you in becoming the best rugby player you can be. Players were rated overall against each other. There were no allowances given for age. Though it may not seem fair, it would be understandable if the younger players received on average, lower scores than the older players.

Texas High Performance Play Book

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Some helpful coaching documentation for the Texas High Performance Academy players. Please review and familiarize yourself with these plays, patterns and terminology prior to camp attendance. Kick Chase Patterns
Remember the 3 P's of Kicking:
Pressure – kick to either relieve pressure for yourself or create pressure for your opponent.
Position – kick for field position, creating pressure on your opponent.
Possession – every time you kick the ball you give up ball possession. If possible kick to regain possession of the ball. Defensive Principles
Basic team defensive principles for Rugby Texas. Rugby Texas Team Calls
Calls identifying Rugby Texas's game strategy. BAT, CAT RAT Drill
Attacking and defending rucking drill for Texas Rugby diagrammed.

2nd High Performance Academy at Jesuit 4/15

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The 2nd North Texas High Performance Academy school will be held at Dallas Jesuit, Sunday 4/15 10:00am - 2:00pm. Players should be at Jesuit's football field to check/register at 9:30 and dressed, ready to start at 10am sharp. Please have them bring water bottles, mouth pieces and a jersey. The school is open to all High School players. We hope to put together a full U17 side and a full U19 side from North Texas for the May 12 tournament in Austin. To be considered for an opportunity to represent Texas U17 or U19, the player must attend the High Performance camps. Please encourage your better players to attend, as well as those desiring to improve. Though we had many fine eager athletes at the last school, not all teams' best players were in attendance. Coaches and parents are more than welcome to attend. If interested in assisting, please contact me well ahead of time. Announcements concerning the Academy schools in North Texas will be made on the Maverick Youth Rugby web site – here. Schedule of NTX HP Events. Coaches and players are encourage to join on FaceBook - www.facebook.com/groups/115007201956294/

North Texas High Performance Academy Sunday 3/25

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The first in the series of Texas High Performance Academy schools will be held Sunday, March 25, in Grand Prairie, from 10am to 2pm. There is no charge, free. The purpose of the Academy is to improve Texas high school rugby and provide an avenue for players to represent Texas. The school is open to all current high school student players regardless of their abilities. For any player wishing to play in the Texas High Performance Program and represent Texas, attendance will be mandatory at all schools. Please encourage all of your players to come to this and all the Texas High Performance schools. We will attempt to rotate the locations of the Academy Schools in the Metroplex in an effort to accommodate all teams and players. Again, to progress in the program, attendance is mandatory for all schools. The first Academy will be held at the Maverick Rugby Pitch in Grand Prairie, and the 2nd will held at Dallas Jesuit 4/15. Click on Schedule on the right menu of this page for dates and locations of all HP events. Directions to the Maverick Pitch: www.maverickyouthrugby.com/page.cfm/GameField The 3/25 school will be held rain or shine at this pitch. Please have your players at the pitch, signed in and ready to play by 9:30am. Coaches and parents are more than welcome to attend. If interested in assisting, please contact me well ahead of time. Announcements concerning the Academy schools in North Texas will be made on the Maverick Youth Rugby web site – here. Schedule of NTX HP Events. Coaches and players are encourage to join on FaceBook - www.facebook.com/groups/115007201956294/ If I have inadvertently missed any coach, team or representative on this list, please let them and me know ASAP and refer them to the www.maverickyouthrugby.com. Please contact me with any questions. Thanks,
Joe Kelly
North Texas High Performance Academy Coach
469-892-8081
joekellyhp(at)maverickyouthrugby.com

MAVERICK YOUTH RUGBY

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Maverick Youth Rugby Program is on hiatus as we look to rebuild from the ground up following last Spring's graduation of the remaining players. The club is working on introducing the Rookie Rugby prgram to the Elementary and Intermediate/Middle schools in the area where we can focus on getting kids involved at a younger age prior to fielding a HS/U19 side again.

If you are interested in having the program in your school, want to help or just want some basic info contact John Kurylas at 972-824-8818 or john.kurylas@ericsson.com for more info.

North Olympic Rugby 7s tournament - Oct 15th

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Location:
4801 Legendary Dr., Frisco, TX 75034
View Larger Map Fields:
The fields are field 4 and 3, which are the two fields closest to Legendary Drive and the east parking lot in front of the church. Please note that areas of the parking lot may be cordoned off by cones. Please do not remove cones and do not park in cordoned off areas if any. Please also only park on pavement, not on grass. Field 4 will be regulation size with goal posts and lined for rugby. All matches will take place on Field 4. Field 3 will be used for warm ups and any clinics, and while it has goal posts, will not be lined. Alex McCullough of Panthers will conduct a beginners clinic and is bringing girls over from Fort Worth so all clubs are encouraged to bring out any girls interested in learning about rugby. Facilities:
There are no toilet facilities or water supply at the fields. Do NOT go into the church for this. There are service stations nearby which can be used. There will be a container of Gatorade at the field. There are a couple of small bleachers but teams are recommended to bring tents and chairs. These facilities are being made available to us for free. There was quite a bit of garbage lying around in the area between the parking lot and the fields last week. If this has not been cleared up by Saturday, we will undertake to clear it up on behalf of the church and provide each team a garbage bag and ask you to fill it between matches. Teams:
Based on commitments that have been made, there will be two pools of three teams per pool.

Pool 1	Pool 2
Plano A	Plano B/Barbarians
Allen	Alliance
Panthers	Coppell

Match Schedule:
Each team will play three matches altogether. Two matches are played against each other team in their respective pool as per the below match schedule. After the pool matches and based on win/loss, head to head and/or overall aggregate points, there will be playoffs for 1st, 3rd and 5th. The sequence of these playoff matches may change based on which pool matches were last played, so no team has to play back to back matches. We have allowed 1/2 hour per match so should be able to stay or get ahead of schedule. Please have your teams warmed up ready to play 10 minutes before the scheduled kick off. If coaches agree, halves can be longer than 7 1/2 minutes. Each team must provide one touch judge per their match.

Time	Field 4	Field 3
9:00	Gather/Warm Up/Team Assign	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
9:30	Plano A v Allen	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
10:00	Plano B v Alliance	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
10:30	Allen v Panthers	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
11:00	Alliance v Coppell	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
11:30	Plano A v Panthers	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
12:00	Plano B v Coppell
12:30	Poo1 1st v Pool 2 1st
1:00	Pool 1 2nd v Pool 2 2n
1:30	Pool 1 3rd v Pool 2 3rd

Maverick 2011 Fall Practices

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The Maverick Youth Team will practice with the Men's side at Mike Lewis Park in Grand Prairie. Practices run from 7:00 to 9:00PM every Tuesday and Thursday, weather permitting(GP Parks make the call on this). Please bring rugby jersey, rugby shorts and a mouthpiece as well as drinking water and bug spray. The North Texas HS teams do not hold a Fall season, but there are a few Fall 7s tournaments held in the North Dallas area. Those who wish to participate in those tournaments should contact Mr. Kelly about details. The dates and locations should be on the Maverick schedule as soon as they become available. In the mean time, all High School Ruggers are encouraged to practice with the men on Tuesdays and Thursdays to improve skills and talent levels. Personal coaching for new players will be available.

When the Welsh Ruled World Rugby

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Brian Lloyd, is one of, if not he best coach the Maverick men have ever had. Being the fine Welshman he is, he has shared some of the absolute best rugby footage of all time. Watch this incredible team work and amazing tries by the Welsh international team from the 1970's. Yes, the 70's. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/14054220.stm

June 11 Plano 7s Tournament

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Plano Rugby Club is hosting a Youth 7s Tournament at the Las Colinas Polo Club located on 600 E. Royal Lane, Irving TX.

As the Mavericks probably do not have enough in any age bracket to make a complete team, we will participate in the U17/19 Barbarians side. Younger ages can fill in with other teams.

Make sure you bring plenty of ice, water and towels. It's gonna be hot!

Match Schedule Field 1 (Full size) U19/17

Group 1 U19/17 Round Robin
Plano A
Alliance B
Barbarians (Coppell/Mavericks/Panthers)

Group 2 U19/17 Round Robin
Alliance A
Plano B
Allen

Field 1: (U19/17)
9:00 Plano A v Alliance B
9:25 Alliance A v Allen
9:50 Alliance B v Barbarians
10:15 Plano B v Allen
10:40 Plano A v Barbarians
11:05 Alliance A v Plano B
11:30 5th place
0-2 Group1 v 0-2 Group 2
12:00 3rd place
1-1 Group 1 v 1-1 Group 2
12:30 1st place
2-0 Group 1 v 2-0 Group 2

Match Schedule Field 2 (U15s, U13s, U11s)
9:15 Plano U15 v Richardson U15
9:45 Plano U13 v Alliance U13
10:15 Plano U15 v Alliance U15
10:45 Alliance U13 v Richardson U13
11:15 Richardson U15 v Alliance U15
11:45 Plano U13 v Richardson U13
12:15 Plano U11 v Alliance U11 (note – one match only but halves will be longer)

Match Schedule Field 3
11:00 am U9s (If enough players)

Harlequin Cup 7s

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The Dallas Harlequins are excited to be hosting a High School bracket in our Harlequin Cup Sevens Tournament. Also, they are hosting the Western Rugby 7's Qualifier that day as well. So, you get to watch of the best 7's teams (some of the USA 7's players) in the region. The event is going to be host in Irving Texas at Trinity View Park. They have enough space to run 6 pitches and can handle a large a bracket. Take a look at the flyer(click the Download button just below). $75 per team for the early bird.

Episcopal School of Dallas Hosts Youth 7s Games

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

ESD will be hosting what hopes to be a great event for youth rugby 7's. So far, there are age group teams from the following :

ESD U11
Richardson U13,U15
Alliance U11 U13
Plano TBD

John Shafto indicated that he had one referee committed as of yesterday. Assuming all this is correct, we plan on starting at 9AM . At that time we can decide who plays whom and when. The ESD campus is located on Midway Rd. at Merrill Rd. between Walnut Hill Ln. and Royal Ln. in Dallas. Troutt Field is adjacent to Midway. It is very easy to find.

Episcopal School of Dallas

After the games, we have informally planned to gather at Ball's Hamburgers, just a mile or so south of the campus on Midway Rd. at NW Highway.

ESD Summer 7's Schedule

8:00 - 8:30 AM Arrival and Warm up
8:30 AM Coaches/Referee Meeting
8:45AM U9 touch match?
9:00 AM ESD vs Plano U11
9:25 AM Alliance vs Richardson U13
9:50 AM U15 match ?
10: 15AM ESD vs Alliance U11
10:40 AM Plano vs Alliance U13
11:05 AM Alliance vs Plano U11
11:30AM Richardson vs Plano U13
11: 55 AM U11 Final *
12: 20 U13 Final *
1PM Lunch at Ball's Hamburgers ( Midway @ N.W. Highway)

Mavericks Host Youth Tournament 5/14

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The Mavericks are hosting a youth tournament and rugby clinic for all ages at our game pitch (map link on the menu to your right) Saturday 5/14. It looks like we may be having a cookout. Maverick HS guys not going to Houston are encouraged to come out and play some games or just help run the tournament.

Here's the ad from Life is Grand Summer Schedule from Grand Prairie's Parks and Rec Department.

There is the plan for this Saturday's friendly tournament in Grand Prairie. Please email John Kurylas (john.kurylas@ericsson.com) to let him know if you are coming.

Also, if you have any girls please have them come at 1:30pm. We will have a short clinic and discuss creating a NTX Team to play in a TOLA tournament and the State Championship. The Woodlands will have a team for State.

Schedule

8:00 Set-up/Warm-Up

9:00am to 12:00 - U9, U11, U13, & U15 play their games.

12:00 - 2:00pm - Boys U17/19 round robin 7s or barbarian matches

2:00 - 5:00pm - Girls NTX HP Practice (or extend boys round robin time if needed)

5:00pm Pack-up & go home.

Important Notes

· There is plenty of space in the park for teams to individually warm up or run specific preparatory drills.

· We will have water available, but please bring your own. There are no convenient locations for water refill.