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Physical Components - Coggle Diagram
Physical Components
Agility
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Rugby players need agility in order to side-step an opponent to evade a tackle, whilst maintaining control of the ball. Agility is also required to be in the correct position to make a tackle as a player must adjust their height and feet while moving.
This is an area of my performance that I want to imrpove. While I am able to sidestep and offset an opposing defender, my movments can become predictable resulting in reduced success in the later stages of my game. Moreover, as a centre with considerable size, I sometimes stuggle to mirror smaller opposing centres who are more agile.
Power
Rugby players need power to be explosive on the ball to break tackles and also to make dominant tackles. These collisions are decided in seconds so require a large amount of stregnth quickly to advance the gain line.
Power had been a very significant aspect of my performance in the past. However, as I have got older, opposition players have caught up in size and strength meaning it is more diffuclt to overpower them. While I may no longer have a significant size advantage, I have maintained power in my arms and legs, enabling me to have a forceful hand-off and leg drive in contact.
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Speed
Rugby players require speed to cover distances as quickly as possible. This is very significant in line break opportunities and while on cover-defence. Speed is also required to generate power which is imporant when making carries.
This is an area of weakness in my performance and a recent quadricep injury has meant I struggle to reach maxiumum speed during a game. As a centre, I am fast enough to capitalise on line break opportunities but I do not have the speed required to back myself going outside an opposition player. If I would be able to do this, it would add a different dynamic to my performance.
Cardiovascular Endurance
Rugby players need cardiovascular endurance in order to work for a prolonged period and see no drop in performance levels. A rugby match may last longer than 80 minutes and players must be at their best for the full duration. Without good cardiovascular endurance a player’s performance may slowly decline throughout the match, causing them to make errors towards the end of the game, potentially costing their team. Good cardiovascular endurance is also essential so players can communicate throughout the game – with poor cardiovascular endurance players become out of breath more easily and are unable to communicate with each other, preventing the transfer of important information during a game.
This is a strength in my game as I am able to last the full duration of the game and capitalise on the tiredness of the opposition in the last minutes of play.
Local Muscle Endurance
Rugby players need muscular endurance in order to make tackles throughout the game without fatigue.It is also required to make dominant carries throughout the game, which require high effort levels to come out successful.
High levels of muscular endurance is a strength of my performance, particularly in the muscle groups in the legs. I am often able to break tackles towards the end of the game due to a forceful leg drive, captalising on the fatigue of the opposition attempting to tackle.
