31/03/2025
Let us introduce the new brand of the Belfast Met Rugby Academy going forward into September 2025.
The Rugby Academy is open to those learners, male or female aged 16 years and older, going into their Lower Sixth (Year 13) or leaving Upper Sixth (Year 14) in August 2025.
The Rugby Academy is now set up to complement Youth Rugby Clubs' evening training and to enhance the exposure of rugby to all club players.
As part of the Rugby Academy students can study one of the following courses:
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/.../level-2-traineeship-in.../
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/.../sporting-excellence-and.../
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/.../sport-and-exercise.../
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/.../gym-instructing-and.../
These courses provide students with the following additional sessions each week:
2 x 1.5 hr sessions for Strength and Conditioning in the Belfast Met Strength and Conditioning Suite.
3 x 1.5 hr sessions on field training focusing on more exposure to ball skills, decision making, integrated conditioning, and groundwork training.
A key objective of the Rugby Academy is to support our young male and female students academically, personally, physically and emotionally by providing access to expert teaching, support, coaching and advice with a specific focus on rugby development and performance.
To help deliver this objective we are interested in hearing from club coaches on what you believe your players should be working on.
We can collaborate with club coaches to produce individual training plans with the players, to ensure those clubs are having the player returning in their optimum shape and performance.
Whilst Belfast Met will be looking to participate in exhibition games during the year, against Colleges in England and 7s competitions both locally and nationally, it no longer has a College Club side.
This was discontinued and dissolved in September 2023.
Any exhibition matches will be mid-week (usually a Wednesday) and arranged as to not interfere with preparations for the players home club and league or cup matches on the weekend.
As part of our investment in our students in the Rugby Academy we have access to Sports Therapists throughout the year which can assist with the recovery of your players.
We would be keen to meet with clubs to discuss how we can assist in their player development journey particularly for the U18's in your side.
As part of the Rugby Academy Coordinator role in the Foundation Degree in Sports Coaching and Performance Analysis, we are looking to partner with club sides to have the ability to provide coaches or analysts opportunities to our Higher Education Students.
It would be our hope that we could effectively assist club's young players with providing extra exposure to sport and then encourage them to stay and train in our Foundation degree and upskill them in Sports Science support to be able to provide this for your club.
Clubs do not need to have a player studying on that course to avail of the outreach programme however, so if the idea of work experience coaches and analysts in your club may appeal to you then please get in touch and we can arrange a time to meet and discuss this further.
We wish all clubs a successful Club School Window and that they sell their club to build their ranks.
We would appreciate if clubs could share this information with all those in their window who are in Year 12 and above.
Should you wish to hear more then please get in touch with [email protected]
Let us introduce the new brand of the Belfast Met Rugby Academy going forward into September 2025.
The Rugby Academy is open to those learners, male or female aged 16 years and older, going into their Lower Sixth (Year 13) or leaving Upper Sixth (Year 14) in August 2025.
The Rugby Academy is now set up to complement Youth Rugby Clubs' evening training and to enhance the exposure of rugby to all club players.
As part of the Rugby Academy students can study one of the following courses:
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/course/p01506-aa/level-2-traineeship-in-sport-and-active-leisure/
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/course/p00839-aa/sporting-excellence-and-performance-level-3-ft-millfield/
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/course/p00179-aa/sport-and-exercise-science-level-3-ft-millfield/
https://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/course/p00496-aa/gym-instructing-and-personal-training-level-3-1a-active-iq-millfield/
These courses provide students with the following additional sessions each week:
2 x 1.5 hr sessions for Strength and Conditioning in the Belfast Met Strength and Conditioning Suite.
3 x 1.5 hr sessions on field training focusing on more exposure to ball skills, decision making, integrated conditioning, and groundwork training.
A key objective of the Rugby Academy is to support our young male and female students academically, personally, physically and emotionally by providing access to expert teaching, support, coaching and advice with a specific focus on rugby development and performance.
To help deliver this objective we are interested in hearing from club coaches on what you believe your players should be working on.
We can collaborate with club coaches to produce individual training plans with the players, to ensure those clubs are having the player returning in their optimum shape and performance.
Whilst Belfast Met will be looking to participate in exhibition games during the year, against Colleges in England and 7s competitions both locally and nationally, it no longer has a College Club side. This was discontinued and dissolved in September 2023.
Any exhibition matches will be mid-week (usually a Wednesday) and arranged as to not interfere with preparations for the players home club and league or cup matches on the weekend.
As part of our investment in our students in the Rugby Academy we have access to Sports Therapists throughout the year which can assist with the recovery of your players.
We would be keen to meet with clubs to discuss how we can assist in their player development journey particularly for the U18's in your side.
As part of the Rugby Academy Coordinator role in the Foundation Degree in Sports Coaching and Performance Analysis, we are looking to partner with club sides to have the ability to provide coaches or analysts opportunities to our Higher Education Students.
It would be our hope that we could effectively assist club's young players with providing extra exposure to sport and then encourage them to stay and train in our Foundation degree and upskill them in Sports Science support to be able to provide this for your club.
Clubs do not need to have a player studying on that course to avail of the outreach programme however, so if the idea of work experience coaches and analysts in your club may appeal to you then please get in touch and we can arrange a time to meet and discuss this further.
We wish all clubs a successful Club School Window and that they sell their club to build their ranks.
We would appreciate if clubs could share this information with all those in their window who are in Year 12 and above.
Should you wish to hear more then please get in touch with [email protected]
