I'm a Qualified Level 2 Rugby coach, and have coached rugby both in schools and with the club at all age groups. I love coaching and unfortunately don't do much these days and would love the chance to visit the schools again.
I remember once I was at a school and was there all day taking classes of all ages for rugby. One of the groups I had that day were year 2 (so about 6 and 7 years old) and to try and get them playing rugby was quite a task.
They were all really keen to play and all excited at the thought of playing "real rugby"
We ended up play a game more like netball, where the idea was to get the ball to a team mate standing on a chair at one end of the hall. The ball carrier could not run with the ball, but could pass it any way they liked.
Well. these kid thought it was great in there minds they where playing rugby at Twickenham (which I will blog about some time) rather than playing netball in the school hall.
I got loads of letter and drawing from that class and many had drawn pictures of themselves playing rugby with the crowd in the back ground and scoring tries under the posts. I knew they had all loved the rugby experience and although they hadn't actually played rugby as such, they will hopefully all grow up to remember how much fun they had and will be keen to try rugby in the future.
Now as a christian I guess we should look at ways we can give people a taste of Christianity. Maybe not by giving others a full blown sermon or by shoving the bible in there faces but to try and show God through our actions and words. Maybe that will give them a taste of Jesus and will be keen to try it out in the future.
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