So my friend on the rugby team out here has flown in her ex-coach from South Africa for two weeks of seven's training. He's a professional coach, and since we are trying to go to the Hong Kong 7's (the big show, for any of you that don't know what it is... it's mostly a pro tournament with national teams from all over the world).
Saturday and today, Marinus (spelling??) has been coaching us. He's awesome. I'm had some good coaches, but how technically well Marinus knows the game is amazing. The first thing he did was break down spin passing to us - I learned things I've never even heard before! He's also been teaching us side steps and goose steps, those fun, pretty little steps that forwards never ever get to do. It's been a great experience so far, to have skills broken down into components. I feel like I've improved already as a player, after 2 coaching sessions. And not only have I improved, I've begun to remember what real rugby is supposed to be like - fun and challenging. Something I think has been missing out of my rugby experience for quite a few years now. It's too bad that he's only here for two weeks... and that our team can only practice one time a week, I'm so excited about the new stuff we've been learning, I wish we could practice every day.
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