The FRU is excited to bring back the Florida Rugby Summit in combination with our Annual General Meeting, the summit combines both Coach and Referee education on Saturday, September 11th, and on Sunday, September 12th will be our Annual General Meeting.

The coaching presentations will be provided by MLR team Rugby ATL and their 404 Pathway Academy head coach Johannes “Neets” Gericke. He will be presenting on a variety of topics and will provide all coaches with some excellent content to help launch your coaching and team forward.

We will also be reviewing the new game management guidelines and the application of the new World Rugby laws with referees in the afternoon. Finally, there will be a dinner and happy hour at the conclusion of the day with an open round table discussion on general Florida rugby topics.

More details and registration is on our website here AGM Information
Saturday, September 11th — Coaching and Referee Summit — 9 am to 6:30 pm
Sunday, September 12th — Florida Rugby Union AGM – 9 am to 1 pm

Summit Participant Cost – from $20 to $150 depending on hotel night stays, more details are below. Please note the FRU Annual General Meeting is on Sunday, September 12th and there is no cost associated with that.

Summit Pricing and What is Included

Course only – $20 (Includes course, lunch & dinner)
Onsite Room & Course Options — Rooms limited to 15 single and 13 double occupancies per night

Onsite Hotel Saturday only single occupancy – $75 (Includes summit, lunch, dinner, hotel room, Sunday breakfast)
Onsite Hotel Saturday only double occupancy – $50 (Includes summit, lunch, dinner, hotel room, Sunday breakfast) **Must purchase in a pair with the second person listed for rooming with**
Onsite Hotel Friday & Saturday night single occupancy – $150 (Includes summit, Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner, hotel room, Sunday breakfast)
Onsite Hotel Friday & Saturday night double occupancy – $50 (Includes summit, lunch, dinner, hotel room, Sunday breakfast) **Must purchase in a pair with the second person listed for rooming with**
Saturday’s Summit Schedule

9 am to 9:15 am – Welcome Notes & Combined Referee/Coaches Gathering
915 am to 3 pm – Both Coach and Referee Education Tracks
Referee Track – Presented by the FRRA — Details to be confirmed
Coaching Track – Rugby ATL & Rugbycology – Video Analysis, Defensive system discussions, and installations, Attacking Pattern how to build your teams attack
3 pm to 5:30 pm – New Game Management Guidelines & Laws applications a combined Referee & Coach session
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm – Dinner & Open Round Table about Florida Rugby
Coaching Presenters
Johannes “Neets” Gericke
Rugby ATL
Pathway 404 Head Coach
Current Rugby ATL player

Topics Covered

Defensive System Discussions
Defensive system explanations
How to create your defensive system
How to install your defensive systems
Micro skills required for defensive systems to work
KPIs of defense
Attacking System Discussions
Attacking shapes and ways to form your attack
How to install your attacking system
Micro contact skills are required to ensure an effective attacking system
Q & A with Neets
Discuss your general rugby coaching questions both from the content delivered and any other topics you wish to cover.
Brendon Shields
Rugbycology
Data & Video Analysis Expert

Topics Covered

Video analysis via Huddle/Rugbycology
What data points are collected and how to collect them
Referee Presenters
More details to be displayed

Location
Jackie Robinson Training Complex
3901 26th Street
Vero Beach, FL 32960

If you have any questions please contact let me know Evan Haigh
Florida Rugby
General Manager
www.floridarugby.org
407-721-4080