1 Youth Rugby: Setting the Scene

Kevin Till, Martin MacTaggart and Ben Jones

2 Long-Term Athletic Development of the Young Rugby Player

Kevin Till, Rhodri S. Lloyd and Joey C. Eisenmann

3 Developmentally Appropriate Coaching Practice for Children Playing Rugby

David Morley and Donna O'Connor

4 Davids and Goliaths: Kinanthropometry and Grouping Strategies in Youth Rugby

John Sampson, Job Fransen, Ric Lovell and Kevin Till

5 Talent Identification in Male Youth Rugby

Adam L. Kelly, Alexander B. T. McAuley, Francesco Dimundo and Kevin Till

6 The Demands of Youth Rugby Match-Play

Sarah Whitehead, Dan Weaving, Rich Johnston, Dale B. Read, Ryan White and Ben Jones

7 Profiling Physical Qualities in Youth Rugby: The ProPQ Tool

Jonathon Weakley, Cameron Owen, Ben Jones and Kevin Till

8 Strength and Conditioning Training for Physical Development

Jonathon Weakley, Josh Darrall- Jones and Nicholas Gill

9 The Psychosocial Development of Youth Rugby Players

Ross A. Shand, Lea-Cathrin Dohme and Stephen D. Mellalieu

10 Technical and Tactical Development in Youth Rugby

Michael Ashford and Jamie Taylor

11 Improving Young Rugby Player's Tackle Ability

Sharief Hendricks, Gregory Tierney and Steven den Hollander

12 Training Practices in Youth Rugby Players

Padraic Phibbs, Timothy Hartwig and Sarah Whitehead

13 Monitoring Fatigue and Recovery in Youth Rugby

Carlos Ramírez-López, Cédric Leduc, Mathieu Lacome and Ben Jones

14 Nutrition for the Young Rugby Player

Marcus Hannon, Sarah Chantler and Nessan Costello

15 Injury Risk and Reduction Strategies in Young Rugby Players

Michael Hislop and Keith Stokes

16 The Young Female Rugby Player

Sean Scantlebury and Omar Heyward

17 Planning Your Coaching for Young Rugby Players

Michael Ashford and Jamie Taylor

The Young Rugby Player

Science and Application