An international comparative study of rugby coaching system in Japan, England and France

Abstract

    The purpose of this study was to evaluate rugby coaching system. Japanese coaching system of rugby was compared with that of England and France to achieve the purpose of this study. As a result, it was found that :

1) Japanese coaching system of rugby has difficulty to arranging players in the best hit positions ;

2) Japanese coaching system of rugby has no official method for evaluating players;    and

3) French coaching system of rugby has the characteristic that the official evaluation method of France maintains a consistent strengthening of players.

    The arrangement of players in the best hit position is a factor in winning ball-games. Further, an official evaluation method of players is indispensiable for strengthening players. Therefore, it is desirable to implement Japanese official evaluation method and, to popularize rugby more among youth for making the aηangement in the best hit position easy in Japan. French perception for strengthening of rugby players suggests an applicable method for various sports to improve the coaching system.