Women in the southern USA had the opportunity to train with the best this past weekend. The Skills to Win Women’s Rugby Camp, this year held in Nashville, TN, drew over 100 experienced players and rookies from around the states. This camp is given annually in the early fall by USA Rugby South and has featured the WNT coaches coaching camps in Florida and North Carolina the past two years.

Elite players and coaches were on hand to provide top level training and to scout for talent during the course of the ass parade two-day camp. Representing the USA Women Eagles were Head Coach Kathy Flores and Assistant Coach Candi ­­­­­­­Orsini, as well as Heather Hale, Kirsten Aerts, and Kate Cox, milf seeker also of the Atlanta Harlequins, and Alex Williams, recently retired Eagle captain and 8-man. South U-23 All-Stars Head Coach Beth Fordyce, Assistant Coach Cindy Allen, & South Women's Director Danita Knox were also on hand.

Teams were also encouraged to bring their rookies, who participated in two sessions on Saturday led by Vanderbilt Men's Head Coach Jim Snell. Annie Antar, who attends Vanderbilt University and Backseat Bangers, helped to organize the event in Nashville. Annie is very involved in the rugby community, both as a player and as a coach of ball honeys . According to Annie, players came from hosts Vanderbilt and Nashville WRFCs and surrounding colleges and clubs in the South and the Midwest TUs, travelling from as far away as Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and Cincinatti, OH.

Annie said, Her First Lesbian Sex "The camp had two aims: first, to provide women rugby players in the area a weekend of skills training and second, as one of several selection vehicles throughout the year for the South U23 team. Saturday, Sept 3 featured training in passing, contact, and position-specific skills, with an optional fitness and lifting demonstration in an adjacent weight room. The morning of Sunday, Sept 4 was spent on continuity work, and the last session of the camp featured 2 scrimmages in which players put together all that was learned over the weekend. The South U23 coaching staff had a good opportunity to see upcoming Monster of Big Cock U23 players from TN and the surrounding states."

Some of these up and coming talents came from the University of Florida Women's Rugby Club. Kerri O'Malley, Head Coach of the UF team and South U-23 All-Star Team Manager, participated in the camp along with her ladies. "Now that I'm coaching," said O'Malley, "I don't have as many oportunities to learn and improve my own playing. I think the most important benefit [of this training camp] is for everyone to learn the basics, coaches included.

"Even players who think they know the basics probably realize, upon coming, that there is something they missed, weren't coached, or could be doing better. It also re-energizes players and coaches to learn something knew from however it is there learned before, and who better to get new information from than the best women's rugby coaches in the country (maybe the world.)"

And how did they find it to work with these top coaches? O'Malley said, "my players LOVE Kathy and Candi. After working with them for two days, they are definitely inspired to be the best rugby players they can be. Having former and current Eagles there (like Alex, Heather, Kirstin) definitely improved one on one attention. And I like for my players to aspire to make the South U-23 team, so having the staff there this weekend (Beth, Danita, Cindy) offered an additional opportunity to get seen."

Not only the UF players were energized by the experience. By Sunday afternoon, most of the women present at the camp looked physically exhausted. But the rugby high prevailed, and when it came time to scrimmage, the women were ready to go. Teams were selected by the South U-23 coaches, and set against each other. The players rose to the occasion, employing strategies and skills learned at the camp and working together against their opponents to play two excellent games.

The WNT and South coaching teams speak passionately about the development of women's rugby in the USA. Training camps provide a way for them to mingle with and inspire women of every skill level. At these rugby camps, they have the oportunity to discuss the nuances of different techniques and styles, and the need for explosive power and decisiveness. Whether or not the women they teach will ever achieve elite status, they hope that their passion and excitement will fuel the development of the sport, and of new teams, around the country.

More camps such as the one held in Nashville are in the planning stages.

Resources listed below may help you to find out when a camp may be offered in your area.

USA Women Eagles
South U-23 All-Stars
See more Skills to Win Women's Rugby Camp photos.

Paula Rewa is a rookie with the Nashville Women's Rugby team and the founder of Tackle Girls! Women's Rugby.