Play Rugby Inc

TO USE THE UNIQUE POWER OF RUGBY TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER YOUTH PRIMARILY FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

PLAY RUGBY ACADEMY PROGRAM:THE ACADEMY IS A PLACE OF LEARNING AND GROWING, A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVECOMMUNITY WHERE ON-FIELD TRAINING AND COMPETITION ARE COMBINED WITH ARANGE OF OFF-FIELD SUPPORT, TO HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE AFTER HIGHSCHOOL AND BEYOND.THE ACADEMY RUNS YEAR-ROUND, MEETING WITH PLAYERS ON-FIELD 3-4 TIMESEACH WEEK, WITH SEASONAL COMPETITION ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. INADDITION TO ON-FIELD PRACTICES AND COMPETITION, THE ACADEMY PROVIDESWRAPAROUND SUPPORTS THAT HELP PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP CRITICAL LIFE SKILLSAS THEY BECOME COLLEGE AND CAREER READY. WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS INCLUDESTRENGTH AND CONDITIONING, NUTRITION, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACADEMICSUPPORT SERVICES, VOCATIONAL EXPLORATION AND COLLEGE PREPARATION.DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE ACADEMY SERVEDOVER 100 BOYS AND GIRLS IN 2021. FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW, 100% OFHIGH SCHOOL SENIORS GRADUATED ON TIME AND ENROLLED IN COLLEGE OR TRADESCHOOL. WITH A GRADUATION RATE OF JUST OVER 60% IN NEW YORK CITY, ANDCLOSER TO 40% IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANTACHIEVEMENT. 100% OF PLAYERS REDUCED RISKY BEHAVIOR, 90% OF PLAYERSIMPROVED THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS AND 90% OF PLAYERS IMPROVED THEIR ACADEMICPERFORMANCE.

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS:PLAY RUGBY PROVIDES RUGBY TRAINING AND COMPETITION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENTAND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP PUT YOUNG PEOPLE ON A PATH TOSUCCESS. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUENEEDS OF YOUTH GROWING UP IN UNDERRESOURCED COMMUNITIES. THROUGH OURUNIQUE VALUES-BASED CURRICULUM, STUDENTS BUILD AND DEVELOP THE SOCIALAND EMOTIONAL SKILLS NEEDED TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE FIELD, INTHE CLASSROOM, AT HOME AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.THROUGH OUR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, WE PROVIDE FLAG RUGBY TO KIDS DURINGAFTER SCHOOL TIME FOR KIDS FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. OURCERTIFIED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT MENTORS CREATE VITAL CONNECTIONS WITH OURSTUDENTS AND TEACH THE GAME OF RUGBY WHILE INCORPORATING THE VALUES OFTHE SPORT INTO EVERYDAY LIFE; HELPING OUR STUDENTS NAVIGATE THEOBSTACLES THEY FACE OUTSIDE OF RUGBY. OUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PARTNERSHAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.OUR DYNAMIC AND ENGAGING TOURNAMENT CULTURE IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDINGOPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AS 'SWITCHED ON' ATHLETES AND KNOWLEDGEABLEPLAYERS, BUT ALSO AS YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORING THEIR STRENGTHS AND COMFORTZONES, COMPETITIVENESS AND PHYSICALITY. EACH TOURNAMENT IS FOCUSED ONONE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES-IN-ACTION AND OUR CULTURE OFCELEBRATING PARTICIPANT SUCCESS, NOT JUST THE TYPICAL MVP. IN 2021 WE SUPPORTED 315 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH OUR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS IN THE BRONX AND HARLEM.

TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS:THROUGH OUR TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS, WE TRAIN TEACHERS AND EDUCATORSTO DELIVER BOTH FLAG AND TACKLE RUGBY PROGRAMS THEMSELVES THROUGH ASTRUCTURED TRAINING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM. THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS ALL FIVE BOROUGHS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RUN BY PLAY RUGBY STAFF AND FEATURING THE PLAY RUGBY VALUES-IN-ACTION. DUE TO ONGOING COVID RESTRICTIONS IN NYC, WE DID NOT RUN ANY IN-PERSON TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS IN 2021.FOR SCHOOLS AND RUGBY CLUBS OUTSIDE OF OUR SERVICE AREA, WE OFFERWORKSHOPS, TEAM-BASED EXPERIENCES, CURRICULUM SUPPORT, AND DESIGN ANDIMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY DESIGN, DELIVER AND IMPLEMENT A RUGBY-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

PLAY RUGBY ACADEMY PROGRAM:THE ACADEMY IS A PLACE OF LEARNING AND GROWING, A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVECOMMUNITY WHERE ON-FIELD TRAINING AND COMPETITION ARE COMBINED WITH ARANGE OF OFF-FIELD SUPPORT, TO HELP OUR STUDENTS THRIVE AFTER HIGHSCHOOL AND BEYOND.THE ACADEMY RUNS YEAR-ROUND, MEETING WITH PLAYERS ON-FIELD 3-4 TIMESEACH WEEK, WITH SEASONAL COMPETITION ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. INADDITION TO ON-FIELD PRACTICES AND COMPETITION, THE ACADEMY PROVIDESWRAPAROUND SUPPORTS THAT HELP PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP CRITICAL LIFE SKILLSAS THEY BECOME COLLEGE AND CAREER READY. WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS INCLUDESTRENGTH AND CONDITIONING, NUTRITION, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACADEMICSUPPORT SERVICES, VOCATIONAL EXPLORATION AND COLLEGE PREPARATION.DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE ACADEMY SERVEDOVER 100 BOYS AND GIRLS IN 2021. FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW, 100% OFHIGH SCHOOL SENIORS GRADUATED ON TIME AND ENROLLED IN COLLEGE OR TRADESCHOOL. WITH A GRADUATION RATE OF JUST OVER 60% IN NEW YORK CITY, ANDCLOSER TO 40% IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANTACHIEVEMENT. 100% OF PLAYERS REDUCED RISKY BEHAVIOR, 90% OF PLAYERSIMPROVED THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS AND 90% OF PLAYERS IMPROVED THEIR ACADEMICPERFORMANCE.

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS:PLAY RUGBY PROVIDES RUGBY TRAINING AND COMPETITION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENTAND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP PUT YOUNG PEOPLE ON A PATH TOSUCCESS. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUENEEDS OF YOUTH GROWING UP IN UNDERRESOURCED COMMUNITIES. THROUGH OURUNIQUE VALUES-BASED CURRICULUM, STUDENTS BUILD AND DEVELOP THE SOCIALAND EMOTIONAL SKILLS NEEDED TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE FIELD, INTHE CLASSROOM, AT HOME AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.THROUGH OUR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, WE PROVIDE FLAG RUGBY TO KIDS DURINGAFTER SCHOOL TIME FOR KIDS FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. OURCERTIFIED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT MENTORS CREATE VITAL CONNECTIONS WITH OURSTUDENTS AND TEACH THE GAME OF RUGBY WHILE INCORPORATING THE VALUES OFTHE SPORT INTO EVERYDAY LIFE; HELPING OUR STUDENTS NAVIGATE THEOBSTACLES THEY FACE OUTSIDE OF RUGBY. OUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PARTNERSHAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.OUR DYNAMIC AND ENGAGING TOURNAMENT CULTURE IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDINGOPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AS 'SWITCHED ON' ATHLETES AND KNOWLEDGEABLEPLAYERS, BUT ALSO AS YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORING THEIR STRENGTHS AND COMFORTZONES, COMPETITIVENESS AND PHYSICALITY. EACH TOURNAMENT IS FOCUSED ONONE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES-IN-ACTION AND OUR CULTURE OFCELEBRATING PARTICIPANT SUCCESS, NOT JUST THE TYPICAL MVP. IN 2021 WE SUPPORTED 315 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH OUR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS IN THE BRONX AND HARLEM.

TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS:THROUGH OUR TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS, WE TRAIN TEACHERS AND EDUCATORSTO DELIVER BOTH FLAG AND TACKLE RUGBY PROGRAMS THEMSELVES THROUGH ASTRUCTURED TRAINING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM. THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS ALL FIVE BOROUGHS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RUN BY PLAY RUGBY STAFF AND FEATURING THE PLAY RUGBY VALUES-IN-ACTION. DUE TO ONGOING COVID RESTRICTIONS IN NYC, WE DID NOT RUN ANY IN-PERSON TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAMS IN 2021.FOR SCHOOLS AND RUGBY CLUBS OUTSIDE OF OUR SERVICE AREA, WE OFFERWORKSHOPS, TEAM-BASED EXPERIENCES, CURRICULUM SUPPORT, AND DESIGN ANDIMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY DESIGN, DELIVER AND IMPLEMENT A RUGBY-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.