Personal Overview

Fitness details: 10m- 1.7 seconds    40m- 4.88 seconds   Beep test- 11.7

Bench press- 100kg       Squat-140kg

I am a Zimbabwean born rugby player playing and living in Scotland. I am currently playing for aclub called Highland Rugby Club, i have plyed with this club for many years and now i am playing seniors with this club. i have also trained and played for Calidonean North under 18s which is a regional club played at the next level above club rugby. My main position is fullback but i am able to play fly half, inside/outside centre as well as winger.

I see myself as a confident player who has many talents and skills for when it comes to playing rugby.

some of my main qualites are

- strong kicking game

- strong attacking skills

- good defensive reading

- strong ball carier 

- creative 

Previous Clubs

• 2014 - Highland Rugby Club
• 2022 - Caledonian Academy

Coaching References

Player Profile: Tyler Crook, Highland RFC

Completed by: John Maclennan, Coach Highland RFC U18, 05 Oct 2022

Spatial Awareness Rugby Intelligence Problem solving Decision making Attack

Defence

Resilience Curious Competitive Self motivated Work ethic Coachability Team player

Skill set

Tyler has excellent all-round rugby skills. Tyler can play anywhere from 10 through to 15 but excels at 15. Tyler is a natural attacking minded player.

Hand catch

Tackle

Ball presentation Ball Movement Evade

Positional skills

Skills under pressure

    Game Sense

   Tyler has good all-round rugby game sense. He understands the need to play the right rugby in the right place of the pitch. He has good awareness of how to exit under pressure whether through kick, pass or taking opportunities e.g. mismatches. Tyler identifies, creates and attacks space in a defensive line and looks to play with width. Tyler understands defensive systems and has good team defence skills, individual tackle and kick defence attributes.

                             Attitude

   Tyler shows leadership qualities during games and in training. Tyler leads by example and brings other players forward by ‘knowing the way, showing the way and going the way’. He was selected as captain of the U18 team in the 2021/22 season and this continues in 2022/23. His attendance and application at training is exemplary. Tyler is content to make contributions to training session plans and is respectful to others. Tyler is self-motivated to use individual free time to improve his rugby skills.

Tyler is physically strong and has excellent aerobic capacity. He is regularly in the top 5% on bronco time trials. He has good sprint speed and looks to dominate the collisions.

Endurance Power Agility Balance Coordination Strength Fitness Robustness Flexibility

Further development needed Fully competent

Excels

Coach: John Maclennan

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