Wednesday evening was another highlight for the county U17 squad, when they met Margaret Alphonsi, Saracens and England No7."Margaret is a fantastic role model for these young players," said Amanda Bate, Rugby Development Officer with The Herts Sports Partnership. "She proves to them that a person can work and study and still play top level rugby."
Margaret is currently studying for her Masters in Sports Psychology, and is also Rugby Development Officer for Saracens (Amateur )RFC, as well as fitting in training on 5 days each week.
Maragaret talked to the girls about the importance of goal setting, in her introduction to Sports Psychology, showing them how they could raise their game as individuals and as a team.
The squad put this into action and set the team goal of not conceding any tries on 3rd December, as well as winning the tournament.
Margaret's talk on Sports Psychology is just one of a series in the athlete support programme run by the Herts Sports Partnership. For more details contact f.castree@herts.ac.uk .
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