Across Wales and beyond, many sports are serving up shorter, faster and adapted sports in a bid to appeal to new audiences.
To adapt to people’s needs, to find a spot in our busy diaries and to enable smaller groups of friends to come together and play, the Welsh sport sector is moving with the times by introducing innovative and entertaining formats.
While retaining our love for traditional sports, we are seeing additional, alternative games that are fast, snappy and easier to play.
Take a look at some of the sports that are reaching new audiences across Wales…
Touch Rugby and Walking Rugby
If we’re talking shorter, informal versions of the game that means smaller groups of people get to play, then we can’t not mention Touch Rugby and Walking Rugby.
Super popular, many of the nation’s rugby clubs have set up sides, encouraging former players back on the pitch. Many players hang up their boots in their 30s, but these accessible formats offer a way to stay in the game, with all the fitness and camaraderie, just without the full contact.
And the rules? Well, you can make them up! Decide your team-size and grab a rugby ball of any size. Check out the WRU’s Touch Rugby guidelines.
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Bridgend Sports RFC have launched new teams so people can choose which variation of rugby to play. Their Chair, Justin Hostettler-Davies, said: “Traditionally, we only had our full-contact men’s teams which saw players stop playing when the demands became too much for their bodies.
“But now we’ve got our touch rugby and walking rugby teams, including a women’s team, which means we’re no longer just a rugby club for men up into their 30’s. Players can continue to enjoy rugby in a format that suits them for the rest of their lives.”
READ MORE at source: https://www.sport.wales/media-centre/latest-news/sports-adapting-audience-inclusion/
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