HIGH-LEVEL RUGBY COURSES
Need to progress and increase your level of play? Each program in our high performance and high level rugby summer courses is designed to cover the technical, tactical, mental and physical skills essential to reach your full potential as a rugby player. Focusing on position-specific workshops, skills development, mental strength, game intelligence and self-management, our high-level courses are designed to improve player performance both on and off the field. Our courses are total immersion, meaning that participants stay together on site for the duration of the course in an environment totally dedicated to rugby.
The AIR Top Coaches coaches are chosen from among rugby’s current and former elite, offering participants the opportunity to learn directly from the most competent in the world of rugby. The programs proposed below may be revised according to the different levels of Académie Internationale de Rugby (AIR) trainees. The aim is for trainees to experience training sessions similar to those of professional players. Academy trainees are trained like pros, by pros! So don’t hesitate to join the Académie Internationale de Rugby (AIR) for its upcoming summer high-performance rugby training courses.
BELLUNO STAGE
BELLUNO, ITALY – OCTOBER 10 TO 12, 2025
350 €
The Belluno rugby clinic is designed for players born between 2009 and 2012 and with an FFR license (or equivalent abroad) who want to develop their technical, physical and mental performance.
The course program
Sprinting skills and techniques and posture
Speed and frequency work
Motor skills and agility, support work
Power and explosiveness
Reinvestment and transfer to rugby
Muscle strengthening and core training
Strength training with additional loads and introduction to weightlifting
Injury prevention and recovery
Individualized functional assessment
FORWARD
Scrum, role and technique – safety, posture and performance
Touch, role and technique, introduction to lifting and building the throw
Performing in the lift, understanding the triggers
Speed, movement and speed in the air, throwing in the three zones
Receiving the throw-back, reading the ball’s trajectory, communicating, lifting on the throw-back
Heeling , linking by line and coordinating the thrust
BACKS
Footwork (drop, low kick, occupying kick, candle)
Occupying and reoccupying the deep plane
Receiving a high ball on the spot and moving forward
Passing from line play (crossing, jumping, doubling, lifting, off-load, 45-degree pass)
Use of second curtain of attack
Duel and tools of the advance (activity of the standing player)
Ruck and conservation (carrier, support)
Activity of the player on the ground
Issue of the return to play
Defensive framing
Tackle and get up and counter ruck
Return to play and contest
Different types of pass
Reading and understanding the game: move forward where it’s easy
Keeping speed in the game
Positioning, adapting and communicating support
Creating open spaces and using them as quickly as possible
Positioning and repositioning to threaten all spaces
Willingness not to stop the ball
Understanding and managing encounters
Approach and strategic importance
Introduction to mental preparation
Controlling individual and collective emotional variations
Setting goals for a match and a period
Self-determination
Building post-training and post-encounter routines
Lifestyle hygiene for top-level athletes
Performance nutrition issues
PERFORMANCE TRAINING
CARNAC, FRANCE – OCTOBER 18 TO 24, 2025
900 €
The Perfectionnement rugby training course is designed for players born between 2008 and 2012 who have an FFR license (or equivalent abroad) and wish to develop their technical, physical and mental performance. – Lodging at the Alignements hotel included
The course program
Sprinting skills and techniques and posture
Speed and frequency work
Motor skills and agility, support work
Power and explosiveness
Reinvestment and transfer to rugby
Muscle strengthening and core training
Strength training with additional loads and introduction to weightlifting
Injury prevention and recovery
Individualized functional assessment
FORWARD
Scrum, role and technique – safety, posture and performance
Touch, role and technique, introduction to lifting and building the throw
Performing in the lift, understanding the triggers
Speed, movement and speed in the air, throwing in the three zones
Receiving the throw-back, reading the ball’s trajectory, communicating, lifting on the throw-back
Heeling , linking by line and coordinating the thrust
BACKS
Footwork (drop, low kick, occupying kick, candle)
Occupying and reoccupying the deep plane
Receiving a high ball on the spot and moving forward
Passing from line play (crossing, jumping, doubling, lifting, off-load, 45-degree pass)
Use of second curtain of attack
Duel and tools of the advance (activity of the standing player)
Ruck and conservation (carrier, support)
Activity of the player on the ground
Issue of the return to play
Defensive framing
Tackle and get up and counter ruck
Return to play and contest
Different types of pass
Reading and understanding the game: move forward where it’s easy
Keeping speed in the game
Positioning, adapting and communicating support
Creating open spaces and using them as quickly as possible
Positioning and repositioning to threaten all spaces
Willingness not to stop the ball
Understanding and managing encounters
Approach and strategic importance
Introduction to mental preparation
Controlling individual and collective emotional variations
Setting goals for a match and a period
Self-determination
Building post-training and post-meeting routines
Lifestyle hygiene for top-level athletes
Performance nutrition issues
PERFORMANCE COURSE 2026
TOULOUSE, FRANCE – JULY 7 TO 13, 2026
1045 €
The Performance Rugby course is designed for players born in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and with an FFR license (or equivalent abroad) who want to develop their technical, physical and mental performance. – Accommodation at CREPS Toulouse Included
The course program
Sprinting skills and techniques and posture
Speed and frequency work
Motor skills and agility, support work
Power and explosiveness
Reinvestment and transfer to rugby
Muscle strengthening and core training
Strength training with additional loads and introduction to weightlifting
Injury prevention and recovery
Individualized functional assessment
FORWARD
Scrum, role and technique – safety, posture and performance
Touch, role and technique, introduction to lifting and building the throw
Performing in the lift, understanding the triggers
Speed, movement and speed in the air, throwing in the three zones
Receiving the throw-back, reading the ball’s trajectory, communicating, lifting on the throw-back
Heeling , linking by line and coordinating the thrust
BACKS
Footwork (drop, low kick, occupying kick, candle)
Occupying and reoccupying the deep plane
Receiving a high ball on the spot and moving forward
Passing from line play (crossing, jumping, doubling, lifting, off-load, 45-degree pass)
Use of second curtain of attack
Duel and tools of the advance (activity of the standing player)
Ruck and conservation (carrier, support)
Activity of the player on the ground
Issue of the return to play
Defensive framing
Tackle and get up and counter ruck
Return to play and contest
Different types of pass
Reading and understanding the game: move forward where it’s easy
Keeping speed in the game
Positioning, adapting and communicating support
Creating open spaces and using them as quickly as possible
Positioning and repositioning to threaten all spaces
Willingness not to stop the ball
Understanding and managing encounters
Approach and strategic importance
Introduction to mental preparation
Controlling individual and collective emotional variations
Setting goals for a match and a period
Self-determination
Building post-training and post-encounter routines
Lifestyle hygiene for top-level athletes
Performance nutrition issues
ADVANCED TRAINING 2026
Toulouse, FRANCE – JULY 15 TO 21, 2026
1045 €
The Perfectionnement rugby course is designed for players born in 2012 and 2013 with an FFR license (or equivalent abroad) wishing to develop their technical, physical and mental performance. – Accommodation at CREPS Toulouse Included
The course program
Sprinting skills and techniques and posture
Speed and frequency work
Motor skills and agility, support work
Power and explosiveness
Reinvestment and transfer to rugby
Muscle strengthening and core training
Strength training with additional loads and introduction to weightlifting
Injury prevention and recovery
Individualized functional assessment
FORWARD
Scrum, role and technique – safety, posture and performance
Touch, role and technique, introduction to lifting and building the throw
Performing in the lift, understanding the triggers
Speed, movement and speed in the air, throwing in the three zones
Receiving the throw-back, reading the ball’s trajectory, communicating, lifting on the throw-back
Heeling , linking by line and coordinating the thrust
BACKS
Footwork (drop, low kick, occupying kick, candle)
Occupying and reoccupying the deep plane
Receiving a high ball on the spot and moving forward
Passing from line play (crossing, jumping, doubling, lifting, off-load, 45-degree pass)
Use of second curtain of attack
Duel and tools of the advance (activity of the standing player)
Ruck and conservation (carrier, support)
Activity of the player on the ground
Issue of the return to play
Defensive framing
Tackle and get up and counter ruck
Return to play and contest
Different types of pass
Reading and understanding the game: move forward where it’s easy
Keeping speed in the game
Positioning, adapting and communicating support
Creating open spaces and using them as quickly as possible
Positioning and repositioning to threaten all spaces
Willingness not to stop the ball
Understanding and managing encounters
Approach and strategic importance
Introduction to mental preparation
Controlling individual and collective emotional variations
Setting goals for a match and a period
Self-determination
Building post-training and post-meeting routines
Lifestyle hygiene for top-level athletes
Performance nutrition issues
STAGE PERFORMANCE 100% FÉMININ 2026
TOULOUSE, FRANCE – JULY 7 TO 13, 2026
1045 €
The Performance Rugby course is designed for players born in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and with an FFR license (or equivalent abroad) who wish to develop their technical, physical and mental performance. – Accommodation at CREPS Toulouse Included
The course program
Sprinting skills and techniques and posture
Speed and frequency work
Motor skills and agility, support work
Power and explosiveness
Reinvestment and transfer to rugby
Muscle strengthening and core training
Strength training with additional loads and introduction to weightlifting
Injury prevention and recovery
Individualized functional assessment
FORWARD
Scrum, role and technique – safety, posture and performance
Touch, role and technique, introduction to lifting and building the throw
Performing in the lift, understanding the triggers
Speed, movement and speed in the air, throwing in the three zones
Receiving the throw-back, reading the ball’s trajectory, communicating, lifting on the throw-back
Heeling , linking by line and coordinating the thrust
BACKS
Footwork (drop, low kick, occupying kick, candle)
Occupying and reoccupying the deep plane
Receiving a high ball on the spot and moving forward
Passing from line play (crossing, jumping, doubling, lifting, off-load, 45-degree pass)
Use of second curtain of attack
Duel and tools of the advance (activity of the standing player)
Ruck and conservation (carrier, support)
Activity of the player on the ground
Issue of the return to play
Defensive framing
Tackle and get up and counter ruck
Return to play and contest
Different types of pass
Reading and understanding the game: move forward where it’s easy
Keeping speed in the game
Positioning, adapting and communicating support
Creating open spaces and using them as quickly as possible
Positioning and repositioning to threaten all spaces
Willingness not to stop the ball
Understanding and managing encounters
Approach and strategic importance
Introduction to mental preparation
Controlling individual and collective emotional variations
Setting goals for a match and a period
Self-determination
Building post-training and post-encounter routines
Lifestyle hygiene for top-level athletes
Performance nutrition issues
VIDEO CLIPS FROM PREVIOUS COURSES
Course in Belluno, Italy – €350
- 3-day half-board course in Belluno, Italy
- Access to facilities related to the internship program
- Access to personal profile on the platform with internship report
- Professional community with coach videos
- Post-course technical and tactical evaluation
- A detailed job evaluation of strengths, weaknesses and main areas for development
- AIR T-shirt, cap, water bottle
- Honorary diploma
- Technical follow-up binder containing a course summary
Internship in Carnac, France – €900
- 7 days / 6 nights full board at Carnac
- Trainees born between 2008 and 2012
- Accommodation at Hotel Les Alignements ( 3 stars )
- Access to facilities related to the internship program
- Access to personal profile on the platform with internship report
- Professional community with coach videos
- Post-course technical and tactical evaluation
- A detailed job evaluation of strengths, weaknesses and main areas for development
- AIR T-shirt, cap, water bottle
- Honorary diploma
- Technical follow-up binder containing a course summary
Performance course in Toulouse, France – €1045
- 7-day / 6-night course, full board in a double room
- Trainees born between 2009 and 2011
- Accommodation at CREPS Toulouse
- Transfer to and from the airport or train station > CREPS with a dedicated shuttle bus
- Lecture courses (video analysis, lectures, mental preparation, nutrition)
- Access to facilities related to the internship program
- Access to personal profile on the platform with internship report
- Professional community with coach videos
- Post-course technical and tactical evaluation
- A detailed job evaluation of strengths, weaknesses and main areas for development
- AIR T-shirt, cap, water bottle
- Honorary diploma
- Technical follow-up binder containing a course summary
Performance course in Toulouse, France – €1045
- 7-day / 6-night course, full board in a double room
- Trainees born between 2012 and 2013
- Accommodation at CREPS Toulouse
- Transfer to and from the airport or train station > CREPS with a dedicated shuttle bus
- Lecture courses (video analysis, lectures, mental preparation, nutrition)
- Access to facilities related to the internship program
- Access to personal profile on the platform with internship report
- Professional community with coach videos
- Post-course technical and tactical evaluation
- A detailed job evaluation of strengths, weaknesses and main areas for development
- AIR T-shirt, cap, water bottle
- Honorary diploma
- Technical follow-up binder containing a course summary
Each player will be assigned a coach who specializes in that position, usually a former or current professional or even international player. He or she will work in coordination with a general coach (1 coach for every 12 players), providing the player with a detailed understanding of his or her qualities, progress and the challenges associated with his or her position during the course of his or her development plan.
Personalized follow-up is offered to players, on request, for one year via videoconference, where they can continue their exchanges with the coaches.
TRAINEES‘ OPINIONS
Very comprehensive training camp. I’m really happy to have been at this camp which taught me a lot and enabled me to discover high level rugby. It was a very very positive experience, thank you very much!
We really appreciated the high quality organisation, and preparation too with a preliminary assessment test, a call from the coach, and then a private appointment to find out what the players want. Then the quality of the coaches and the workshops they set up was exceptional. Congratulations and see you next year!
Thanks for this training camp, some great experiences and memories.
Thanks again, it was so cool!
Thanks for this fantastic training camp, I’m definitely up for it next year!
I’ve learnt a lot about my position and I really enjoyed rubbing shoulders with top level players, former players and coaches and taking note of all their advice for the future.
I’m really pleased with the training I got at AIR, and I’m ready to start all over again next season. Thanks to all the coaches, players, cooks for this wonderful week.
Excellent training camp, combining performance and pleasure. Eliot the trainee only had positive things to say. He would have liked to work a bit more on his speed and kicking if his ankle hadn’t handicapped him. Highly likely he will register again next year. Training camp to be recommended.
I would really like to thank all of the training camp staff. Matteo spent a wonderful week in a great atmosphere, and came home with many memories to cherish. He really appreciated the time he was able to spend with the coaches, training and learning, talking with very friendly pro players and meeting the stars of French rugby who have thrilled us so much.
I really appreciated the availability of the coaches and the quality of the advice they give.
As a parent, my son enjoyed the rugby camp which gave him back his self-confidence thanks to the workshops and conversations you had with him. Thanks to you and the educational approach of all the staff, Bastien just loved this camp. You’ve given him tremendous confidence and I’m sure that with this attitude he’ll be able to achieve great things.
Hi guys! I just wanted to send a message to thank you for the training camp, because it was just amazing, I loved it and I’m still on cloud nine. The follow-up was really good too. Thanks very much once again, and I hope to return next season.
I loved this training camp. I learned so much from the top level coaches. It was the first time I’d had the opportunity to play in front of top coaches. The camp really boosted my self-confidence. Today I feel like I have what it takes to achieve my ambitions. A huge thank you to all of you.
Très bon stage avec des entraineurs très pointus, j’ai bien été préparé au haut de niveau de Gaudermen. Rendez-vous l’année prochaine.
Thanks on behalf of my son and all the kids, it was perfect.
Our 3rd participation in the AIR is coming up soon! This has become a permanent fixture for our son. Apart from giving him the opportunity to develop the technical skills in his position, his analysis of play and his communication, this immersive organisation considerably strengthens his feeling of belonging to the world of rugby, and his motivation to accomplish his sporting ambitions. We’ve always wanted our son to participate in training camps outside his home club. He’s had the opportunity to participate in different rugby training camps in various regions. At last we’ve found the right structure, 100% focused on rugby and supervised by true pros. You have it all! Living examples of successful professional careers, mental preparation, management of injuries, and so on. You can be certain that the young people registering for this camp are not coming here to be on holiday or go surfing! They come to assess their level and identify the areas where they need to improve for the next season.
I loved this training camp. I think I’ve made a lot of progress and I met loads of rugby players. Thanks for this training camp.
