PSA Academies Reviews 129

Both my boys aged 10 &12 have been on a number of rugby camps and I can honestly say this was the BEST. The course content was fantastic from the skills they learnt on the pitch to those learnt in the classroom. The structure of the course gave them the in site into not only rugby based activities but core and strengthening skills to nutrition. They absolutely loved it and learnt so much. A great delivery team PSA. We will be back.

Great experience for my 12 year old. After a year of very little opportunity to play, this was a week of top coaching, added zoom sessions that we will refer to again and again and a brilliant way to brush up on skills before the new season.

Excellent residential rugby training camp. Highly organised, great atmosphere, very beneficial, lots of great coaching. Thank you for the feedback and recommendations for Jack to improve. He will be back with PSA academies next year. Thank you.

My Son has just completed the Kildare PSA Academy and throughly enjoyed every minute of it. Extremely professionally run, excellent communication throughout. Well done PSA.

PSA Academies rugby camp was a fantastic experience thoroughly enjoyed by my 10 year old. The staff were so professional and great with the kids. He got to make lovely new friends and play lots of rugby. Shout out to the chef also, he enjoyed every meal!

This summer was our son's second participation in PSA's summer camps.
Last year, unfortunately, because of COVID he was not able to participate in the camp.
Despite the restrictions generated by the pandemic situation, our son has, once again, thoroughly enjoyed the experience, improved his skills, and made new friends.
The infrastructure is great, the coaches and trainers are fantastic.
We couldn't ask for more.
Our only regret is that, due to age, this is our son's last year.

My twin boys have just returned from a 3 night residential in Kilkenny - in the sunshine! They absolutely loved it. The coaching team worked hard to deliver a safe, varied and most importantly fun program of rugby. The coaching team were fantastic and the boys not only loved all of the rugby skills and games sessions, they also got a lot out of the residential element, making lots of new friends in sport. Thank you to all at PSA for great communication throughout, looking forward to coming back next year.

Kilkenny Rugby Academy July 21
Our son Ben returned today from the Rugby Academy in Kilkenny. He had such a good time. Probably the best experience he had so far in sport. He got a new outlook regarding Rugby . Great friends, great food, just to mention a few. Highly recommendable.

Eoin, 11, just had a fantastic week in Kilkenny at the PSA Academy. The training was very enjoyable and the coaches, along with being good at their job, were great fun. Eoin really enjoyed the experience of staying away from home with his peers and the food was excellent. This camp will most definitely be an annual event.

My 10 year old son is just back from PSA Residential camp in Kilkenny. He is full of stories and excitement from his week away and stories about his many new friends from all parts of the country. He had great fun with the coaches and loved the packed program of activities. We highly recommend PSA and we will be back again!!

My 11 year old son is just back from his first residential camp full of positive stories.He loved all the coaches who were excellent, learnt new rugby skills and made new friends. He had a wonderful first experience of being away from home enjoying all facilities and said the food was really good .Thanks to all involved for all the hard work put in.We look forward to the next one and highly recommend PSA academies .

Both of my sons 11 and 13 said they would love to return. They both thought the training coaches were down to earth, realistic, great craic but most importantly FAIR (vital with kids). The skills and activities they loved with the addition of making new friends from across Ireland. Brilliant.

This I believe was my son’s 4th year attending the PSA camp, he has attended both residential & non residential both excellent experiences, he had attended other rugby camps but they do not compare in his mind to the PSA. I would highly recommend the PSA camp for Boys & Girls as a club youths coach I see the standard of coaching at the PSA is excellent. They are passionate about what they do and it’s shows. Again well done PSA team

Would highly recommend PSA Academy. It was run to a very high standard, with excellent staff. My daughter learned so much & enjoyed every minute of the camp.

This camp is a must for young players who want to develop their rugby skills and learn about player welfare.
My son really enjoyed the coaching and feels his game will improve as a result.
The core rugby values such as respect are very evident throughout.
Communication with PSA was excellent prior and during the course.
I don’t think they could have done anymore in ensuring a Covid safe environment.

I would definitely recommend this camp.

This was my son Rohan’s second year doing the PSA camp. He has grown as a player and a person as a result of his experiences in these camps. The planning and thought that has gone into the design and implementation of this camp is in a league of its own. It is player centred and builds such positive attitudes to being the best that each individual can be. A holistic approach that builds on the players skill set but also their confidence and self esteem. Would not hesitate to recommend this to all parents.
Well done Guys, you really make a difference.
Thank you.

My son (14) did the Castleknock camp in August 2020 and enjoyed every minute of it. It's a challenging programme and he got a lot out of it. There's a keen focus on detailed individual development feedback on core playing skills as well as leadership values around teamwork etc. In addition the online programmes which covered mental health, injury prevention, sports nutrition really encouraged player awareness and ownership of their broader development in a way that was very accessible way for teens. Very impressed - we've booked in again this summer with a growing number of pals coming! Also, hands down the best C-19 safety protocols I've seen at kids sports training over the past 12 months.

My son attended the Dublin camp and he absolutely loved every moment of it. He had great fun throughout all of it while he was learning and try to improve his skills as they were explained to the group.
The testing and feedback given with video analysis on it is incredibly useful.
The webinars also were well targeted for the age group and interesting with very engaging speakers.

As a parent I think the the camp very well organized and planned, and given we are in Covid year I felt the safety of the kids was managed and ensured to a very high standard.

I have no doubts we will be back next year, and I can't recommend this experience more.

Very well planned, organised and executed camp. The testing and the feedback provided were very useful, and afternoon sessions were great to build a common platform between players and parents. Every day Adam was coming back buzzing with excitement, and he always referred to his camp-mates as friends, which highlights the friendly and inclusive atmosphere created. We are definitely coming back next year, and will spread the word among parents involved in the local club as well.

My son had a fantastic week! He really enjoyed it & worked on developing skills. Whilst contact / tackle training obviously couldn't be done due to Covid, the coaches worked very hard to ensure a good variety of skills were worked on.
It was a very hot week & I was really impressed that the coaches took the decision after the first day to amend the times slightly to accommodate this.
I would definitely recommend!