The Serevi Elite Academy Series of rugby training camps is underway in Seattle with some of the top coaches from the game of rugby as well as some special guest, including Pete Carroll. The head football coach of the Seattle Seahawks was on hand at the academy.

Pete Carroll

The elite camp is run by long-time New Zealand All Blacks coach Gordon Tietjens, alongside Serevi Rugby co-founder Waisale Serevi. It is offering a limited number of rugby players in the U.S. to train at the highest level without leaving the country.

Tietjens has trained 36 players who went on to become All Blacks XVs, including Christian Cullen, Jonah Lomu and Joe Rokocoko, and has won nine of the twelve IRB Sevens World Series

The camp is organized around the principles of speed, fitness, split-second decision making, and grace under pressure as well as decision-making and best way to use space. The training does not stop on the rugby pitch but includes elements such as nutrition, recovery, conditioning and game analysis.