Keystone Essentials
The cornerstone of Keystone’s success is recruitment of athletes interested in expanding their rugby skills as part of the team’s elite experience. These athletes must be willing to stretch themselves outside of their limits and to not be afraid to make mistakes. The team has between 25-30 active players at any time and current Keystone players range from 19 to 33 years of age, from all types of background and economic strata. A typical member of the team dedicates 10-20 hours per week to rugby including games, practice time, weight and cardio training, individual skill workouts and video sessions. This enormous time commitment requires sacrifices on the part of the player, but is essential to peak performance both as an individual player and as part of the team unit.
Keystone is coached by Peter Steinberg, whose coaching background includes: leading the Penn State Women’s Rugby Team to five National titles. In addition to the success with Penn State, Pete is very active in USA Rugby programs, including:
- Attacking (ball-handling) Coach for U.S.A. Rugby
- Former U.S.A. Rugby Game Development Officer and Leader of Coach Development Program
- Former Head Coach of USA Hawks
- Former Head Coach of Mid-Atlantic Men’s All Star Team
- Former Head Coach of USA Women’s Under-23 National Team
- Former Program Director and Backs Coach for USA Senior Women’s Team
Currently, all of Keystone’s coaches are volunteers.
Date: July 14, 2009