Drills for Beginner Players
To help your players pass more accurately, try this fun and simple rugby drill: Get the ball moving in a clockwise circle. Switch the direction after a couple of minutes of movement. Then tell your players that they must keep passing the ball around but the receiver needs to clap once before they catch the ball.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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