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Rugby: Full Back's Drill

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Alternate between players starting with a standing start, with the ball in hand, or from catching a high ball.

After this the player should jog for about 5-10m looking for the space,

After that they should then look to make a very quick change of direction and accelerate towards the cone for 5-10m.

Upon reaching the cone they once again perform a sidestep/ change of direction and finish with a final 20m sprint, either to the left or to the right.

COACHING POINTS

As much as possible try to simulate full back play.

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Front 5 Drills:

Form a 1v1 scrum and hold for 20 seconds.

Taking it in turns, one of the players must shout break and then both players sprint laterally, racing their partner to the finish line.

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Forward sprints / Backward sprints.:

Set-up drill area as shown.

Players line up at the start.

All players run forward 20 meters (2 sets of cones) in a tight straight line.

Players then run backwards 10 meter (1 set of cones).

The players, then run on 20 meter (2 sets of cones), and the drill continues until they reach the end of the cones.

Players then sprint back to the start.

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Fly-Half Drill:

Either from standing start or from receiving pass the player should look to fake, side-step or dummy

After having done this they should now accelerate hard over 5-10m.

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Fast Footwork:

Setup as shown.

2 groups with one ball per group.

The first players in each group sprint to the second blue cone then quickly back step to the first. Then they sprint to the third, back step to the second,, then sprint to the fourth where they side step to the next cone. At that cone, they sprint forwards to the next cone then side step to the last cone which they turn around and sprint back to the start and pass the ball to the next player.

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