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Rugby: Quick Feet into 2 v 1

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The aim of the drill is to develop SAQ into beating defenders

COACHING POINTS

Attackers start on the left side, defenders on the right side .
Attackers with the ball, defenders without the ball.
Attackers and defenders work through the ladders and break of left and right.
Attackers are then looking to beat the defender 2 v 1 option.

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Quick Hands Drills:

Hold the ball between your legs, one hand behind, one hand in fornt.

Gently throw the ball up and swap your hands, from back to front and front to back and catch the ball before it touches the ground. Flexing legs.

See how quickly you can do this, how many in 30secs.

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Ladders with Ball Handling:

â¢ The aim of the drill is to develop SAQ and handling the same time.

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Shoulder Flex with Ball:

Involve a ball in your warm-up.

Get players to pass the ball around their head to flex the neck and shoulders.

Warm Up

Race to the Line:

Set three cones out at an equal distance from one another. On the coach's shout, two players sprint from the middle of the cones out to one cone before sprinting to the other end, and finishing by sprinting to the other end once again. Whoever crosses the line of cones first is the winner!

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