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Rugby: Catching a high ball

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Call for the ball!

Head and eyes up looking at the ball, get in line with the ball.

Quickly move to the ball's 'drop zone'

Adjust position to get under ball, hands up and ready to take ball

Turn the body to protect during contact and also to avoid a potential knock on if dropped ball

Raise one knee to protect yourself from any potential contact (Note: it's illegal to be tackled in the air).

As you land on your feet brace yourself for contact.

COACHING POINTS

Decisions to be made in the moment:

Can the ball be caught in the chest or will you need to jump and catch in the air in order to protect it from the oncoming opposition?

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Confidence under the high ball

Even when the wind's blowing and the rain's pouring teach all your players how to claim the high catch with confidence!

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Attack the catch:

3 players, 1 ball, 1 pad.

Player with the ball throws up the ball for the player without the pad to run up to jump and catch while the player with the pad puts on the pressure.

Catching

Catching in Pairs:

Players take it in turns to throw a high pass to one another.

5 high catches each and then swap roles.

The pass should be accurate and the focus here is on getting the technique right under the high catch.

Catching

Compete for the ball:

2 players, 1 ball.

The player with the ball throws the ball up and both player jump up to compete for the ball winner scores the point and throws up the next ball.

Catching

Kick Tennis - Moving net:

Split the group into three teams.

One team starts in the middle of the grid along the line. The idea of the game is to kick the ball over the middle team and try to land the ball in the oppositions area. If the ball is caught then no points are scored, if the ball bounces in the oppositions area then 1 point is scored.

If one of the players in the middle catches the ball (they gain 1 point) then they swap positions with the team that kicked the ball.

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