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Rugby: Catching in Pairs

Great site and excellent drills. Easy to understand and apply in training....

Tyrone, Rugby Coach

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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.

COACHING POINTS

The player making the pass should deliberately put irregular spin on the ball as it is highly unlikely that in a game situation the pass will be spinning regularly when players have to make a high catch.

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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 a high ball:

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.

Catching

Agility Slalom - Race:

Start with 2 players on the centre cone, each with a ball, and facing each other.

On the shout "GO", they both run backwards to the first cone
They then side step up the grid to the second cone
Next players run through the slalom cones back to the start where the ball is passed to the next players
Next players can only go when each player has received a ball (to ensure each race is fair).

Agility & Running Skills