Rugby | Catching Drills

The aim of the drill is to develop a high ball over head catch

The aim of the drill is to develop basic high ball catching skills.

Simple handling drill working on catching, passing and straight line running. Line up in lines of three or four. The feeder plays the ball to the first receiver and player transfer the ball along the line of players.

Two lines of four stand back to back with the ball on the right hand side of each line. On go they both sprint 15m whilst passing down the line and then turn to run back whilst returning down the line to the player who started with the ball.

Groups of 8 Ball  Cones 2 sets of 4 players line up back to back. Cones are places 3m apart and 3 in fornt of both set of players. When the coach says go the players must complete 4 passes before reaching the far cones.  Then they must turn and do the same off coming back. (1 rep)  Its a race agaisnt the opposing attackers to compelete the the reps given. 

Groups of 8 Ball  Cones 2 sets of 4 players line up back to back. Cones are places 3m apart and 3 in fornt of both set of players. When the coach says go the players must complete 4 passes before reaching the far cones.  Then they must turn and do the same off coming back. (1 rep)  Its a race agaisnt the opposing attackers to compelete the the reps given. 

The aim of the drill is to develop a high ball over head catch with tennis balls

in pairs, 1 ball. Player with ball throws the ball up for player 2 to jump up and catch the ball. Then reverse the practice.

2 teams. Ball This game you can pass and run with the ball in any direction.  The coach will pick a direction for the team to play, the other team will try stop them from scoring.  When the attacker gets touched its a turn over. Progressions;  Add kicking. Attacking team have to make a certain amount of passes before scoring.   

Simple quick hands down the line. Players line up in fours. A coach or player feeds the ball in and players must hold their depth and use quick hands along the line.