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Rugby: Channel Fix - Handling drill (with defenders)

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DESCRIPTION

  • Groups 5 
  • Balls 
  • Cones 

1. Chanel Fix 

5 players Attack Defenders lined up one behind eachother. 

They must use footwork to step to a side of the sausage and then give a pass before running into/past the defender. 

COACHING POINTS

  • Footwork 
  • Communciation 
  • Squaring up. 
  • Transfer of pass. 
  • Decison making to dummy if the defender moves 

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Catch and pass channel | Passing

Catch and pass channel:

  • 8+ players 
  • Ball 
  • Players stand at equal distance away at differnt points along the grid.
  • One working player runs in the middle of the channel. 
  • The players on the outside pass the ball into the running player.
  • The Working player must complete 2 sets of passing - 1 run off each hand. 

Passing
Clockwork Passing | Warm Up

Clockwork Passing:

  • 4 + groups 
  • Balls 

All players have a ball, start by passing the ball once left then twice right, then 3 times left etc. 

if the ball goes down you start again. 

Winning team is the team who competes the most amount of passes without the ball going down. 

Warm Up
Channel fix - Handling Drill | Passing

Channel fix - Handling Drill:

  • Groups 5 
  • Balls 
  • Cones 
  • Sausages.

1. Chanel Fix 

  • Attack sausages lined up one behind eachother. 
  • they must use footwork to step to a side of the sausage and then give a pass before running into/past it.
  • Attack inside shoulder of the bag to fix defender. 

Passing
Collecting & Catching Difficult Balls | Off Loads

Collecting & Catching Difficult Balls:

This drill will develop your players ability to regather difficult balls and make offloads. 

  • Working in groups of three, one player is practicing the skill at a time. 

  • The practicing player throws the ball to two other players who are holding balls.
  • These two players bounce the ball back and the practicing player has to gather the ball without knocking it on.

Progression 

  • Now the practicing player holds two balls. He has to offload and then regather the ball with one hand.

Off Loads
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