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Rugby: Collecting and Catching Difficult Balls

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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. (0.40)

COACHING POINTS

(1.20)

Players should stay light on their feet.
Keeping knees bent and being nice and low is important.
When gathering the ball, players should keep their eye on the ball and when offloading keep their eye on player they are offloading to.

In a game there can be lots of things going on, mistakes will be made when your players get distracted.
So coaching your players to pay attention to the task at hand is key.

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Fend off the challenge

Set Up

Line of defenders - 5m apart in staggered formation tackle shield.

Individual players move down the line Â fend off each tackle in turn right then left ...

Off Loads

Diamond shape supporting lines

This is an exercise for continuity and support for attacking play
Lay out a rectangular playing area, with four attackers and minimum three defenders
The attackers begin in a diamond formation, with the ball carrier at the front
The defenders are then stacked in rows, one defender per row, spread out diagonally
The ball carrier is tackled by the first man, and offloads to one of the two supporting attackers
The receiver of the pass runs and is tackled by the next defender and they offload to one of two supporting attackers
As one of the four attackers will be on the floor from a tackle, the next phase will include three attackers, who should be in an arrow formation

Off Loads

Blind Catch / Scanning - Reaction Drill

The aim of the exercise is to develop ball control and reaction catching skills.

Handling

2 vs 1 - with running support

The lead attacker runs at straight at defender.

Attacks runs into space, either on the left or the right, takes the tackle and then off-loads to the support player who should be running down the opposite channel to the first attacker (so if the the first attacker runs left the support player goes right).

Off Loads

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