Rugby: Passing Realignment Short Then Wide

Make sure your players are running hard and straight in attack to draw in defenders before feeding their teammate into the space.

Set up a large square with a cone in each corner. Three attacking players start along one side of the square with two defenders in the middle. You can increase the number of attackers or defenders as you wish. Attacker always try to attack across the square. Once the attackers reach the other side of the square they pop the ball to the attackers on the side of the square and not in front of them.

• 6x6m Grid 
• Ball 

• Players line up in 3s opposite sides of the grid. 
• Simply pass the ball along the line. 
• 1 defender is in the middle of the grid putting pressure on all ball carriers.
• Once hand completed the next line starts immediately. 
• Defender swaps out when there is a mistake or when he touches someone with the ball. 

• Progression: add another defender, make the passes wider. 

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

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

• Exercise aimed at attackers staying square when running towards a defender in order to fix them to the spot and then spin a pass out to the side.
• Attackers start on a cone, before running towards a cone 3m away
• On that cone, the attacker sidesteps (drops the shoulder) and goes the other way
• Running straight now, the attacher goes towards the tackle tube (or whichever necessary object) in front of them and before 'contact' spins the ball out to the opposite side
• For example, if the player stepped towards the left, the pass is made to the player waiting on the right side of the area.