Rugby: Whole Group Handling

Early catch, look, perfect pass. Improve your players' passing precision and speed to play with a free flowing attack.

• Set a cone 2 meters from the defensive line. This will mark where the ball will passed from (feed) preferably from a scrum half.
• Set a cone 0.5 meters each side from the mid point of the passing cone to simulate the sides of the ruck.
• Set a cone a cone 5 meters from the ruck on the defensive line. 
• 4 players start as attackers
• 3 defenders start on their stomaches on the other side of the defensive cone (ruck) and 1 player on the defensive cone 5 metres from the ruck
• The player on the 5 meter cone (defence) starts the drill by shouting ‘FOLD’ (or whatever call your team may use).
• Defenders on their stomachs get up and fold around the ruck to take up a defence position. Players fold wide first, and ensure that 2 players are close to the ruck (Guard and Body Guard).
• The player on the defensive cone bounces out (takes space in the defence line), the first player who folds takes up a position on the 5 meter defence cone (or inside the first attacking player)
• Once the defence line is set the scrum half can pass the ball.
• The attackers work to beat the defence, setting up a 'tip' (running a hard line) and 'pull back' option. They should read the defensive movements and make a decision to hit the tip option or pull out the back

Players stood close and next to each other on a line. On

go player drop back to an attacking line, once ready first receiver calls for the ball and starts running. Player use quick hands down the line, end man puts ball down and they realign on the cones around the corner to go through the hands again. All players then realign off the other hand with the width of both previous hands so much wider passing.

• Groups of 12+ 
• Balls 
• Cones

4 defenders lineup in a passing grid, that has laid out 2 red cones and 2 blue cones as shown in diagram. 

4 attackers line up opposite passing the ball up and down there line of 4.

When the coach shouts blue or red, the attackers set off, and the defenders on the coloured cone the coach shouts out. 

The Attckers must react fix the defenders, identify the space and score. 

• 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.