Rugby: Kick Tennis

Bring back fun to your training! Teach your U10-U14s to kick intelligently from the hand. With fun games that work on your players' grubber, punt and box kicking ability.

Even when the wind's blowing and the rain's pouring teach all your players how to claim the high catch with confidence!

5 players working with 1 ball in a grid 20 by 20 meters, working on their grubber kicks and punts.

One player stands on each corner of the grid. Players must kick the ball to each other whilst the player in the middle attempts to intercept the ball.

If the kick is intercepted the kicker becomes the chaser.

One team starts in the middle of the grid along the line. The idea of the game is to kick the ball over the middle team and try to land the ball in the oppositions area. If the ball is caught then no points are scored, if the ball bounces in the oppositions area then 1 point is scored.

If one of the players in the middle catches the ball (they gain 1 point) then they swap positions with the team that kicked the ball.

One player from each team goes to the oppositions end and starts in the end zone.

The aim of the game is for each team to kick a grubber kick through to their team mate the other end of the grid in the end zone. When a ball gets through to a player in the end zone the player that kicks the ball goes to join them.

The winner is the first team to get all their players in the end zone.

One player starts with ball and runs to first cone, where he kicks the ball across to the other cone.

The other player must time his run to collect the ball.

He should be collecting the ball as near to full pace as he can.

Either a grubber or a chip kick can be used.

With a chip kick, the receiving player should try to catch the ball on the full.