Rugby: Flick and Back Pass Insanity

Tell your players the following......

1. There will be one runner.
2. 1 player, static, on each cone. 4 players on the cones in total.
3. There will also be two players in defence, they will have a tackle/ruck pad each.
4. The defenders will be 3 meters in from the start of the grid, the second defender 7 meters behind the first.
5. The defenders can move left and right, but not backward and forward.
6. There will be a ball on the first left cone, and on the second right cone.
7. The player at the first cone with the ball will pass the ball to the runner, who avoids the defender and passes the ball to the reciever on the opposite first cone.
8. The runner then catches the second ball, passed by the player on the second cones. The runner passes the ball to the opposite reciever, avoid contact with the defender.
9. The runner then turns and does the same again - the defender steps back a bit.

• Don't forget to change the defenders, proving all players will the chance to attack.

Keep your player briefing, brief! You may decide to have a demonstration grid.

• On your call, all players fan out to receive a pass.
• Players initially attack half the space in the grid, that way the lines do not cross into each others space, as you can see in the animation.
• Players should then attack the full width of the grid, there will be intersection and some confusion.
• Players stay within the grid. When they finish an attack (the ball is moved down the line), the last player to recieve the ball should score a try just outside the grid - and the line should get set in their new location to go again.
• Player initially rotate in a clockwise direction. Change this after a period of time.
• Make sure that players change position in the attacking line.

Players start running at the same time and when the meet in the middle, the blue players give a drop off pass to the red player before both continuing their run to the opposite end to which they started.

Drill to practice fast, accurate passing.

Set up a T shape with 3 cones roughly 5m away from the central cone (see diagram)

One player stands on each cone, the player in the middle of the T is the player who works (yellow).

The players on the outside (blue) take it in turns to pass to the working player (yellow), who must catch the ball and pass it to the free player on the edge (see video.

PROGRESSIONS:

Start slowly and increase the pace at which the players pass to the working player, giving them less time to catch and pass the ball

Increase the distance that the working player must pass the ball.