Rugby: Passing Underhand Sideways

• The aim of the drill is to develop wide passing.

For this drill to work properly you'll need at 5 players in a team, standing in a row, with 2 teams facing off with each other.

The ball will start on one end and be passed to the other end and then back again.

The team to get the ball all the way down there and back first will be the victors.

• Set out a square grid, at one end of the grid, separate four cones evenly - red, blue, blue, red.
• One defender stands on each of these cones.
• Three attackers stand at the other end of the grid.
• The coach initiates the game by passing to the end player in the grid, and shouting a colour (blue or red).
• The two defenders on those cones run out to defend, leaving the other colour on the line. A 3 v 2 situation plays out.
• The attackers must try to get past the defenders to reach the other side of the grid.

• Tell the players the following....

1. The player on the cone passes the ball forward to the player just in front of the cone, the passer then become the runner.
2. The reciever pops the ball for the runner to run onto.
3. Runner takes the ball and makes a bawards pass to the player on the cone opposite them. 
4. The runner can drift to increase the distance of the pass.
5. Players should side step to avoid one another in the middle of the grid.

• The first reciever can change the way they present the ball: they could set the ball on the ground for the runner to pick, they could lob the ball into the air for the runner to reach for and catch, they could deliver a low pass aross the knees for the runner to catch etc.