Rugby: Quick hand and quick positioning

Create doubt in the defender's mind by getting your ball carrier to run straight with the ball, and support runners to run good lines to create depth and width

2 groups of 2 players start on set cones about 15m apart. The 2 players are situated one in behind the other, the same goes for the second set of 2 players.

1. Once the player with the ball starts to run, the supporter goes wide and straightens onto a gate of cones.
2. As soon as he passes the ball the second supporter can start to move out to his designated gate.

Ensure that the players hide behind one another!

5 players in a group, line up within touching distance of one another, facing the coach who has a ball in his hand.

The coach then calls "turnover" and the Players quickly get width, but are not allowed to work backwards to get depth.

Once the players get depth the coach lets the first man off the mark by popping the ball in the air, as it is popped he moves off the mark and accelerates onto the ball and moves forward.

• Tell your players the following.....
• The first player runs out with the ball to the first set of cones and passes the ball to the second player.
• The second player then runs out to the next set of cones and passes the ball to the third player, who runs out to the next set of cones.
• In the last area of cones, the ball has to be passed quickly amongst all the players.

4 players start together on their stomachs next to each other.

1. As the coach calls a colour cone, they move into position quickly.
2. Once in position the first player with ball in hand approached the gates set out with the agility poles. The 4 players proceed to run straight through the gate and pass etc.
3. Once the player has ran through his gate, and passed the ball, he needs to start supporting the ball, and again the 4 players pass to one another, but now their positioning is much wider than the previous positioning.