Rugby: Vary the distance

• Tell them the following......

1. Each attack will be up and down, up the left and down the right side of the cones.
2. Eack attack will see the ball move down the line once.
3. Run out to far cone and back - 1/2 pace - no forward passes.
4. Run out to third cone and back - jog - 3/4 pace back.
5. Run out to second cone and back - fast out - fast back.
6. Off-load the ball to the next attacking line - they do the same.
7. That's it, get working.

• Refer to the coaching points in order to help your players improve.

Tell the players to do the following......

1. The player with the ball passes to the next player and follows the direction of the ball.
2. The chasing or support player must touch the cone of the player they passed to.
3. The player who receives the ball does the same and so on to the last player who receives the ball and runs around the group to the first cone and restarts the drill.
4. The player returning to their cone, must backstep their way to their starting location.

Tell your players the following...

1. On GO Player A passes to B who in turn passes to Player C. At the same time Player E passes F.
2. Once the players have passed the ball they then swap with the opposite player.

Player A swaps with Player E, player B swaps with Player F, Player C with Player G, Player D with H.

• It's important that players only swap once they have passed the ball and only pass it when a player is in position to receive it.

So - players swap following a pass - with their opposite number, the pass is always left.

• Tell your players the following......

1. The first line of attackers move forward, passing the ball down the line.
2. The entire group switches position to the right side of the grid, and attacks as a line.
3. They then attack down the grid through the top of the grid, facing the next line of attack.