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Rugby: Scrum: Bear Crawl & Leg Drive

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DESCRIPTION

- The bear crawl is a movement that strengthens your core and adds stabillity to your spine.

- 2 things that need to be very strong while scrummaging.

- One player should bear crawl resisted for 5 steps.

- They should explode out the blocks working on his powerful legdrive.

COACHING POINTS

Tower of Power

Feet

Shoulder width - weight forward
On toes.

Knees

90 degrees

Core

Imagine someone pulling a string through your belly button.
Squeeze in an down.

Hips

Pelvic tilited outwards.
Hips backwards
Like sitting down.

Elbows

Tight to body
T-rex arms

Scaps

Back and together
Holding pencil between the scaps.

Chest

Up and out

Head

Neutral
Look through eyebrows.

Bear Crawl

Opposite arm and opposite leg working.
Tight Core - activated the whole time.
Look through eyebrows

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Scrum 2v1:

Groups of 3.

- 1 player is active, 2 players are resisiting.

- Active player gets into scrumage position between 2 defending players.

- Tries to push both players back, like a scrum.

Warm Up

Scrum: Warm up + Neck Stability:

Groups of 3.

- 2 players get into a strong T.O.P position.

- Another player starts to to standing press ups on to the heads of the 2 players.

- This encoruages neck and core strenth essential for a safe scrum.

Warm Up

Scrum core stability:

Groups of 3.

- 2 players get into the T.O.P positon next to eachother.

- Another player on all 4 knees on thier back..

- the players holding the player above them must work together to move from side to side.

- 5m each way.

Warm Up

Scrum 1v1 - Long arm push:

1v1 scrumage
both players get into a scrum postion.
However do not lock hea dand shoulders, ut arms out infront of you and with your hands push against the other player shsoulders.

Warm Up

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