Rugby: Passing Reps

Tell the players the following......

1. Players should make 10 passes each between the 5 meter and the touch line.
2. When they have done that, number 2 will move out 5 meters.
3. The players do the same for 10 passes, and then move out another 5 meters.
4. They keep going, lets see which group of 2 will be able to pass over the longest distance.

Tell your players the following......

1. The two bottom players will be the feeders, they will be positioned by the cones with the balls.
2. It's a race, team against team.
3. The idea is to take the ball from the feeder and pass it down the line, with the last player setting the ball on the ground.
4. The ball must travel through each players hands.
5. The winning team is the team that can get all their balls down the line the fastest.
6. Any dropped balls must be returned to the start of the line, to the feeder who will pass them out again.

• You can keep the race going by having the last reciever feed the balls back. So all the balls must travel up and back down the line.

Give each training area one ball and tell the players the following......

1. Lets just get the ball moving down the line. Give the player at the start of one of the lines a ball, tell the line to advnce using laterial passing - with the last player in each line passing the ball to the first player in the opposite line.
2. After some time (your call on how long this should be). Tell the players that, with the exception of the first player in each line, every reciever will not be able to pass the ball until touched on the shoulder by the player that passed them the ball.
3. Every passer must follow their pass, touching the reciever on the shoulder to release the next pass.
4. After the supporting player has made their touch, and the ball has been passed, they should return to their original channel.
5. Players should change positions in the line following each attack.

Tell the players the following......

1. They should advance in 2's.
2. Hit in on the bag with their shoulder, driving forward and placing their hands on the ground in a press-up position over the ball.
3. They then clear the area, and the pads reset for the next hit.